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考研英语二考试试题及答案

考研英语二考试试题及答案SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions：

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblank

andmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)

Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork.Today

isnodifferent,withacademics,writers,andactivistsonceagain1that

technologybereplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-

freeworldwillbedefinedby2.Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthe

capital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.

Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive3holdsthatthefuturewillbea

wastelandofadifferentsort,one4bypurposelessness：Withoutjobsto

givetheirlives5,peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed.

6,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGallup

pollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforat

leastayearreporthavingdepression,doubletheratefor7Americans.

Also,someresearchsuggeststhatthe8forrisingratesofmortality,

mental-healthproblems,andaddicting9poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeople

isshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhymany10theagonizing

dullnessofajoblessfuture.

Butitdoesn’t11followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithout

workwouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe12ofbeing

unemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe13of

work,asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould14strikingly

differentcircumstancedforthefutureoflaborandleisure.Today,the15

ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,

unhealthy,andawasteofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturer

attheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway.

Thesedays,becauseleisuretimeisrelatively16formostworkers,

peopleusetheirfreetimetocounterbalancetheintellectualandemotional

17oftheir