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，andactivistsonceagain1thatte

2、chnologyisreplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby2.Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital，andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland..　　Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive3holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadifferentsort，one4bypu

3、rposelessness：Withoutjobstogivetheirlives5，peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed.6today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression，doubletheratefor7Americans.Also，somerese

4、archsuggeststhatthe8forrisingratesofmortality，mental-healthproblems，andaddicting9poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhymany10theagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture.　　Butitdoesn’t 11followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbef

5、illedwithunease.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe 12ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe 13ofwork，asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould 14strikinglydifferentcircumstancesforthefutureoflaborandleisure.Today，the 15ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsarebo

6、ring，degrading，unhealthy，andawasteofhumanpotential，”saysJohnDanaher，alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway.　　Thesedays，becauseleisuretimeisrelatively 16formostworkers，peopleusetheirfreetimetocounterbalancetheintellectualandemotional 17oftheirjobs.“WhenIcomehom

7、efromahardday’swork，Ioftenfeel 18，”Danahersays，adding，“InaworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork，Imightfeelratherdifferent”—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself 19ahobbyorapassionprojectwiththeintensityusuallyreservedfor 20matters.　　1.[A]boasting         [B]denying        [C]warni

8、ng        [D]ensuring　　2.[A]inequality       [B]instability     [C]unreliability  [D]uncertainty　　3.[A]