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1、2017 年考研英语二真题 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
2、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 wastel
3、and 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 a year report having dep
4、ression 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 a shortage of well paid jobs Perhaps this is why many 10 the agonizing dullness of a jobless future But it doesn t
5、 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
6、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 us
7、e 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 rather different perhaps different enough to throw himself 19 a hobby or a passion pro
8、ject with the intensity usually reserved for 20 matters 1 A boasting B denying C warning D ensuring 2 A inequality B instability C unreliability D uncertainty 3 A policy B guideline C resolution D prediction 4 A characterized B divided C balanced D measured 5 A wisdom B meaning C glory D freedom 6 A
9、 Instead B Indeed C Thus D Nevertheless 7 A rich B urban C working D educated 8 A explanation B requirement C compensation D substitute 9 A under B beyond C alongside D among 10 A leave behind B make up C worry about D set aside 11 A statistically B occasionally C necessarily D economically 12 A cha
10、nces B downsides C benefits D principles 13 A absence B height C face D course 14 A disturb B restore C exclude D yield 15 A model B practice C virtue D hardship 16 A tricky B lengthy C mysterious D scarce 17 A demands B standards C qualities D threats 18 A ignored B tired C confused D starved 19 A
11、off B against C behind D into 20 A technological B professional C educational D interpersonal 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 Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET 40 points Text 1 Every Satu
12、rday morning at 9 a m 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 volunteers Runners range from four years old to grandparents their
13、 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 in London Planning documents pledged that the great legacy of the
14、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 run up to 2012 but the general population was growing faster Wors
15、e 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
16、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 as much joy over a puffed out first timer being clapped over the line as there is about top talent shining The Olympic bidders by contrast wanted to get more people doing sports and to produce more elite athletes The dual aim was mixed up The stress on success over taking part was intimidating for newcomers Indeed there is something a little absurd in the state ge
