Section?Ⅰ?Use?of?English Directions:
Read?the?following?text.?Choose?the?best?word(s)?for?each?numbered?blank?and?mark?A,?B,?C,?or?D on?the?ANSWER?SHEET.?(10?points).
People?have?speculated?for?centuries?about?a?future?without?work,.Today?is?no?different,?with
academics,?writers,?and?activists?once?again_1_?warning?that?technology?is?replacing?human
workers.?Some?imagine?that?the?coming?work-free?world?will?be?defined?by_2_?inequality:?A?few
wealthy?people?will?own?all?the?capital,?and?the?masses?will?struggle?in?an?impoverished?wasteland.
A?different?and?not?mutually?exculsive?_3_?holds?that?the?future?will?be?a?wasteland?of?a?different
sort,?one?_4_by?purposelessness:?Without?jobs?to?give?their?lives?_5_,?people?will?simply?become lazy?and?depressed.?_6_,?today
’
s?unemployed?don
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t?seem?to?be?having?a?great?time.?One?Gallup
poll?found?that?20?percent?of?Americans?who?have?been?unemployed?for?at?least?a?year?report
having?depression,?double?the?rate?for?_7_Americans.?Also,?some?research?suggests?that?the?_8_
for?rising?rates?of?mortality,?mental-health?problems,?and?addiction?_9_?poorly-educated,
middle-aged?people?is?a?shortage?of?well-paid?jobs.?Another?study?shows?that?people?are?often
happier?at?work?than?in?their?free?time.?Perhaps?this?is?why?many?_10_?about?the?agonizing dullness?of?a?jobless?future.
But?it?doesn’t?_11_?follow?from?findings?like?these?that?a?world without?work?would?be?filled?with?malaise.?Such?visions?are?based?on?the_12_of?being
unemployed?in?a?society?built?on?the?concept?of?employment.?In?the?_13_?of?work,?a?society
designed?with?other?ends?in?mind?could?_14_?strikingly?different?circumstances?for?the?future?of
labor?and?leisure.?Today,?the?_15_?of?work?may?be?a?bit?overblown.?
“?Many?jobs?are?boring,
degrading,?unhealthy,?and?a?squandering?of?human?potential,”?says?John?Danaher,?a?lecturer?at?the
National?University?of?Ireland?in?Galway?who?has?written?about?a?world?without?work.?“Global
surveys?find?that?the?vast?majority?of?people?are?unhappy?at?work.?” These?days,?becauseleisure?time?is?relatively?_16_?for?most?workers,?people?use?their?free?time?to?counterbalance?the intellectual?and?emotional?_17_?of?their?jobs.?“When?I?come?home?from?a?hard?day’s?work,?I 1
often?feel?_18_,”?Danaher?says,?adding,?“In?a?world?in?which?I?don’t?have?to?work,?I?might?feel rather?different
”
—?perhaps?different?enough?to?throw?himself?_19_a?hobby?or?a?passion?project
with?the?intensity?usually?reserved?for?_20_?matters. 1?[A]boasting?[B]warning[C]denying[D]ensuring
2[A]uncertainty[B]unreliability[C]instability[D]inequality 3[A]policy[B]guideline[C]prediction[D]resolution 4[A]measured[B]divied[C]balanced[D]characterized 5[A]meaning[B]wisdom[C]glory[D]freedom 6[A]indeed[B]instead[C]thus[D]nevertheless 7[A]rich[B]working[C]urban[D]educated
8[A]substitute[B]requirement[C]compensation[D]?explanation 9[A]under[B]beyond[C]among[D]alongside
10[A]leave?behind[B]worry?about[C]make?up[D]set?aside
11[A]atatistically[B]necessarily[C]occasionally[D]economicall 12[A]downsides[B]chance[C]benefits[D]principles 13[A]course[B]height[C]face[D]absence 14[a]disturd[b]restore[C]yield[D]exclude 15[A]model[B]virtue[C]practice[D]hardship 16[A]tricky[B]lengthy[C]scarce[D]mysterious 17[A]threats[B]standards[C]qualities[D]demands 18[A]tired[B]ignored[C]confused[D]starved
19[A]off[B]against[C]into[D]behind
20[A]professional[B]technological[C]educational[D]interpersonal 完型填空【答案】 1.?B?warning 2.?D?inequality 3.?C?prediction 4.?D?characterized 5.?A?meaning 6.?A?Indeed 7.?B?working 8.?D?explanation 9.?A?under 10.?worry?about 11.?B?necessarily 12.?B?chances 13.?D?absence 14.?C?yield
考研英语二真题及答案
