2017年考研英语二真题（仅需5毛全网最便宜）.pdfVIP

2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语 （二） Section I UseofEnglish Directions: Readthe following text.Choosethebestword (s) for each numberedblank andmarkA,B,C or D ontheANSWER SHEET.(10points) People have speculated for centuries about a future without work .Today isno different,with academics, writers, and activists once again 1 that technology be replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by 2 .A few wealthy people will own allthecapital,andthemasseswill struggle in an impoverishedwasteland. A different and not mutually exclusive 3 holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort,one 4 by purposelessness:Withoutjobsto give their lives 5 ,peoplewill simply become lazy and depressed. 6 , today’s unemployed don’t seem to be having a great time. One Gallup poll found that 20percent ofAmericanswho have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression, double the rate for 7 Americans. Also, some research suggests that the 8 for rising rates of mortality, mental-health problems, and addicting 9 poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleis shortage ofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhy many 10 theagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture. But it doesn’t 11 follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filledwith unease.Such visionsarebased on the 12 ofbeingunemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. In the 13 of work, a society designed with other ends in mind could 14 strikingly different circumstanced for the future of labor and leisure. Today, the 15 ofwork may beabit overblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,and awaste of humanpotential,” saysJohnDanaher,alecturer attheNationalUniversity ofIrelandin Galway. These days, because leisure time is relatively 16 for most workers, people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional