2017年考研英语二真题及答案.pdf

2017 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语二试题 Section I UseofEnglish Directions： Read the following text. Choose the bestwords for eachnumberedblank andmark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.(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-free world willbe definedby___2___ .A few wealthy peoplewill own allthe capital,andthemasseswill struggle in an impoverished wasteland. A 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. ___6___ , today’s unemployed don’t seem to be having a great time. One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americans whohavebeenunemployed for at least ayear reporthaving depression,doubletherate for___7___ Americans.Also, some research suggests that the ___8___ for rising rates of mortality, mental-health problems, and addicting ___9___ poorly- educated,middle-agedpeople is shortage ofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhy many ___10___ the agonizing dullness of a joblessfuture. But it doesn’t ___11___ follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease. Such visions are based on the ___12___ ofbeing unemployed 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 circumstances for the future of labor andleisure. Today, the ___15___ of work may be a bit overblown. “Manyjobs are boring, degrading, unhealthy, and a waste of humanpotential,” saysJohnDanaher,alecturer attheNationalUniversity ofIrelandin Galway. These days,be