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2012考研英语二 · 完形填空
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2012考研英语二完形填空原文
Millions of Americans and foreigners see G.I. Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of American military adventurism, but that's not how it used to be. To the men and women who __1__ in World War Ⅱ and the people they liberated, the G.I. 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 isn't much. G.I. is just a military abbreviation __7__ 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 Palooka, Joe Magrac...a working class name. The United States has __10__ had a president or vice-president or secretary of state Joe.
G.I. Joe had a __11__ 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 dirt-snow-and-mud 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, the __18__ 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.
答案与逐题解析
答案速查
1A
2B
3D
4A
5C
6D
7B
8A
9C
10B
11D
12C
13C
14A
15D
16A
17B
18C
19B
20D
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1第 1 题
答案A
解析原文写“the men and women who __ in World War Ⅱ”，指参战人员。serve in a war 是固定搭配，表示服役、参战。A 正确。perform 强调表演或执行任务，不接战争；rebelled、betrayed 与后文解放者、英雄形象相反。
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2第 2 题
答案B
解析后文把 G.I. 说成“poor farm kid”“average guy”，对应 ordinary 普通人。common man grown into hero 即平民成长为英雄。B 正确。actual 强调真实；special 与平民身份矛盾；normal 侧重正常无异常，语义不如 common 贴切。
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3第 3 题
答案D
解析“all the burdens of battle”需要“承担”。bore 是 bear 的过去式，bear burdens 为惯用搭配。D 正确。loaded 常接 with；eased、removed 表示减轻或卸除负担，与“stuck it out”坚持战斗不符。
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4第 4 题
答案A
解析“went without the __ of food and shelter”指缺乏食物与住所这类生存必需品。necessities 正是生活必需。A 正确。facilities 是设施；commodities 是商品；properties 是财产，均不能概括食宿之必需。
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5第 5 题
答案C
解析前文“not a volunteer…not someone well paid”，后接“an average guy”，构成 not…but… 对照。C 正确。and 表并列；nor 需与 neither 呼应；hence 表因果，均无法衔接否定后的转折。
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6第 6 题
答案D
解析“up __ the best trained…enemies”表示对抗最凶残的敌人。against 表对抗。D 正确。for 表支持；into 表进入；from 表来源，均不能表达“面对/抗击”之意。
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7第 7 题
答案B
解析G.I. 是缩写，“Government Issue”是其含义。meaning 直接标明意思。B 正确。implying 暗示；symbolizing 象征；claiming 声称，都不适合解释缩写本义。
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8第 8 题
答案A
解析军需品“on all of the articles __ to soldiers”即发给士兵的物品。hand out 分发。A 正确。turn over 移交；bring back 带回；pass down 传给后代，均不合战时配发语境。
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9第 9 题
答案C
解析“never __ it to the top”指没能爬到高层。make it to 为习语，表示成功到达。C 正确。push、get、manage 后接 it to the top 均不构成地道搭配。
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10第 10 题
答案B
解析后文列举总统、副总统、国务卿中从无 Joe 这个平民化名字。never 表从未。B 正确。ever 表曾经；either、neither 用于两者选择，与“美国从未有过”不符。
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11第 11 题
答案D
解析G.I. Joe“fighting German, Japanese, and Korean troops”战绩突出。distinguished career 杰出生涯。D 正确。disguised 伪装；disturbed 扰乱；disputed 有争议，均贬义或无关。
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12第 12 题
答案C
解析他在电影中是“a __ of American personalities”，即多种美国性格的集合。collection 集合。C 正确。company 同伴；community 社区；colony 殖民地，语义均不贴。
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13第 13 题
答案C
解析战地记者 Pyle 报道士兵，“portrayed themselves”说明那些士兵曾被他采访。interviewed 采访。C 正确。employed 雇用；appointed 任命；questioned 盘问，语气过重或不合记者工作。
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14第 14 题
答案A
解析Pyle 写“dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers”，关注普通人的战争体验，即 human side。A 正确。military、political、ethical 分别是军事、政治、伦理层面，与“泥土士兵”的人文视角不符。
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15第 15 题
答案D
解析“how many miles were __”与“towns were captured”并列，指推进了多少英里。gained 获得（推进）。D 正确。ruined 摧毁；commuted 通勤；patrolled 巡逻，都不能与里程推进搭配。
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16第 16 题
答案A
解析Pyle 的报道与 Maulden 漫画内容同类，都写士兵艰苦。paralleled 平行、相似。A 正确。counteracted、contradicted 表对抗或矛盾；duplicated 完全复制，程度过绝对。
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17第 17 题
答案B
解析两人都写“dirt and exhaustion of war”，即突出战争的肮脏与疲惫。emphasized 强调。B 正确。neglected、avoided 忽视回避；admired 钦佩，与写实苦难不符。
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18第 18 题
答案C
解析士兵与平民分享的只是文明的残片：咖啡、烟草、威士忌等。fragments 碎片。C 正确。stages 阶段；illusions 幻觉；advances 进展，都不能形容这些零碎慰藉。
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19第 19 题
答案B
解析“__ Egypt, France, and a dozen more countries”表示对这些国家的人们而言。To 引出对象。B 正确。With、Among、Beyond 分别表伴随、在……之中、超出，无法引出“在他们眼中”。
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20第 20 题
答案D
解析在那些国家里，G.I. Joe 就是普通美军，“__ the most important person”即当时当地最重要的人。at that point 在那一点上。D 正确。on the contrary 相反；by this means 借此；from the outset 从一开始，均不合语境。
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