2012年考研英语二真题及答案解析完整版.pdf

2012年考研英语二真题及答案解析

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MillionsofAmericansandforeignersseeGI.Joeasamindlesswar

toy,thesymbolofAmericanmilitaryadventurism,butthat’snothowit

usedtobe.Tothemenandwomenwho（1)inWorldWarIIandthepeople

theyliberated,theGI.wasthe（2)mangrownintohero,thepoolfarm

kidtornawayfromhishome,theguywho（3)alltheburdensofbattle,who

sleptincoldfoxholes,whowentwithoutthe（4)offoodandshelter,who

stuckitoutanddrovebacktheNazireignofmurder.thiswasnota

volunteersoldier,notsomeonewellpaid,（5)anaverageguy,up（6)the

besttrained,bestequipped,fiercest,mostbrutalenemiesseenin

centuries.

Hisnameisnotmuch.GI.isjustamilitaryabbreviation（7)

GovernmentIssue,anditwasonallofthearticle（8)tosoldiers.And

Joe?Acommonnameforaguywhonever（9)ittothetop.JoeBlow,Joe

Magrac…aworkingclassname.TheUnitedStateshas（10)hadapresident

orvicepresidentorsecretaryofstateJoe.

GI.joehada(11)careerfightingGerman,Japanese,andKorean

troops.Heappersasacharacter,ora(12)ofamericanpersonalities,

inthe1945movieTheStoryofGI.Joe,basedonthelastdaysofwar

correspondentErniePyle.SomeofthesoldiersPyle(13)portrayde

themselvesinthefilm.Pylewasfamousforcoveringthe(14)sideofthe

warl,writingaboutthedirt-snow–and-mudsoldiers,nothowmanymiles

were(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.JoewasanyAmericansoldier,(20)themostimportantpersonintheir

lives.

1.[A]performed[B]served