考研英语二真题与答案.docx

1、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Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Millionsof Americansand foreignerssee GI. Joe as a mindlesswar toy,thesymbolof Americanmilitaryadventu

2、rism,butthat snot how itneed tobe.To themen andwomen who 1 in WorldWar and thepeople theyliberated,the GI was the2 man growninto hero, the poor farm kidtorn away from hishome, the guy who 3 allthe burdensof battles,who sleptincoldfoxholes,who went withoutthe 4 offood and shelter,who stuck it out and

3、 drove back the Nazi reign of murder. This was not a volunteersoldier, notsomeone wellpaid,5 an average guy up 6 the best trained,best equipped,fiercest, most brutal enemies in centuries.His name isn t much.GI. is just a military abbreviation 7 Government Issue,and it was on all of the articles 8 to

4、 soldiers. And Joe? A common name for a guywho never 9 it to the top. Joe Blow, Joe Palooka, Joe Magraca working class name.The United States has 10 had a president or vice- president or secretary of state Joe.GI. Joe had a 11 careerfightingGerman, Japanese, and Korean troops.He appearsas a characte

5、r or a 12 of American personalities, in the 1945 movie The Story ofGI. Joe, based on the lastdays ofwar correspondentEmie Pyle.Someofthe soldiersPoly 13 portrayed themselves in the film. Pyle was famous for covering the 14 sideof the war, writing about the dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers, not how many mi

6、les were15 or what towns were captured orliberated.Hisreports 16 the“Willie” cartoonsof famed Starsand StripesartistBillMaulden.Bothmen 17 thedirtand exhaustionof war, the 18 of civilization that the soldiers shared with each other and thecivilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey, shelter, sleep.19 Egypt,

7、 France, and a dozenmore countries,GI. Joe was Americansoldiers,20 themost importantperson in theirlives.1. Aperformed Bserved Crebelled Dbetrayed1/202.AactualBcommon CspecialD normal3.AboreBcausedCremovedD loaded4.AnecessitiesBfacilitiesCcommoditiesD properties5.AandBnorCbutDhence6.AforBintoCfromDa

8、gainst7.AmeaningBimplyingCsymbolizingDclaiming8.Ahanded outBturned overCbrought backDpassed down9.ApushedBgotCmade Dmanaged10.AeverBneverCeitherDneither11.AdisguisedBdisturbedCdisputedDdistinguished12.AcompanyBcollection CcommunityDcolony13.AemployedBappointedCinterviewedDquestioned14.AethicalBmilit

9、aryCpoliticalDhuman15.A ruinedB commutedC patrolledD gained16.AparalleledB counteractedC duplicatedD contradicted17.A neglectedB avoidedCemphasizedD admired18.A stagesBillusionsC fragmentsD advances19.A With B ToC AmongD Beyond20.A on the contraryB by this meansC from the outsetD at thatpoint2/20Sec

10、tion II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below 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 many parents,but in recently years it has

11、been particularly scorned. School districts across thecountry, most recently Los Angeles Unified, are revising their thinking on thiseducational ritual. Unfortunately, L.A. Unified has produced an inflexible policywhich mandates that with the exception of some advanced courses, homework may nolonger

12、 count for more than 10% of a student s academic grade.This rule is meant to address the difficulty that students from impoverishedor chaotic homes might have in completing their homework. But the policy is unclear and contradictory. Certainly, no homework should be assigned that students cannotcomp

13、lete on their own or that they 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.Distri

14、ct administrators say that homework will still be a part of schooling 。teachers are allowed to assign as much of it as they want. But with homework countingfor no more than 10% of their grades, students can easily skip half their homeworkand see very little difference on their report cards. Some stu

15、dents might do well 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

16、a flat, across-the-board rule.At the same time, the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questions abouthomework. If the district finds homework to be unimportant to its students academicachievement, it should move to reduce or eliminate the assignments, not make them3/20count for almost nothin

17、g. Conversely, if should account for a significant portion of the grade. Meanwhile, this policy does nothing to ensure that the homeworkstudents receive is meaningful or appropriate to their age and the subject, or that teachers are not assigning more than they are willing to review and correct.The

18、homework rules should be put on hold while the shool board, which is responsible for setting educational policy, looks into the matter and conducts public hearings. It is not too late for L.A. Unified to do homework right.21. It is implied in paragraph 1 that nowadays homework_. A is receiving more

19、criticismBis no longer an educational ritual Cis not required for advanced courses Dis gaining more preferences22. L.A.Unified has made the rule about homework mainly because poor students_.A tend to have moderate expectations for their education Bhave asked for a different educational standard Cmay

20、 have problems finishing their homework Dhave voiced their complaints about homework23. According to Paragraph 3 one problem with the policy is that it may_. Adiscourage students from doing homeworkBresult in students indifference to their report car dsCundermine the authority of state tests4/20Dres

21、trict teachers power in education24. As mentioned in Paragraph 4 a key question unanswered about homework is_.A it should be eliminatedB it counts much in schoolingC it places extra burdens on teachersD it is important for grades25. A suitable title for this text could be_.A wrong Interpretations of

22、 an Educational PolicyB A Welcomed Policy for Poor StudentsC Thorny Questions about HomeworkD A Faulty Approach to HomeworkText 2Prettyin pink: adultwomen do not remember being so obsessed with thecolour,yetit ispervasivein ouryoung girls lives.It is notthatpinkis intrinsicallybad,but itissucha tiny

23、sliceof therainbowand,thoughit may celebrategirlhoodin one way,italsorepeatedlyand firmly fusesgirls identitytoappearance. Thenit presents that connection, even among two-year-olds, between girls as not onlyinnocentbutas evidenceof innocence.Lookingaround, Idespairedat thesingularlack of imagination

24、 about girls lives and interests.Girls attractiontopinkmay seem unavoidable,somehow encodedintheirDNA,but according to Jo Paoletti,an associateprofessorof AmericanStudies,itisnot.Childrenwere notcolour-codedat all untilthe early20th century,intheerabeforedomestic washing machines all babies wore whi

25、te as a practical matter, since theonly way of gettingclothesclean was to boil them. Whats more,bothboys and girlswore what were thought of as gender-neutral dresses. When nursery colours were5/20introduced, pink was actually considered the more masculine colour, a pastel versionof red, which was as

26、sociated with strength. Blue, with its intimations of the VirginMary, constancy and faithfulness, symbolized femininity. It was not until themid- 1980s,when amplifying age and sex differences became a dominant children smarketing strategy, that pink fully came into its own, when it began to seeminhe

27、rently attractive to girls, part of what defined them as female, at least forthe first few critical years.I had not realized how profoundly marketing trends dictated our perception ofwhat is natural to kids, including our core beliefs about their psychologicaldevelopment. Take the toddler. I assumed

28、 that phase was something experts developedafter years of research into children s behavior: wrong. Turns out, according toDaniel Cook, a historian of childhood consumerism, it was popularized as a marketingtrick by clothing manufacturers in the 1930s.Trade publicationscounseled departmentstoresthat,inorder to increasesales,they shouldcreate a “third stepping stone ” betweeninfantwearand olderkids clothes. It was only after“toddler ” became a common shoppers term that itevolved intoa broadlyaccepted devel