考研英语真题考研英语二试题及答案
2017 考研 英语 二 真题 完整 版 与 参考 答案 Section I Use of EnglishDirections : Read the following text . Choose the best word ( s ) for each numbered blank and mark A , B , C or Don the ANSWER SHEET . ( 10 points ) People have speculated for centuries about a future without work . Today is no different , withacademics , writers , and activists once again 1 that technology be replacing human workers . Some imaginethat the coming work - free world will be defined by 2 . A few wealthy people will own all the capital , andthe 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 anddepressed . 6 , 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 therate for 7 Americans . Also , some research suggests that the 8 for rising rates of mortality , mental - healthproblems , and addicting 9 poorly - educated middle - aged people is shortage of well - paid jobs . Perhaps this iswhy 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 withunease . Such visions are based on the 12 of being unemployed in a society built on the concept ofemployment . In the 13 of work , a society designed with other ends in mind could 14 strikingly differentcircumstanced for the future of labor and leisure . Today , the 15 of work may be a bit overblown . 44 Manyjobs are boring , degrading , unhealthy , and a waste of human potential , 9 , says John Danaher , a lecturer at theNational University of Ireland in Galway . These days , because leisure time is relatively 16 for most workers , people use their free time tocounterbalance the intellectual and emotional 17 of their jobs . " When I come home from a hard day ' swork , I often feel 18 J Danaher says , adding , “ In a world in which I don ' t have to work , I might feelrather diffbrent ” - perhaps different enough to throw himself 19 a hobby or a passion project with theintensity usually reserved for 20 matters . l