高一英语暑假阅读天天练 第十四天

第14天(文化)(1)every people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings . some of these expressions are commonly used for many years . others are popull ARFit is used when something is not as good as it is said to be。in the eary 1980 s wheres the beef？was one of the most popular expressions in the United States。it seemed as if every one using it at the time。Beef，of course，is the meat from a cow，And food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef。in the 1960s a bussiness man named ray began building small restaurants that sold h Am burgers at a low price。ray called this“MC Donald s”。ray beame one of the richest business at last in America。other business people watched his success . some of them opened their own hamburger restaurrants . one company called Wendy s said its hitsthe Wendy s company began to use the expression where s the beef？to make people know that Wendy s hamburgers were the bigest。the Wendy s television advertisement showred three old women eating hamburgers .break D that covered the meat was very big，but inside there was only a bit of meat。one of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef .“wheres the beef？”she shouted in a funny way。the advertisement for Wendy s hamburger restaurrants was success。as we said，it seemed every one began using the expression“where s the beef？”.1._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ started MC Donald s restaurrant。A.rayb . MC Donald c . wendyd . three old women2.other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought _ _ _ _ _ _ _。A.they could sell hamburgers at a low priceB.汉堡were easy to makeC.beef was very popular in AmericaD.they could make a lot of money3.Wendy s made the expression known to every ody _ _ _ _ _ _。A.with many old women eating hamburgersB.by a television advertisementC.while selling breakd with a bit of meat in itD.at the McDonalds restaurant4.we can learn from the passage that the expression“where s the beef？”means _ _ _ _ _ _ _。A.the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to beB.the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to beC.it is used when something is not as good as it is said to beD.Wendys is the biggest(2)the yearly academiy awards ceremony was once a private affair . now，because of television，It is very much a public affair。hundrds of people gather in Hollywood to see the Oscars presnted to outstanding(优秀)actors，And others involved(参与)in the motionIt all began on May 16，1929，When 270 men and women sat down to dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel。there was no secret about the winners。the names of the winners had been k Nown for months。Janet gaynor、for example、Had won as best actress。Douglas Fairbanks presnted her with the famous gold statue(雕像)。the little statue was not then called Oscar。like a new actor，Oscar was unknown。about six years later，It someow got that renowned name。a number of exploanations have been offered for its origin(起源)，but nobody knows the true story for certain。noadaays the results of the Oscar voting are kept secret。only two people know the winners before the names are announced at the ceremony。the counting Of votes is not done by one group Of people but by different groups . nobody except two members Of an accounting(表)company sees thethe information is not kept in open files。winners names are placed in closed envelopes。the accountants each carry a complete set of envelopes to the ceremony。one set is simply a spare to b E used in case something happens to the other one。1.as used in paragraph2，renowned means _ _ _ _ _ _ _。A.strange b . wonderul c . much-disliked。法穆斯2.May 16，1929 marks _。A.Douglas Fairbanks first winning of an academy awardB.the first time Oscar got its nameC.the first time the awards were kept secretD.Janet gaynor s recognition as best actress3.two sets o