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1、2017考研英语二真题+答案(缺少完型填空1-20)SectionⅠUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,C,orDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points).Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork,.Todayisnodifferent,withacademics,writers,andactivistsonceagain_1_warn
2、ingthattechnologyisreplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby_2_inequality:Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.Adifferentandnotmutuallyexculsive_3_holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadifferentsort,one_4
3、_bypurposelessness:Withoutjobstogivetheirlives_5_,peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed._6_,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression,doubletheratefor_7_Americans.Also,someresearchs
4、uggeststhatthe_8_forrisingratesofmortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddiction_9_poorly-educated,middle-agedpeopleisashortageofwell-paidjobs.Anotherstudyshowsthatpeopleareoftenhappieratworkthanintheirfreetime.Perhapsthisiswhymany_10_abouttheagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture. Butitdoesn’t
5、_11_followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbefilledwithmalaise.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe_12_ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe_13_ofwork,asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould_14_strikinglydifferentcircumstancesforthefutureoflaborandleisure.Toda
6、y,the_15_ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,andasquanderingofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalwaywhohaswrittenaboutaworldwithoutwork.“Globalsurveysfindthatthevastmajorityofpeopleareunhappyatwork.” Thesedays,becaus
7、eleisuretimeisrelatively_16_formostworkers,peopleusetheirfreetimetocounterbalancetheintellectualandemotional_17_oftheirjobs.“WhenIcomehomefroma16hardday’swork,Ioftenfeel_18_,”Danahersays,adding,“InaworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork,Imightfeelratherdifferent”—perhapsdifferenten