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1、.2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语二卷英语二科目代码：204 英语完形 英语阅读理解 小标题 翻译 英语应用文写作 英语图表写作英语完形Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET. 2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语二试题及答案SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestwordforeachnumberedblankandm
2、arkA,B,CorDon the ANSWER SHEET. People have speculated for centuries about a future without work .Today is no different, with academics, writers, and activists once again1that technology be replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by2. A few wealthy peopl
3、e will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.A different and not mutually exclusive3holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort, one4by purposelessness: Without jobs to give their lives5, people will simply become lazy and depressed.6, today
4、s unemployed dont seem to be havinga great time. One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression, double the rate for7Americans. Also, some research suggests that the8for rising rates of mortality, mental-health problems, and a
5、ddicting9poorly-educated middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many10 the agonizing dullness of a jobless future.But it doesnt11follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease. Such visions are based on the12of being unemployed in
6、 a society built on the concept of employment. In the13of work, a society designed with other ends in mind could14strikingly different circumstanced for the future of labor and leisure. Today, the15of work may be a bit overblown.Many jobs are boring, degrading, unhealthy, and a waste of human potent
7、ial, says John Danaher, a lecturer at the National University of Ireland in Galway.These days, because leisure time is relatively16for most workers, people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional17of their jobs. When I come home from a hard days work, I often feel18, Dan
8、aher says, adding, In a world in which I dont have to work, I might feel rather differentperhaps different enough to throw himself19a hobby or a passion project with the intensity usually reserved for20matters.1A boasting B denying C warning D ensuring答案C warning2A inequality B instability C unrelia
9、bility D uncertainty答案A inequality3A policy Bguideline C resolution D prediction答案D prediction4A characterized Bdivided C balanced Dmeasured答案A characterized5A wisdom B meaning C glory D freedom答案B meaning6A Instead B Indeed C Thus D Nevertheless答案B Indeed7A rich B urban Cworking D educated答案C worki
10、ng8A explanation B requirement C compensation D substitute答案A explanation9A under B beyond C alongside D among答案D among10A leave behind B make up C worry about D set aside答案C worry about11A statistically B occasionally C necessarily D economically答案C necessarily12A chances B downsides C benefits D p
11、rinciples答案B downsides13A absence B height C face D course答案A absence14A disturb B restore C exclude D yield答案D yield15A model B practice C virtue D hardship答案C virtue16A tricky B lengthy C mysterious D scarce答案D scarce17A demands B standards C qualities D threats答案A demands18A ignored B tired C con
12、fused D starved答案B tired19A off B against C behind D into答案D into20A technological B professional C educational D interpersonal答案B professional英语阅读理解Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET. Directions:Read the fo
13、llowing four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on theANSWER SHEET. 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
14、 events in the UK and more abroad. Events are free, staffed by thousands of volunteers. Runners range from four years old to grandparents; their times range from Andrew Baddeleys world record 13 minutes 48 seconds up to an hour.Parkrun is succeeding where Londons 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 Games would be to level a nation of sport lovers away from their
