2017考研英语二真题及答案.doc

2017考研英语二真题及答案

SectionIUseofEnglish
Directions：
Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword（s）foreachnumberedblank
andmarkA，B，CorDontheANSWERSHEET.（10points）
Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork.Todayisno
different，withacademics，writers，andactivistsonceagain1thattechnologybe
replacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbe
definedby2.Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital，andthemasseswill
struggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.
Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive3holdsthatthefuturewillbea
wastelandofadifferentsort，one4bypurposelessness：Withoutjobstogivetheir
lives5，peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed.6，today’sunemployed
don’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentof
Americanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression，
doubletheratefor7Americans.Also，someresearchsuggeststhatthe8forrising
ratesofmortality，mental-healthproblems，andaddicting9poorly-educated
middle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhymany10the
agonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture.
Butitdoesn’t11followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutwork
wouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe12ofbeing
unemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe13ofwork，
asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould14strikinglydifferent
circumstancedforthefutureoflaborandleisure.Today，the15ofworkmaybe
abitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring，degrading，unhealthy，andawaste
ofhumanpotential，”saysJohnDanaher，alecturerattheNationalUniversityof
IrelandinGalway.
Thesedays，becauseleisuretimeisrelatively16formostworkers，people
usetheirfreetimetocounterbalancetheintellectualandemotional17oftheir
jobs.“WhenIcomehomefromahardday’swork，Ioftenfeel18，”Danaher
says，adding，“InaworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork，Imightfeelrather
different”—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself19ahobbyorapassion
projectwiththeintensityusuallyreservedfor20matters.
1.[A]boasting[B]denying[C]warning[D]ensuring[答案][C]warning
2.[A]inequality[B]instability[C]unreliability[D]uncertainty[答案][A]inequali