Question

More than 26 million Americans took part in the Vietnam (越南)War. More than 58,000 of them  21 ; over 300,000 were  22 , and nearly 2300 were missing and thought dead. Improved  23 services saved many soldiers with serious  24  that in earlier wars would have been fatal(致命的). More than 600 Americans were prisoners of war (POWs).Some POWs spent six years or even  25   in North Vietnamese prisons.

One of the  26  things of the war has been the fate of its veterans(退伍军人).The  27  of soldiers from the Vietnam War was not   28  celebrated. Americans 29  them with stony silence.

The public's 30 reaction made many veterans angry and 31 them. They had  32  a life-and-death struggle, obeying orders for their country's national  33 .In the book Born on the Fourth of July (1976).Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic expressed his 34  over their not being supported.

"I didn’t want to  35   it at first---people went against us when we were putting our  36  on the frontline for our country……How could they do this to us? Many of us wouldn't be coming back……"

Thousands of Vietnam veterans turned to drugs or 37 to kick the drug habits they had developed  38   the war. Many others had trouble in finding jobs or  39 down and starting families. Between 250,000 and 350,000 homeless Americans--nearly one third of the total  40   Vietnam veterans.

1.	A．returned B．died C．fled D．gave up

2.	A．killed B．caught C．wounded D．praised

3.	A．medical B．army C．government D．Social

4.	A．wounds B．illnesses C．situations D．feelings

5.	A．so B．longer C．less D．more

6.	A．best B．greatest C．saddest D．interesting

7.	A．order B．return C．victory D．news

8.	A．serious B．carefully C．immediately D．warmly

9.	A．blamed B．hired C．met D．welcomed

10.	A．warm B．cold C．coldy D．unexpected

11.	A．discouraged B．encouraged C．comforted D．astonished

12.	A．seen B．faced C．finished D．viewed

13.	A．future B．fate C．interests D．base

14.	A．gladness B．angry C．surprise D．pain

15.	A．say B．believe C．describe D．write

16.	A．lives B．time C．love D．youth

17.	A．failed B．began C．managed D．hoped

18.	A．for B．before C．after D．during

19.	A．falling B．settling C．putting D．lying

20.	A．was B．were C．are D．is

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.B

【解析】

1.die 战亡，这里描述的是战后情况，战后死亡超过58,000人。

2.wound 受(刀，枪)伤，战后受伤300,000多人。

3.medical 医学上的，句意是医学的发展挽救了很多受伤严重的士兵，在以前这些伤是致命的，

4.wound 名词伤势，句意同上。

5.six years 是时间，所以用or even longer 表示或者使用更长时间。

6.saddest 最痛苦的，句意是战争带来的最痛苦的事情之一就是退伍军人不幸的结局。

7.return 返回，句意从越南战场回来的士兵没有得到热烈的庆祝。

8.warmly 热烈的，热情的，句意同上。

9.meet with 体验到，遭遇到，句意是美国人用冷淡的沉默对待他们。

10.cold reaction 冷漠的反应，句意是人们的冷漠使退伍军人很生气，很沮丧。

11.discouraged 沮丧的，句意同上。

12.face 面对，他们面对生与死的挣扎。

13.interests 利益，为国家的利益而服从命令。

14.pain 薪资，报酬，句意是越战退伍军人叙述他们的报酬没有被支持。

15.believe 相信，首先，我不愿意相信当我们在前线拼命时人们反对我们。

16.put life on奉献生命，句意同上。

17.fail to不能...句意是成千的退伍军人依赖于毒品或者不能改变他们在战争中养成的吸食毒品的习惯，

18.during在...期间，句意同上。

19.set down 平静下来，稳定，句意是其他人在找工作，定居，建立家庭中遇到很多麻烦。

20.主语是Americans 所以谓语用复数were。