2017年考研英语二真题及答案解析

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1、2017年考研英语二真题SectionIUseofEnglishDirections：Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork.Todayisnodifferent，withacademics，writers，andactivistsonceagain1thattechnolog

2、yisreplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby2.Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital，andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland..　　Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive3holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadifferentsort，one4bypurposelessness：

3、Withoutjobstogivetheirlives5，peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed.6today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression，doubletheratefor7Americans.Also，someresearchsuggeststhatthe8f

4、orrisingratesofmortality，mental-healthproblems，andaddicting9poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhymany10theagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture.　　Butitdoesn’t 11followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisionsa

5、rebasedonthe 12ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe 13ofwork，asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould 14strikinglydifferentcircumstancesforthefutureoflaborandleisure.Today，the 15ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring，degrading，unhealthy，andawasteo

6、fhumanpotential，”saysJohnDanaher，alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway.　　Thesedays，becauseleisuretimeisrelatively 16formostworkers，peopleusetheirfreetimetocounterbalancetheintellectualandemotional 17oftheirjobs.“WhenIcomehomefromahardday’swork，Ioftenfeel 18，”Danaher

7、says，adding，“InaworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork，Imightfeelratherdifferent”—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself 19ahobbyorapassionprojectwiththeintensityusuallyreservedfor 20matters.　　1.[A]boasting         [B]denying        [C]warning        [D]ensuring　　2.[A]inequality       [B]i

8、nstability     [C]unreliability  [D]uncertainty　　3.[A]