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Hisnameisn'

tmuch.GI.isjustamilitaryabbreviation7GovernmentIssue,

anditwasonallofthearticles8tosoldiers.AndJoe?

Acommonnameforaguy

whonever9ittothetop.

JoeBlow,JoePalooka,JoeMagrac?

aworking

classname.TheUnitedStateshas10hadapresidentorvice-presidentorsecretaryofstate

Joe.

GI.Joehada11careerfightingGerman,Japanese,andKoreantroops.Heappears

asacharacterora12ofAmericanpersonalities,inthe1945movieTheStoryof

GI.Joe,basedonthelastdaysofwarcorrespondentEmiePyle.Someofthesoldiers

Poly13portrayedthemselvesinthefilm.Pylewasfamousforcoveringthe14side

ofthewar,writingaboutthedirt-snow-and-mudsoldiers,nothowmanymileswere

“Willie”cartoonsreports16theliberated.15orwhattownswerecapturedorHis

Maulden.Bothmen17theandStripesoffamedStarsartistdirtBillandexhaustion

ofwar,the18ofcivilizationthatthesoldierssharedwitheachotherandthe

civilians:

coffee,tobacco,whiskey,shelter,sleep.19Egypt,France,andadozen

morecountries,GI.JoewasAmericansoldiers,20themostimportantpersonintheir

lives.

1.[A]performed[B]served[C]rebelled[D]betrayed

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2.[A]actual[B]common[C]special[D]normal

3.[A]bore[B]caused[C]removed[D]loaded

4.[A]necessities[B]facilities[C]commodities[D]properties

5.[A]and[B]nor[C]but[D]hence

6.[A]for[B]into[C]from[D]against

7.[A]meaning[B]implying[C]symbolizing[D]claiming

8.[A]handedout[B]turnedover[C]broughtback[D]passeddown

9.[A]pushed[B]got[C]made[D]managed

10.[A]ever[B]never[C]either[D]neither

11.[A]disguised[B]disturbed[C]disputed[D]distinguished

12.[A]company[B]collection[C]community[D]colony

13.[A]employed[B]appointed[C]interviewed[D]questioned

14.[A]ethical[B]military[C]political[D]human

15.[A]ruined[B]commuted[C]patrolled[D]gained

16.[A]paralleled[B]counteracted[C]duplicated[D]contradicted

17.[A]neglected[B]avoided[C]emphasized[D]admired

18.[A]stages[B]illusions[C]fragments[D]advances

19.[A]With[B]To[C]Among[D]Beyond

20.[A]onthecontrary[B]bythismeans[C]fromtheoutset[D]atthat

point

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SectionIIReadingComprehension

PartA

Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.

MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.（40points）

Text1

Homeworkhasneverbeenterriblypopularwithstudentsandevenmanyparents,

butinrecently

yearsithasbeenparticularlyscorned.Schooldistrictsacrossthe

country,mostrecentlyLosAngelesUnified,arerevisingtheirthinkingonthis

educationalritual.Unfortunately,L.A.Unifiedhasproducedaninflexiblepolicy

whichmandatesthatwiththeexceptionofsomeadvancedcourses,homeworkmayno

longercountformorethan10%ofastudent'

sacademicgrade.

Thisruleismeanttoaddressthedifficultythatstudentsfromimpoverished

orchaotichomesmighthaveincompletingtheirhomework.Butthepolicyisunclearand

contradictory.Certainly,nohomeworkshouldbeassignedthatstudentscannot

completeontheirownorthattheycannotdowithoutexpensiveequipment.But

ifthedistrictisessentiallygivingapasstostudentswhodonotdotheir

homeworkbecauseofcomplicatedfamilylives,itisgoingriskilyclosetothe

implicationthatstandardsneedtobeloweredforpoorchildren.

Districtadministratorssaythathomeworkwillstillbeapartofschooling。

teachersareallowed

toassignasmuchofitastheywant.Butwithhomeworkcounting

fornomorethan10%oftheirgrades,studentscaneasilyskiphalftheirhomework

andseeverylittledifferenceontheirreportcards.Somestudentsmightdowellon

statetestswithoutcompletingtheirhomework,butwhataboutthestudentswho

performedwellonthetestsanddidtheirhomework?

Itisquitepossiblethatthe

homeworkhelped.Yetratherthanempoweringteacherstofindwhatworksbestfor

theirstudents,thepolicyimposesaflat,across-the-boardrule.

