2012年考研英语二真题及答案.pdf

2012 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语二试题 Section I UseofEnglish Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered black and mark A,B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10points) MillionsofAmericansandforeigners seeG.I.Joeasamindlesswartoy,the symbol ofAmerican military adventurism, but thatsnot how it used to be.To the men and women who ___1___ in World War Ⅱand the people they liberated,the GI.was the ___2___ man grown into hero, the pool farm kid torn away from his home, the guy who ___3___ all the burdens of battle,who slept in cold fox holes,who went without the ___4___ of food and shelter,who stuck it out and drovebacktheNazireign ofmurder.Thiswasnot avolunteer soldier,not someonewellpaid,___5___ an average guy,up ___6___thebesttrained,best equipped,fiercest,mostbrutalenemies seen in centuries. Hisname isnot much. G.I. isjust a military abbreviation ___7___ Government Issue,and it was on all of the articles ___8___ to soldiers. And Joe? A common name for a guy who never ___9___ it to the top. Joe Blow,Joe Palooka,Joe Magrac …aworking classname.TheUnited Stateshas___10___ hadapresident orvice-president or secretary ofstateJoe. G.I. Joe had a ___11___ career fighting German, Japanese, and Korean troops. He appears as a character, or a ___12___ ofAmerican personalities,in the 1945movie TheStory of G.I.Joe,based on the last days ofwar correspondent Ernie Pyle. Some of the soldiers Pyle ___13___ portrayed themselves in the film. Pyle was famous for covering the ___14___ side of the war, writing about the dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers, not how many miles were ___15___ or what townswere capturedor liberated.Hisreports___16___ the“Willie”cartoonsoffamedStars andStripes artist BillMaulden. x Both men ___17___ the dirt and e haustion of war,the ___18___ of civilization that the sol