文档介绍：2017考研英语二真题及答案
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 that technology be
replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be
defined by 2 . A few wealthy people will own all the capital， and the masses will
struggle in an impoverished wasteland.
A different and not mutually exclusive 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 ，today’s unemployed
don’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 addicting 9 poorly-educated
middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many 10 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 unease . 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
circumstanced 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 waste
of human potential，” says John Danaher， a lecturer at the National University of
Ireland in Galway.
These days， because leisure 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 often feel 1