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1、2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork.Todayisnodifferent,withacademics,writers,andactivistson
2、ceagain 1 thattechnologybereplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby 2 .Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive 3 holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadi
3、fferentsort,one 4 bypurposelessness:Withoutjobstogivetheirlives 5 ,peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed. 6,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression,doublet
4、heratefor 7 Americans.Also,someresearchsuggeststhatthe 8 forrisingratesofmortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddicting 9 poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhymany 10 theagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture.Butitdoesn’t 11 followf
5、romfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe 12 ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe 13 ofwork,asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould 14 strikinglydifferentcircumstancedforthefutureoflaborandl
6、eisure.Today,the 15 ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,andawasteofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway.Thesedays,becauseleisuretimeisrelatively 16 formostworkers,peopleusetheirfreetimetocounte
7、rbalancetheintellectualandemotional 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
