2012年考研英语二试题答案及解析.pdfVIP

一、SectionⅠUseofEnglish

MillionsofAmericansandforeignersseeG.I.Joeasamindlesswartoy,thesymbol

ofAmericanmilitaryadventurism,butthat’snothowitusedtobe.Tothemenand

womenwho(1)_____inWorldWarIIandthepeopletheyliberated,theG.I.wasthe

(2)_____mangrownintohero,thepoorfarmkidtornawayfromhishome,theguywho

(3)_____alltheburdensofbattle,whosleptincoldfoxholes,whowentwithoutthe

(4)_____offoodandshelter,whostuckitoutanddrovebacktheNazireignofmurder.

Thiswasnotavolunteersoldier,notsomeonewellpaid,(5)_____anaverageguy,up

(6)_____thebesttrained,bestequipped,fiercest,mostbrutalenemiesseenincenturies.

Hisnameisnotmuch.G.I.isjustamilitaryabbreviation(7)_____GovernmentIssue,

anditwasonallofthearticles(8)_____tosoldiers.AndJoe?Acommonnameforaguy

whonever(9)_____ittothetop.JoeBlow,JoePalooka,JoeMagrac…aworkingclass

name.TheUnitedStateshas(10)_____hadapresidentorvice-presidentorsecretaryof

stateJoe.

G.I.Joehada(11)_____careerfightingGerman,Japanese,andKoreantroops.He

appearsasacharacter,ora(12)_____ofAmericanpersonalities,inthe1945movieThe

StoryofG.I.Joe,basedonthelastdaysofwarcorrespondentErniePyle.Someofthe

soldiersPyle(13)_____portrayedthemselvesinthefilm.Pylewasfamousforcovering

the(14)_____sideofthewar,writingaboutthedirt-snow-and-mudsoldiers,nothow

manymileswere(15)_____orwhattownswerecapturedorliberated.Hisreports

(16)_____the“Willie”cartoonsoffamedStarsandStripesartistBillMaulden.Both

men(17)_____thedirtandexhaustionofwar,the(18)_____ofcivilizationthatthe

soldierssharedwitheachotherandthecivilians:coffee,tobacco,whiskey,shelter,sleep.

(19)_____Egypt,France,andadozenmorecountries,G.I.JoewasanyAmerican

soldier,(20)_____themostimportantpe