【正文】 ast 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 dirtsnow andmud 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. 1. [A] performed [B]served [C]rebelled [D]betrayed 2. [A] actual [B]mon [C]special [D]normal 3. [A]bore [B]cased [C]removed [D]loaded 4. [A]necessities [B]facilities [C]modities [D]properties 5. [A]and [B]nor [C]but [D]hence 6. [A]for [B]into [C] form [D]against 7. [A]meaning [B]implying [C]symbolizing [D]claiming 8. [A]handed out [B]turn over [C]brought back [D]passed down 9. [A]pushed [B]got [C]made [D]managed 10. [A]ever [B]never [C]either [D]neither 11. [A]disguised [B]disturbed [C]disputed [D]distinguished 12. [A]pany [B]collection [C]munity [D]colony 13. [A]employed [B]appointed [C]interviewed [D]questioned 14. [A]ethical [B]military [C]political [D]human 15. [A]ruined [B]muted [C]patrolled [D]gained 16. [A]paralleled [B]counteracted [C]duplicated [D]contradicted17. [A]neglected [B]avoided [C]emphasized [D]admired 18. [A]stages [B]illusions [C]fragments [D]advances 19. [A]With [B]To [C]Among [D]Beyond 20. [A]on the contrary [B] by this means [C]from the outset [D]at that point Section II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40points) Text 1Homework has never been terribly popular with students and even many parents, but in recent years it has been particularly scorned. School districts across the country, most recently Los Angeles Unified, are revising their thinking on his educational ritual. Unfortunately, . Unified has produced an inflexible policy which mandates that with the exception of some advanced courses, homework may no longer count for more than 10% of a student’s academic grade.This rule is meant to address the difficulty that students from impoverished or chaotic homes might have in pleting their homework. But the policy is unclear and contradictory. Certainly, no homework should be assigned that students cannot do without expensive equipment. But if the district is essentially giving a pass to students who do not do their homework because of plicated family lives, it is going riskily close to the implication that standards need to be lowered for poor children. District administrators say that homework will still be a pat of schooling: teachers are allowed to assign as much of it as they want. But with homework counting for no more than 10% of their grades, students can easily skip half their homework and see very little difference on their report cards. Some students might do well on state tests without pleting 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 a flat, acrosstheboard rule.At the same time, the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questions about homework. If the district finds homework to be unimportant to its students’ academic achievement, it should move to reduce or eliminate the assignments, not make them count for almost nothing. Conversely, if homework matters, it should account for a significant portion of the grade. Meanwhile, this policy does nothing to ensure that the homework students 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 homework rules should be put on hold while the school 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 criticism [B] is no longer an educational ritual [C] is not required for advanced courses [D] is gaining more preferences 22. L. A. Unified has made the rule about homework mainly because poor students_____. [A] tend to have moderate expectations for their education [B] have asked for a different educational standard [C] may have problems finishing their homework [D] have voiced their plaints about homework 23. According to Paragraph 3, one problem with the policy is that it may____. [A] discourage students from doing homework [B] result in students39。 indifference to their report cards [C] undermine the authority of state tests [D] restrict teachers39。 power in education 24. As mentioned in Paragraph 4, a key question unanswered about homework is whether___. [A] it should be eliminated [B] it counts much in schooling [C] it places extra burdens on teachers [D] it is important for grades 25. A suitable title for this text could be______. [A] wrong Interpretation of an Educational Policy [B] a Weled Policy for Poor Students [C] thorny Questions about Homework [D] a Faulty Approach to Homework Text 2Pretty in pink: adult women do not remember being so obsessed with the colour, yet it is pervasive in our young girls’ lives. It is not that pink is intrinsically bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow and, though it may celebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeatedly and firmly fuse