2017年考研英语二真题及答案解析.pdf

2017年考研英语二真题及答案解析--第1页 2017 年考研英语二真题及答案解析 Section I Use of Englis 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 is 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 depressed. 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 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 addicting9 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 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 waste of human potential，” says John Danaher， a lecturer at the National University of Ireland in Galway. These