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统一考试英语(二)试题Section IUse of English
Directions: 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)
Millions of Americans and foreigners see G.I. 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 1in World War II and the people they liberated, the G.I. Joe was the 2 man grown into hero, the poor farm kid torn away from his home, the 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 enemies seen in centuries.
His name is not much. G.I. is just a military abbreviation7 Government Issue, and it was on all of the articles 8 to soldiers. And Joe? A common name for a guy who never 9 it to the top. Joe Blow, Joe Magrac... a working class name. The United States has10 had a president or vice president or secretary of state Joe.
G.I. Joe had a11 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 correspondent Ernie Pyle. Some of the soldiers Pyle 13 portrayed themselves in the film. Pyle was famous for covering the 14 side of the war, writing about the dirtsnowandmud soldiers, not how many miles were 15 or what towns were captured or liberated. His reports 16 the “Willie” cartoons of famed Stars and Stripes artist Bill Maulden. Both men 17 the dirt and exhaustion of war, the18 of civilization that the soldiers shared with each other and the civilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey, shelter, sleep. 19 Egypt, France, and a dozen more countries, G.I. Joe was any American soldier, 20 the most important person in their lives.
1. A. performedB. served C. rebelled D. betrayed
2. A. actualB. common C. special D. normal
3. A. boreB. cased C. removed D. loaded
4. A. necessitiesB. facilities C. commodities D. properties
5. A. andB. nor C. but D. hence
6. A. forB. into C. from D. against
7. A. meaningB. implying C. symbolizing D. claiming
8. A. handed outB. turned over C. brought back D. passed down
9. A. pushedB. got C. made D. managed
10. A. everB. never C. either D. neither
11. A. disguisedB. disturbed C. disputed D. distinguished
12. A. companyB. collection C. community D. colony
13. A. employedB. appointed C. interviewed D. questioned
14. A. ethicalB. military C. political D. human
15. A. ruined B. commuted C. patrolled D. gained
16. A. paralleledB. counteracted C. duplicated D. contradicted
17. A. neglectedB. avoided C. emphasized D. admired
18. A. stagesB. illusions C. fragments D. advances
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