2012考研英语二真题及分析.docVIP

2012年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语二真题 Section 1 Use of English Directions: Millions of Americansand foreigners see GI. Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of Americanmilitary adventurism, but that’s not how it used to be .To the men and womenwho? ?1??in World War II and the people theyliberated ,the GI. was the?2) man grown into hero ,the pool farm kidtorn away from his home ,the guy who3)?all the burdens of battle ,whoslept in cold foxholes, who went without the?4) of food and shelter ,whostuck it out and drove back the Nazi reign of murder .this was not a volunteersoldier ,not someone well paid?,5)?an average guy ,up6?)the besttrained ,best equipped ,fiercest ,most brutal enemies seen in centuries. His name is not much.GI.is just a military abbreviation?7)?Government Issue ,and it was on all of the article?8)?to soldiers .And Joe? A common name for a guy whonever9) it to the top. Joe Blow, Joe Magrac …a working class name. TheUnited States has?10) had a president or vice-president or secretary ofstate Joe. GI .joe had a (11)career fighting German, Japanese, and Korean troops. He appears as a character,or a (12) of American personalities, in the 1945 movie The Story of GI. Joebased on the last days of war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Some of the soldiersPyle (13) portrayed themselves in the film. Pyle was famous for covering the(14)side of the warl, writing about the dirt-snow –and-mud soldiers, not howmany miles were(15)or what towns were captured or liberated, His reports(16)the“willie” cartoons of famed Stars and Stripes artist Bill Maulden. Bothmen(17)the dirt and exhaustion of war, the (18)of civilization that thesoldiers shared with each other and the civilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey,shelter, sleep. (19)Egypt, France, and a dozen more countries, G.I. Joe was anyAmerican soldier,(20)the most important person in their lives. 1.[A] performed? ?? ???[B]served? ?? ? [C]rebelled? ?? ? [D]betrayed 2.[A] actual? ?? ?? ?? ? [B]common? ???[C]special? ?? ???[D]normal 3.[A]bore? ??