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考研英语二真题与答案
2012年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语
（二）试卷
SectionIUseofEnglish
Directions:
Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword（s）foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.（10points）
Millions
ofAmericans
andforeigners
seeGI.Joeasamindless
wartoy,
the
symbol
ofAmerican
military
adventurism,
but
that’s
nothowit
needto
be.
Tothe
menand
womenwho1inWorld
WarⅡandthe
peoplethey
liberated,
theGIwasthe
2mangrown
intohero,thepoorfarmkid
tornawayfromhis
home,theguywho3all
theburdens
ofbattles,
whoslept
in
cold
foxholes,
whowentwithout
the4of
foodandshelter,
whostuckitoutanddrovebacktheNazireignofmurder.Thiswasnotavolunteer
soldier,not
someonewell
paid,
5anaverageguyup6thebesttrained,
bestequipped,
fiercest,mostbrutalenemiesincenturies.
Hisnameisn’tmuch.GI.isjustamilitaryabbreviation7GovernmentIssue,
anditwasonallofthearticles8tosoldiers.AndJoe?
Acommonnameforaguy
whonever9ittothetop.JoeBlow,JoePalooka,JoeMagrac⋯aworkingclassname.
TheUnitedStateshas10hadapresidentorvice-presidentorsecretaryofstateJoe.
GI.Joehada11career
fighting
German,Japanese,andKoreantroops.
Heappears
asacharacterora12ofAmericanpersonalities,inthe1945movieTheStoryof
GI.Joe,basedonthelast
daysof
warcorrespondent
EmiePyle.
Someof
thesoldiers
Poly13portrayedthemselvesinthefilm.Pylewasfamousforcoveringthe14side
ofthewar,writingaboutthedirt-snow-and-mudsoldiers,nothowmanymileswere
15orwhattownswerecapturedor
liberated.
His
reports16the
“Willie
”cartoons
offamedStars
andStripes
artist
Bill
Maulden.
Both
men17the
dirt
andexhaustion
ofwar,the18ofcivilizationthatthesoldierssharedwitheachotherandthe
civilians:
coffee,tobacco,whiskey,shelter,sleep.19Egypt,France,andadozen
morecountries,
GI.JoewasAmerican
soldiers,
20the
mostimportant
personintheir
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
Directions:
Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.（40points）
Text1
Homeworkhasneverbeenterriblypopularwithstudentsandevenmanyparents,
butinrecentlyyearsithasbeenparticularlyscorned.Schooldistrictsacrossthe
country,mostrecentlyLosAngelesUnified,arerevisingtheirthinkingonthis
educationalritual.Unfortunately,L.A.Unifiedhasproducedaninflexiblepolicy
whichmandatesthatwiththeexceptionofsomeadvancedcourses,homeworkmayno
longercountformorethan10%ofastudent’sacademicgrade.
Thisruleismeanttoaddressthedifficultythatstudentsfromimpoverished
orchaotichomesmighthaveincompletingtheirhomework.Butthepolicyisunclearandcontradictory.Certainly,nohomeworkshouldbeassignedthatstudentscannot
completeontheirownorthattheycannotdowithoutexpensiveequipment.Butifthedistrictisessentiallygivingapasstostudentswhodonotdotheirhomeworkbecauseofcomplicatedfamilylives,itisgoingriskilyclosetotheimplicationthatstandardsneedtobeloweredforpoorchildren.
Districtadministratorssaythathomeworkwillstillbeapartofschooling。
teachersareallowedtoassignasmuchofitastheywant.Butwithhomeworkcounting
fornomorethan10%oftheirgrades,studentscaneasilyskiphalftheirhomework
andseeverylittledifferenceontheirreportcards.Somestudentsmightdowellonstatetestswithoutcompletingtheirhomework,butwhataboutthestudentswhoperformedwellonthetestsanddidtheirhomework?
Itisquitepossiblethatthehomeworkhelped.Yetratherthanempoweringteacherstofindwhatworksbestfortheirstudents,thepolicyimposesaflat,across-the-boardrule.
