2012年全国硕士研究生考试英语（二）真题（含解析）
绝密启用前2012 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（二）（科目代码：204）考生注意事项1.答题前，考生须在试题册指定位置上填写考生编号和考生姓名；在答题卡指定位置上填写报考单位、考生姓名和考生编号,并涂写考生编号信息点。2.考生须把试题册上的“试卷条形码”粘贴条取下，粘贴在答题卡的“试卷条形码粘贴位置”框中。不按规定粘贴条形码而影响评卷结果的，责任由考生自负。3.选择题的答案必须涂写在答题卡相应题号的选项上，非选择题的答案必须书写在答题卡指定位置的边框区域内。超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题册上答题无效。4.填（书）写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔书写，字迹工整、笔迹清楚；涂写部分必须使用 2B 铅笔填涂。5.考试结束，将答题卡和试题册按规定交回。（以下信息考生必须认真填写）考生编号考生姓名2012年全国硕士研究生考试英语（二）真题第 1 页，共 71 页英语（二）试题.1.(共 14 页)Section IUse of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank andmark A, B, C or D onANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Millions of Americans and foreigners see G.I. Joe as a mindless war toy, thesymbol of American military adventurism, but thats not how it used to be. To themen and women who1in World War and the people they liberated, theG.I. was the2man grown into hero, the poor farm kid torn away from hishome, the guy who3all the burdens of battle, who slept in cold foxholes,whowent without the4of food and shelter, who stuck it out and drove backthe Nazi reign of murder. This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid,5an average guy, up6the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, mostbrutal enemies seen in centuries.His name isnt much. G.I. is just a military abbreviation7GovernmentIssue, and it was on all of the articles8to soldiers. And Joe? A commonname for a guy who never9it to the top. Joe Blow, Joe Palooka, JoeMagrac.aworking class name. The United States has10had a president orvice-president or secretary of state Joe.G.I. Joe had a11career fighting German, Japanese, and Korean troops.He appears as a character, or a12of American personalities, in the 1945movieThe Story of G.I. Joe, based on the last days of war correspondent ErniePyle. Some of the soldiers Pyle13portrayed themselves in the film. Pylewas famous for covering the14side of the war, writing about thedirt-snow-and-mud soldiers, not how many miles were15or what townswere captured or liberated. His reports16the “Willie” cartoons of famedStars and Stripesartist Bill Maulden. Both men17the dirt and exhaustionofwar, the18of civilization that the soldiers shared with each other and thecivilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey, shelter, sleep.19Egypt, France, and adozenmore countries, G.I. Joe was any American soldier,20the mostimportant person in their lives.2012年全国硕士研究生考试英语（二）真题第 2 页，共 71 页英语（二）试题.2.(共 14 页)1. A servedB performedC rebelledD betrayed2. A actualB commonC specialD normal3. A loadedB easedC removedD bore4. A necessitiesB facilitiesC commoditiesD properties5. A andB norC butD hence6. A forB intoC fromD against7. A implyingB meaningC symbolizingD claiming8. A handed outB turned overC brought backD passed down9. A pushedB gotC madeD managed10. A everB neverC eitherD neither11. A disguisedB disturbedC disputedD distinguished12. A companyB communityC collectionD colony13. A employedB appointedC interviewedD questioned14. A humanB militaryC politicalD ethical15. A ruinedB commutedC patrolledD gained16. A paralleledB counteractedC duplicatedD contradicted17. A neglectedB emphasizedC avoidedD admired18. A stagesB illusionsC fragmentsD advances19. A WithB ToCAmongD Beyond20. A on the contrary B by this meansC from the outsetD at that pointSection IIReading ComprehensionPartADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A,B,C or D. Mark your answers onANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)2012年全国硕士研究生考试英语（二）真题第 3 页，共 71 页英语（二）试题.3.(共 14 页)Text 1Homework has never been terribly popular with students and even manyparents,but in recent years it has 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, homeworkmayno longer count for more than 10% of a students 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 isunclear and contradictory. Certainly, no homework should be assigned thatstudentscannot complete on their own or that they cannot do without expensiveequipment. But if the district is essentially giving a pass to students who do not dotheir homework because of complicated family lives, it is going riskily close totheimplication that standards need to be lowered for poor children.District 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 homeworkcounting for no more than 10% of their grades, students can easily skip half theirhomework and see very little difference on their report cards. Some studentsmight do well on state tests without completing their homework, but what aboutthestudents who performed well on the tests and did their homework? It is quitepossible that the homework helped. Yet rather than empowering teachers to findwhat works best for the