Atthesametime,

thepolicyaddressesnoneofthetrulythornyquestionsabout

homework.Ifthedistrictfindshomeworktobeunimportanttoitsstudents'

academic

achievement,itshouldmovetoreduceoreliminatetheassignments,notmakethem

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countforalmostnothing.Conversely,ifshouldaccountforasignificantportionof

thegrade.Meanwhile,thispolicydoesnothingtoensurethatthehomework

studentsreceiveismeaningfulorappropriatetotheirageandthesubject,orthatteachersarenot

assigningmorethantheyarewillingtoreviewandcorrect.

Thehomeworkrulesshouldbeputonholdwhiletheshoolboard,which

isresponsibleforsettingeducationalpolicy,looksintothematterandconducts

publichearings.ItisnottoolateforL.A.Unifiedtodohomeworkright.

21.Itisimpliedinparagraph1thatnowadayshomework____.

[A]isreceivingmorecriticism

[B]isnolongeraneducationalritual

[C]isnotrequiredforadvancedcourses

[D]isgainingmorepreferences

22.L.A.Unifiedhasmadetheruleabouthomeworkmainlybecause

poorstudents_____.

[A]tendtohavemoderateexpectationsfortheir

education[B]haveaskedforadifferenteducational

standard[C]mayhaveproblemsfinishingtheirhomework

[D]havevoicedtheircomplaintsabouthomework

23.AccordingtoParagraph3'

oneproblemwiththepolicyisthatitmay____.

[A]discouragestudentsfromdoinghomework

[B]resultinstudents'

indifferencetotheirreportcards

[C]underminetheauthorityofstatetests

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[D]restrictteachers'

powerineducation

24.AsmentionedinParagraph4akeyquestionunansweredabouthomeworkis_____.

[A]itshouldbeeliminated

[B]itcountsmuchinschooling

[C]itplacesextraburdensonteachers

[D]itisimportantforgrades

25.Asuitabletitleforthistextcouldbe____.

[A]wrongInterpretationsofanEducationalPolicy

[B]AWelcomedPolicyforPoorStudents

[C]ThornyQuestionsaboutHomework

[D]AFaultyApproachtoHomework

Text2

Prettyinpink:

adultwomendonotrememberbeingsoobsessedwiththecolour,

yetitisinouryounggirlsItisnotthatpink'

pervasivelives.isintrinsically

girlhoodbad,butitissuchatinysliceoftherainbowand,thoughitmaycelebrate

andfirmlyfusesgirls'

repeatedlyitalsoidentitytoappearance.Theninoneway,

itpresentsthatconnection,evenamongtwo-year-olds,betweengirlsasnotonly

innocentbutasevidenceofinnocence.Lookingaround,Idespairedatthesingular

lackofimaginationaboutgirls'

livesandinterests.

Girls'

attractiontopinkmayseemunavoidable,somehowencodedintheirDNA,

butaccordingtoJoPaoletti,anassociateprofessoritofAmericanStudies,isnot.

inthecolour-codedwerenotatalluntil20thcentury,theearlyerabeforeChildren

domesticwashingmachinesallbabiesworewhiteasapracticalmatter,sincethe

onlywayofgettingclothescleanwastoboilthem.What'

smore,bothboysandgirls

worewhatwerethoughtofasgender-neutraldresses.Whennurserycolourswere

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introduced,pinkwasactuallyconsideredthemoremasculinecolour,apastelversion

Blue,withitsintimationsoftheVirginofred,whichwasassociatedwithstrength.

Mary,constancyandfaithfulness,symbolizedfemininity.Itwasnotuntilthe

mid-1980s,whenamplifyingageandsexdifferencesbecameadominantchildren'

s

marketingstrategy,thatpinkfullycameintoitsown,whenitbegantoseem

inherentlyattractivetogirls,partofwhatdefinedthemasfemale,atleastfor

thefirstfewcriticalyears.

Ihadnotrealizedhowprofoundlymarketingtrendsdictatedourperceptionof

whatisnaturaltokids,includingourcorebeliefsabouttheirpsychological

development.Takethetoddler.Iassumedthatphasewassomethingexpertsdeveloped

'

sbehavior:

wrong.Turnsout,accordingtoafteryearsofresearchintochildren

DanielCook,ahistorianofchildhood

consumerism,itwaspopularized

asamarketing

trickbyclothingmanufacturersinthe1930s.

Tradepublicationscounseleddepartmentstoresthat,inordertoincreasesales,

createa“thirdsteppingstone”betweenkids'

andolderweartheyshouldinfant

“toddler”becameacommonshoppers'

termthatitclothes.Itwasonlyafter

abroadlyaccepteddevelopmentalintoSplittingkids,oradults,stage.evolvedinto

ever-tiniercategorieshasprovedasure-firewaytoboostprofits.Andoneofthe

easiestwaystosegmentamarketistomagnifygenderdifferences-orinventthem

wheretheydidnotpreviouslyexist.

26.Bys