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1、2017 考研英语二真题完整版及参考答案 今天为大家带来了 2017 年考研英语二真题完整版及参考答案 为考研党们作参考 祝愿大家取得理想成绩 了解更多 考研专业课历年真题 请微信关注公众号 高校教材教辅 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 abo
2、ut 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
3、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 th
4、at 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 job
5、s 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 so
6、ciety 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 Irelan
7、d 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 18 Danaher says adding In a world in which I don t have to work I might feel
8、 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 denying C warning D ensuring 答案 C warning 2 A inequality B instability C unreliability D uncertainty 答案 A inequality 3 A policy B guideline C
9、resolution D prediction 答案 D prediction 4 A characterized B divided C balanced D measured 答案 A characterized 5 A wisdom B meaning C glory D freedom 答案 B meaning 6 A Instead B Indeed C Thus D Nevertheless 答案 B Indeed 7 A rich B urban C working D educated 答案 C working 8 A explanation B requirement C c
10、ompensation D substitute 答案 A explanation 9 A under B beyond C alongside D among 答案 D among 10 A leave behind B make up C worry about D set aside 答案 C worry about 11 A statistically B occasionally C necessarily D economically 答案 C necessarily 12 A chances B downsides C benefits D principles 答案 B dow
11、nsides 13 A absence B height C face D course 答案 A absence 14 A disturb B restore C exclude D yield 答案 D yield 15 A model B practice C virtue D hardship 答案 C virtue 16 A tricky B lengthy C mysterious D scarce 答案 D scarce 17 A demands B standards C qualities D threats 答案 A demands 18 A ignored B tired
12、 C confused D starved 答案 B tired 19 A off B against C behind D into 答案 D into 20 A technological B professional C educational D interpersonal 答案 B professional Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions Read the following four texts Answer the questions below each text by choosing A B C or D
13、 Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET 40 points Text 1 Every Saturday morning at 9 am more than 50 000 runners set off to run 5km around their local park The Parkrun phenomenon began with a dozen friends and has inspired 400 events in the UK and more abroad Events are free staffed by thousands of v
14、olunteers Runners range from four years old to grandparents their times range from Andrew Baddeley s world record 13 minutes 48 seconds up to an hour Parkrun is succeeding where London s Olympic legacy is failing Ten years ago on Monday it was announced that the Games of the 30th Olympiad would be i
15、n London Planning documents pledged that the great legacy of the Games would be to level a nation of sport lovers away from their couches The population would be fitter healthier and produce more winners It has not happened The number of adults doing weekly sport did rise by nearly 2 million in the
16、run up to 2012 but the general population was growing faster Worse the numbers are now falling at an accelerating rate The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at least two hours of sport a week have nearly halved Obesity has risen among adults and children Official retrospections continue as to why London 2012 failed to inspire a generation The success of Parkrun offers answers Parkun is not a race but a time trial Your only competitor is the clock The ethos welcomes anybody There is a
