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1、2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二) SectionIUseofEnglish Directions: Readthefollowingtext。Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET。(10points) Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork。Todayisnodifferent,withacadem
2、ics,writers,andactivistsonceagain1thattechnologybereplacinghumanworkers。Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby2。Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland。 Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive
3、3holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadifferentsort,one4bypurposelessness:Withoutjobstogivetheirlives5,peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed。6,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime。OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunempl
4、oyedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression,doubletheratefor7Americans。Also,someresearchsuggeststhatthe8forrisingratesofmortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddicting9poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs。Perhapsthisiswhymany10theagon
5、izingdullnessofajoblessfuture。 Butitdoesn’t11followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbefilledwithunease。Suchvisionsarebasedonthe12ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment。Inthe13ofwork,asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmind
6、could14strikinglydifferentcircumstancedforthefutureoflaborandleisure。Today,the15ofworkmaybeabitoverblown。“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,andawasteofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway。 Thesedays,b
7、ecauseleisuretimeisrelatively16formostworkers,peopleusetheirfreetimetocounterbalancetheintellectualandemotional17oftheirjobs。“WhenIcomehomefromahardday’swork,Ioftenfeel18,”Danahersays,adding,“InaworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork,Imightfeelratherdifferent”
8、—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself19ahobbyorapassionprojectwiththeintensityusuallyreservedfor20matters。 1。[A]boasting[B]denying[C]warning[D]ensuring 2。[A]inequality[B]instability[C]unreliability[D]uncertainty 3。[A]policy[B]guideline[C]resolutio
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