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新东方在线考研英语讲义 2017年全国硕士研究生招生考试 英语二试题 Section ⅠUse of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) ①People have speculated for centuries about a future without work. ②Today is no different, with academics, writers, and activists once again 1 that technology is replacing human workers. ③Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by 2 : ④A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland. ①A different and not mutually exclusive 3 holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort, one 4 by purposelessness ：Without jobs to give their lives 5 , people will simply become lazy and depressed. ② 6 , today ’s unemployed don ’t seem to be having a great time. ③ One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression, double the rate for 7 Americans. ④Also, some research suggests that the 8 for rising rates of mortality, mental-health problems, and addiction 9 poorly-educated, middle-aged people is a shortage of well-paid jobs. ⑤Perhaps this is why many 10 the agonizing dullness of a jobless future. ①But it doesn ’t 11 follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease. ②Such visions are based on the 12 of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. ③In the 13 of work, a society designed with other ends in mind could 14 strikingly different circumstances for the future of labor and leisure. ④Today, the 15 of work may be a bit overblown. ⑤ “Many j