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正确答案：B
听力材料：Everypeopleusesitsownspecialwordstodescribethingsandexpressideas：Someoftheseexpressionsarecommonlyusedformanyyears．Othersarepopularforjustashorttime．0nesuchAmericanexpressionis“Where’sthebeef?”Itisusedwhensomethingisnotasgoodasitissaidtobe．Intheearlyl980s，“Where’sthebeef?”wasoneofthemostpopularexpressionsintheUnitedStates．Itseemedasifeveryonewasusingitallthetime．Beef，ofcourse，isthemeatfromacowandprobablynofoodismorepopularinAmericathanthehamburgermadefrombeef．Inthel960sabusinessmannamedRayKrocbeganbuildingsmallrestaurantsthatsoldhamburgersatalowprice．Kroccalledhisrestaurant“McDonald’s”．Kroccookedhamburgersquicklysopeopleinahurrycouldbuyandeatthemwithoutwaiting．Bytheendofthel960stheMcDonald’sCompanywassellinghamburgersinhundredsofrestaurantsfromCaliforniatoMaine．Notsurprisingly，RayKrocbecameoneoftherichestbusinessmeninAmerica．Otherbusinesspeoplewatchedhissuccess．Someofthemopenedtheirownhamburgerrestaurants．Onecompany，called“Wendy’s”，begantocompetewithMcDonald’s．Wendy’ssaiditshamburgerswerebiggerthanMcDonald’soranyoneelse’s．TheWendy’sCompanycreatedtheexpression“Where’sthebeef?”tomakepeoplebelievethatWendy’shamburgerswerethebiggest．Itproducedatelevisionadvertisementtosellthisidea．TheWendy’stelevisionadvertisementshowedthreeoldwomeneatinghamburgers．Thebreadthatcoveredthemeatwasverybig，butinsidetherewasonlyatinybitofmeat．Oneofthewomensaidshewouldnoteatahamburgerwithsuchalittlepieceofbeef．“Where’sthebeef?”sheshoutedinafunnyvoice．TheseadvertisementsforWendy’shamburgerrestaurantswereasuccessfromthefirstdaytheyappearedontelevision．Aswesaid，itseemedeveryonebeganusingtheexpression“Where’sthebeef?”本题属于细节题。独白在提及Where’Sthebeef这一表达后立即指出：Itisusedwhensomethingisnotasgoodasitissaidtobe，即这一表达用于指那些名不副实的东西，因此本题答案是[B]。