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1、2017年全國(guó)碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試英語(yǔ)(二)SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork.Todayisnodifferent,withacademics,writers,andactivistson
2、ceagain?1?thattechnologybereplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby?2?.Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive?3?holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadi
3、fferentsort,one??4??bypurposelessness:Withoutjobstogivetheirlives??5?,peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed.??6,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression,doublet
4、heratefor??7?Americans.Also,someresearchsuggeststhatthe??8??forrisingratesofmortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddicting?9??poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhymany??10?theagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture.Butitdoesn’t??11?followf
5、romfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe??12?ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe??13?ofwork,asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould??14?strikinglydifferentcircumstancedforthefutureoflaborandl
6、eisure.Today,the??15?ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,andawasteofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway.Thesedays,becauseleisuretimeisrelatively??16?formostworkers,peopleusetheirfreetimetocounte
7、rbalancetheintellectualandemotional??17?oftheirjobs.“WhenIcomehomefromahardday’swork,Ioftenfeel??18?,”Danahersays,adding,“InaworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork,Imightfeelratherdifferent”—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself??19?ahobbyorapassionprojectwiththeintensityusually
8、reservedfor??20?matters.1.[A]boasting?????????[B]denying????????[C]warning???????[D]ensuring【答案】[C]warning2.[A]inequality???