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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 tom 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. (341 words)

问题1选项
A.served
B.performed
C.rebelled
D.betrayed
问题2选项
A.actual
B.common
C.special
D.normal
问题3选项
A.loaded
B.cased
C.removed
D.bore
问题4选项
A.necessities
B.facilities
C.commodities
D.properties
问题5选项
A.and
B.nor
C.but
D.hence
问题6选项
A.for
B.into
C.from
D.against
问题7选项
A.implying
B.meaning
C.symbolizing
D.claiming
问题8选项
A.handed out
B.turned over
C.brought back
D.passed down
问题9选项
A.pushed
B.got
C.made
D.managed
问题10选项
A.ever
B.never
C.either
D.neither
问题11选项
A.disguised
B.disturbed
C.disputed
D.distinguished
问题12选项
A.company
B.community
C.collection
D.colony
问题13选项
A.employed
B.appointed
C.interviewed
D.questioned
问题14选项
A.human
B.military
C.political
D.ethical
问题15选项
A.ruined
B.commuted
C.patrolled
D.gained
问题16选项
A.paralleled
B.counteracted
C.duplicated
D.contradicted
问题17选项
A.neglected
B.emphasized
C.avoided
D.admired
问题18选项
A.stages
B.illusions
C.fragments
D.advances
问题19选项
A.With
B.To
C.Among
D.Beyond
问题20选项
A.on the contrary
B.by this means
C.from the outset
D.at that point
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