1、Millions of Americans and foreigners see GI.Joe as a mindless war toy,the symbol of American military adventurism,but thats not how it used to be.To the men and women who 1)in World War II and the people they liberated,the GI.was the 2)man grown into hero,the pool farm kid torn away from his home,th
2、e guy who 3)all the burdens of battle,who slept in cold foxholes,who went without the 4)of food and shelter,who stuck it out and drove back the Nazi reign of murder.this was not a volunteer soldier,not someone well paid,5)an average guy,up 6)the best trained,best equipped,fiercest,most brutal enemie
3、s seen in centuries。His name is not much.GI.is just a military abbreviation 7)Government Issue,and it was on all of the article 8)to soldiers.And Joe?A common name for a guy who never 9)it to the top.Joe Blow,Joe Magraca working class name.The United States has 10)had a president or vicepresident or
4、 secretary of state Joe。GI.joe had a career fighting German,Japanese,and Korean troops.He appers as a character,or a(12)of american personalities,in the 1945 movie The Story of GI.Joe,based on the last days of war correspondent Ernie Pyle.Some of the soldiers Pyleportrayde themselves in the film.Pyl
5、e was famous for covering the side of the warl,writing about the dirt-snowand-mud soldiers,not how many miles wereor what towns were captured or liberated,His reportsthe“willie”cartoons of famed Stars and Stripes artist Bill Maulden.Both menthe dirt and exhaustion of war,the of civilization that the
6、 soldiers shared with each other and the civilians:coffee,tobacco,whiskey,shelter,sleep.Egypt,France,and a dozen more countries,G.I.Joe was any American soldier,the most important person in their lives。1.AperformedBservedCrebelledDbetrayed2.AactualBcommonCspecialDnormal3.AboreBcasedCremovedDloaded4.
7、AnecessitiesBfaciliticeCcommoditiesDpropertoes5.AandBnorCbutDhence6.AforBintoCformDagainst7.AmeaningBimplyingCsymbolizingDclaiming8.Ahanded outBturn overCbrought backDpassed down9.ApushedBgotCmadeDmanaged10.AeverBneverCeitherDneither11.AdisguisedBdisturbedCdisputedDdistinguished12.AcompanyBcollectio
8、nCcommunityDcolony13.AemployedBappointedCinterviewedDquestioned14.AethicalBmilitaryCpoliticalDhuman15.AruinedBcommutedCpatrolledDgained16.AparalleledBcounteractedCduplicatedDcontradicted17.AneglectedBavoidedCemphasizedDadmired18.AstagesBillusionsCfragmentsDadvancea19.AWithBToCAmongDBeyond20.Aon the
9、contraryBby this meansCfrom the outsetDat that pointSection II Resdiong ComprehensionPart ARead the following four texts.answer the question after each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)Text 1Homework has never been terribly popular with students and even man
10、y parents,but in recent years it has been particularly scorned.School districts across the country,most recently Los Angeles Unified,are revising their thinking on his educational ritual.Unfortunately,L.A.Unified has produced an inflexible policy which mandates that with the exception of some advanc
11、ed courses,homework may no longer count for more than 10%of a students academic grade。This rule is meant to address the difficulty that students from impoverished or chaotic homes might have in completing their homework.But the policy is unclear and contradictory.Certainly,no homework should be assi
12、gned that students cannot do without expensive equipment.But if the district is essentially giving a pass to students who do not do their homework because of complicated family lives,it is going riskily close to the implication that standards need to be lowered for poor children。District administrat
13、ors say that homework will still be a pat of schooling:teachers are allowed to assign as much of it as they want.But with homework counting for no more than 10%of their grades,students can easily skip half their homework and see vey little difference on their report cards.Some students might do well
14、 on state tests without completing their homework,but what about the students who performed well on the tests and did their homework?It is quite possible that the homework helped.Yet rather than empowering teachers to find what works best for their students,the policy imposes a flat,across-the-board
15、 rule。At the same time,the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questions about homework.If the district finds homework to be unimportant to its studentsacademic achievement,it should move to reduce or eliminate the assignments,not make them count for almost nothing.Conversely,if homework does nothing to ensure that the homework students are not assigning more than they are willing to review and correct。The homework rules should be put on hold while the school board,which is responsible for
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