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2017年考研英语二真题
SectionIUseofEnglish
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and markA, B, C or D on the
ANSWER SHEET.(10points)
People have speculated for centuries about a future without work.Today is no different, with academics,
writers, and activists once again 1 that technology is replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming
work-freeworldwillbedefinedby 2 .:Afewwealthy peoplewill own allthe capital,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: Withoutjobs to give their lives 5 , people will 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 havebeen
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-educated,
middle-aged people is a shortage of well-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many 10 the agonizing dullness of ajobless
future.
But it doesn’t 11follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease. Such
visionsarebasedon the 12 ofbeingunemployed in a societybuilt onthe concept of employment.In the 13ofwork,
a society designed with other ends in mind could 14 strikingly different circumstances for the future of labor and
leisure.Today,the 15ofworkmay beabit overblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,and awaste
ofhumanpotential,” saysJohnDanaher, alecturer at theNationalUniversity ofIrelandin Galway.
Thesedays,becauseleisuretime isrelatively 16for mostworkers,peopleusetheir freetimeto counterbalance
the intellectual and emotional 17 of
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