2017年考研英语二真题.docx

. . . . 绝密★启用前 2017 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二） （科目代码 204） 考生注意事项 答题前，考生必须在试题册指定位置上填写考生和考生编号；在答题卡指定位置上填写报考单位、考生和考生编号，并涂写考生编号信息点。 考生须把试题册上的试卷条形码粘贴条取下，粘贴在答题卡“试卷条形码粘贴位置”框中。不按规定粘贴条形码而影响评卷结果的，责任由考生自负。 选择题的答案必须涂写在答题卡相应题号的选项上，非选择题的答案必须书写在答题卡指定位置的边框区域。超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题册上答题无效。 填（书）写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔或者钢笔书写，字迹工整、笔迹清楚； 涂写部分必须使用 2B 铅笔填涂。 考试结束后，将答题卡和试题册按规定一并交回，不可带出考场。 考生： 考生编号： 2017 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）试题 Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions: Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA ,B,CorDon the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) People have speculated for centuries about a future without work .Today is no different, with academics, writers, and activists once again1that technology be replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by2 . A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland. A different and not mutually exclusive3 holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort, one4by purposelessness: Without jobs to give their lives 5 , people will simply become lazy and depressed.6 , today’s unemployed don’t seem to be havinga great time. One Gallup poll found that 20 percentof Americans who 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 addicting9poorly-educated middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many 10 the agonizing dullness of a jobless future. 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 12of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. In the 13 of work, a society designed with other ends in mind could14strikingly different circumstanced for the future of labor and leisure. Today, the 15 of work may be a bit overblown.“Many jobs are boring, degrading, unhealthy, and