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2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试

英语（二）

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2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）试题

SectionⅠUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmark

A,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)

Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork.Todayisno

different,withacademics,writers,andactivistsonceagain1thattechnologybe

replacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbe

definedby2.Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasses

willstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.

Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive3holdsthatthefuturewillbea

wastelandofadifferentsort,one4bypurposelessness:Withoutjobstogive

theirlives5,peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed.6,

today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat

20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthaving

depression,doubletheratefor7Americans.Also,someresearchsuggests

thatthe8forrisingratesofmortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddicting

9poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisis

whymany10theagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture.

Butitdoesn’t11followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithout

workwouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe12ofbeing

unemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe13