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1、2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试管理类专业硕士学位联考英语(二)真题及校正版答案SectionIUseofEnglish Directions:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonthe ANSWERSHEET.(10points) Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork.Todayisnodifferent,withacademics,writers,andactivists
2、onceagain1 thattechnologybereplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby2 .Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland. Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive3 holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadifferentsort,one 4 byp
3、urposelessness:Withoutjobstogivetheirlives5 ,peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed. 6 ,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression,doubletheratefor 7 Americans.Also,someresearchsuggests
4、thatthe 8 forrisingratesofmortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddicting 9 poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhymany 10 theagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture. Butitdoesn’t 11 followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisi
5、onsarebasedonthe 12ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe 13 ofwork,asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould14 strikinglydifferentcircumstancedforthefutureoflaborandleisure.Today,the 15 ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,andawasteofhuman
6、potential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway. Thesedays,becauseleisuretimeisrelatively 16 formostworkers,peopleusetheirfreetimetocounterbalancetheintellectualandemotional 17 oftheirjobs.“WhenIcomehomefromahardday’swork,Ioftenfeel 18 ,”Danahersays,adding,“In
7、aworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork,Imightfeelratherdifferent”—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself 19 ahobbyorapassionprojectwiththeintensityusuallyreservedfor 20 matters. 1.[A]boasting[B]denying[C]warning[D]ensuring 2.[A]inequality[B]instability[C]unreliability[