MBA英语二真题2017

2017年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（二）真题卷【Section I Use of English】Directions：Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank andmark A,B,C or D on 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 that technology is replacing human workers.Some imagine that thecoming work-free world will be defined by.A few wealthy people will own all the capital,and themasses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.A different and not mutually exclusive holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort,one by purposelessness:Without jobs to give their lives ,people will simply become lazy anddepressed.,todays unemployed dont seem to be having a great time.One Gallup poll found that 20percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression,double the ratefor Americans.Also,some research suggests that the for rising rates of mortality,mental-healthproblems,and addiction poorly-educated,middle-aged people is a shortage of well-paid jobs.Perhapsthis is why many the agonizing dullness of a jobless future.But it doesnt follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled withunease.Such visions are based on the of being unemployed in a society built on the concept ofemployment.In the of work,a society designed with other ends in mind could strikinglydifferent circumstances for the future of labor and leisure.Today,the of work may be a bit overblown.“Many jobs are boring,degrading,unhealthy,and a waste of human potential,”says John Danaher,a lecturerat the National University of Ireland in Galway.These days,because leisure time is relatively for most workers,people use their free time tocounterbalance the intellectual and emotional of their jobs.“When I come home from a hard dayswork,I often feel ,”Danaher says,adding,“In a world in which I dont have to work,I might feelrather different”perhaps different enough to throw himself a hobby or a passion project with theintensity usually reserved for matters.12345678910111213141516171819201.boastingAdenyingBwarningCensuringD2.inequalityAinstabilityBunreliabilityCuncertaintyD3.policyAguidelineBresolutionCpredictionD4.characterizedAdividedBbalancedCmeasuredD5.wisdomAmeaningBgloryCfreedomD6.InsteadAIndeedBThusCNeverthelessD7.richAurbanBworkingCeducatedD【Section II Reading Comprehension（Part A）】Directions：Read the following four texts.Answer the questionsbelow each text by by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)8.explanationArequirementBcompensationCsubstituteD9.underAbeyondBalongsideCamongD10.leave behindAmake upBworry aboutCset asideD11.statisticallyAoccasionallyBnecessarilyCeconomicallyD12.chancesAdownsidesBbenefitsCprinciplesD13.absenceAheightBfaceCcourseD14.disturbArestoreBexcludeCyieldD15.modelApracticeBvirtueChardshipD16.trickyAlengthyBmysteriousCscarceD17.demandsAstandardsBqualitiesCthreatsD18.ignoredAtiredBconfusedCstarvedD19.offAagainstBbehindCintoD20.technologicalAprofessionalBeducationalCinterpersonalDText 1Every 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 moreabroad.Events are free,staffed by thousands of volunteers.Runners range from four years old tograndparents;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 wasannounced that the Games of the 30th Olympiad would be in London.Planning documents pledged that thegreat legacy of the Games would be to level a nation of sport lovers away from their couches.The populationwould be fitter,healthier and produce more winners.It has not happened.The number of adults doing weeklysport did rise,by nearly 2 million in the run-up to 2012but the general population was growing faster.Worse,the numbers are now falling at an accelerating rate.The opposition claims primary school pupilsdoing 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 ofParkrun 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 talentshining.The Olympic bidders,by contrast,wanted to get more people doing sports and to produce more eliteathletes.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 getting involved in the planning of such afundamentally“grassroots”,concept as community sports associations.If there is a role for government,itshould really be getting involved in providing comm