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Gordon Ramsay is one of Britain's best-known chefs. He is one of the only three chefs in the country
to maintain three Michelin stars for their restaurant.
Gordon was born in Scotland but was brought up in England after his family moved to Stratford. He
played football as a teenager for Oxford United Football Club's youth side and was spotted by a scout (球
探) for Rangers. He became a professional player at the age of 15. After a knee injury that left him unable
to regain full fitness, he was released from the club.
At the age of 19 Ramsay now turned his hand to cookery. He worked under Marco Pierre White and
Albert Roux in London and Guy Savoy and Joel Robuchon in Paris before becoming head chef of the
newly-opened Aubergine restaurant in 1993. By 1996, the restaurant had been awarded two Michelin stars.
In 1998 Ramsay opened his first own restaurant in Chelsea. The restaurant gained three Michelin stars in
1999, making Ramsay the first Scot to gain the achievement. From there his empire has expanded rapidly,
opening a lot of restaurants.
Ramsay has published six books on cooking and also appeared in two documentaries (记录片)-Boiling
Point in 1998 and Beyond Boiling Point in 2000. The series showed that Ramsay is a hot-tempered man in
the kitchen; he was seen yelling dirty words at his staff and throwing equipment around. Food critic Gill,
who was famously fired from Ramsay's Chelsea restaurant, has said that Ramsay is "a wonderful chef, just
a really second-rate human being".
1. Ramsay had to leave the club because _____.
A. he wanted to be a cook
B. he didn't have a gift for football
C. his knee was badly hurt
D. his family moved to England
2. What's the right order of the things that happened to Ramsay?
a. opened his own restaurant
b. appeared in Beyond Boiling Point
c. received three Michelin stars
d. became a professional footballer
A. a, b, c, d
B. a, c, d, b
C. d, a, c, b
D. d, b, a, c
3. From the last paragraph we know that Ramsay is _____.
A. an excellent chef as well as a respected man
B. friendly and good at cooking
C. a successful writer and a second-class cook
D. is famous but hard to get along with
4. It can be learned from the passage that _____.
A. Ramsay became a professional footballer at 15
B. Three Michelin stars are awarded to the best restaurants
C. Boiling Point and Beyond Boiling Point are Ramsay's books
D. Ramsay opened his restaurant after learning cookery