Atthesametime,thepolicyaddressesnoneofthetrulythornyquestionsabout
homework.Ifthedistrictfindshomeworktobeunimportanttoitsstudents’academic
achievement,itshouldmovetoreduceoreliminatetheassignments,notmakethem
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countforalmostnothing.Conversely,ifshouldaccountforasignificantportionofthegrade.Meanwhile,thispolicydoesnothingtoensurethatthehomework
studentsreceiveismeaningfulorappropriatetotheirageandthesubject,orthatteachersarenotassigningmorethantheyarewillingtoreviewandcorrect.
Thehomeworkrulesshouldbeputonholdwhiletheshoolboard,whichisresponsibleforsettingeducationalpolicy,looksintothematterandconductspublichearings.ItisnottoolateforL.A.Unifiedtodohomeworkright.
21.Itisimpliedinparagraph1thatnowadayshomework____.[A]isreceivingmorecriticism
[B]isnolongeraneducationalritual[C]isnotrequiredforadvancedcourses[D]isgainingmorepreferences
22.L.A.Unifiedhasmadetheruleabouthomeworkmainlybecausepoorstudents_____.
[A]tendtohavemoderateexpectationsfortheireducation[B]haveaskedforadifferenteducationalstandard[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
Pretty
inpink:
adult
womendonotrememberbeingsoobsessedwiththe
colour,
yet
itis
pervasive
inour
younggirls
’lives.
Itisnot
that
pink
isintrinsically
bad,
butit
is
such
atiny
slice
ofthe
rainbow
and,
though
itmaycelebrate
girlhood
inoneway,
it
also
repeatedly
andfirmlyfuses
girls
’identity
to
appearance.Then
itpresentsthatconnection,evenamongtwo-year-olds,betweengirlsasnotonly
innocent
but
asevidence
ofinnocence.
Looking
around,I
despaired
atthe
singular
lackofima
ginationaboutgirls
’livesandinterests.
Girls
’attraction
to
pink
mayseemunavoidable,
somehowencoded
in
their
DNA,
butaccordingtoJoPaoletti,
anassociate
professor
ofAmerican
Studies,
it
is
not.
Children
werenot
colour-coded
atalluntil
theearly
20thcentury,
in
the
era
before
domesticwashingmachinesallbabiesworewhiteasapracticalmatter,sincethe
onlywayofgetting
clothes
cleanwastoboilthem.What’smore,
both
boysandgirls
worewhatwerethoughtofasgender-neutraldresses.Whennurserycolourswere
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introduced,pinkwasactuallyconsideredthemoremasculinecolour,apastelversion
ofred,whichwasassociatedwithstrength.Blue,withitsintimationsoftheVirgin
Mary,constancyandfaithfulness,symbolizedfemininity.Itwasnotuntilthe
mid-1980s,whenamplifyingageandsexdifferencesbecameadominantchildren’s
marketingstrategy,thatpinkfullycameintoitsown,whenitbegantoseem
inherentlyattractivetogirls,partofwhatdefinedthemasfemale,atleastfor
thefirstfewcriticalyears.
Ihadnotrealizedhowprofoundlymarketingtrendsdictatedourperceptionof
whatisnaturaltokids,includingourcorebeliefsabouttheirpsychological
development.Takethetoddler.Iassumedthatphasewassomethingexpertsdeveloped
afteryearsofresearchintochildren’sbehavior:
wrong.Turnsout,accordingto
DanielCook,ahistorianofchildhoodconsumerism,itwaspopularizedasamarketing
trickbyclothingmanufacturersinthe1930s.
Tradepublications
counseleddepartment
stores
that,
in
ordertoincrease
sales,
theyshould
createa“thirdsteppingstone”between
infant
wear
andolder
kids’
clothes.Itwasonlyafter
“toddler”becameacommonshoppers’termthatit
evolvedinto
abroadly
accepteddevel
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