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1、【MeiWei81-优质实用版文档】2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二)SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:ReadthefollowingteGt.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork.Todayisnodifferent,withacademics,writer
2、s,andactivistsonceagain 1 thattechnologybereplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby 2 .Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.AdifferentandnotmutuallyeGclusive 3 holdsthatthefuturewillbea
3、wastelandofadifferentsort,one 4 bypurposelessness:Withoutjobstogivetheirlives 5 ,peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed. 6,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepress
4、ion,doubletheratefor 7 Americans.Also,someresearchsuggeststhatthe 8 forrisingratesofmortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddicting 9 poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhymany 10theagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture.Butitdoesn’t 11 f
5、ollowfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe 12 ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe 13 ofwork,asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould 14 strikinglydifferentcircumstancedforthefutureoflabor
6、andleisure.Today,the 15 ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,andawasteofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway.Thesedays,becauseleisuretimeisrelatively 16 formostworkers,peopleusetheirfreetimetocoun
7、terbalancetheintellectualandemotional 17 oftheirjobs.“WhenIcomehomefromahardday’swork,Ioftenfeel 18 ,”Danahersays,adding,“InaworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork,Imightfeelratherdifferent”—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself 19 ahobbyorapassionprojectwiththeintensityusually
8、reservedfor 20 matters.1.[A]boasting[B]denying[C]warning[D]ensuring【答案】[C]warning2.[A]inequality[B]instabilit