2012考研英语二 真题+答案--研究生入学考试真题.pdfVIP

2012 年考研英语（二）真题 Section UseofEnglish Ⅰ Directions： Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorD ontheANSWERSHEET1.(10points) Millions of Americans and foreigners see G. I. Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of Americanmilitaryadventurism,butthat’snothowitusedtobe.Tothemenandwomenwho 1 inWorldWarIIandthepeopletheyliberated,theG.I.wasthe 2 mangrownintohero,the poorfarmkidtornawayfromhishome,theguywho 3 alltheburdensofbattle,whoslept incoldfoxholes,whowentwithoutthe 4 offoodandshelter,whostuckitoutanddrove backthe Nazi reign of murder. This wasnotavolunteer soldier,notsomeonewell paid, 5 anaverageguy,up 6 thebesttrained,bestequipped,fiercest,mostbrutalenemiesseenin centuries. Hisnameisn’tmuch. G.I. isjustamilitaryabbreviation 7 GovernmentIssue,andit wasonallofthearticles 8 tosoldiers.AndJoe?Acommonnameforaguywhonever 9 ittothetop.JoeBlow,JoePalooka,JoeMagrac…aworkingclassname.TheUnitedStates has 10 hadapresidentorvice-presidentorsecretaryofstateJoe. G.I.Joehada 11 careerfightingGerman,Japanese,andKoreantroops.Heappears asacharacter,ora 12 ofAmericanpersonalities,inthe1945movie TheStoryofG.I.Joe, based on the last days of war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Some of the soldiers Pyle 13 portrayedthemselvesinthefilm.Pylewasfamousforcoveringthe 14 sideofthewar, writingaboutthedirt-snow-and-mudsoldiers,nothowmanymileswere 15 orwhattowns werecapturedorliberated.Hisreports 16 the“Willie”cartoonsoffamed StarsandStripes artist Bill Maulden. Both men 17 the dirt and exhaustion of war, the 18 of civilizationthat the soldiers sharedwith each other andthe civilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey, shelter,sleep. 19 Egypt,France,and