2012考研英语二真题及答案解析.pdf

2012考研英语二真题及答案解析--第1页 梦想不会辜负每一个努力的人 2012年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语二试题 National Entrance Test of English Ⅱ for MA/MS Candidates (NETEM) Section UseofEnglish Ⅰ Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D]on ANSWERSHEET1.(10points) Millions of Americans and foreigners see GI.Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of American military adventurism,butthat’snothowitusedtobe.Tothemenandwomenwho 1inWorldWarⅡandthepeoplethey liberated,theGI.wasthe 2 mangrownintohero,thepoorfarmkidtornawayfromhishome,theguywho 3 alltheburdens ofbattle,who sleptincoldfoxholes,whowentwithoutthe 4 offoodandshelter,whostuckit outanddrovebacktheNazi reign ofmurder.Thiswasnot avolunteer soldier,not someonewellpaid, 5 an averageguyup 6 thebesttrained,bestequipped,fiercest,mostbrutalenemiesseenincenturies. His name isnt much. GI. isjust amilitary abbreviation 7 .Government Issue, and it was on all of the articles 8 to soldiers.And Joe?Acommonname for aguywho never 9 itto the top. JoeBlow,Joe Palooka. Joe Magrac...a working class name. The United States has 10 had a president or vice-president or secretaryofstateJoe. G.I. 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 G.I. Joe, based on the last days of war correspondentEmiePyle. Someofthe soldiersPyle 13 portrayedthemselves inthe film.Pylewas famous forcoveringthe 14 sideofthewar,writing aboutthedirt-snow-and-mud soldiersnothowmanymileswere 15 orwhat towns were captured or liberated. Hisreports 16