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1、2017年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语二试题Directions :Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D onANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)People have speculated for centuries about a future without work .Today is no different, withacademics, writers, and activists once again 1 tha
2、t technology be replacing human workers. Someimagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by 2 . A few wealthy people will own allthe 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
3、differentsort, one 4 by purposelessness Without jobs to give their lives 5 , people will simply become lazyand depressed. 6 , today s unemployedmdtoibe haxtiseea great time. One Gallup poll foundthat 20 percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression,double
4、 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 ofwell-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many 10 the agonizing dullness of a jobless future.But it doesn 11 follow from
5、 findings like these that a world without work would be filledwith unease. Such visions are d on the 12 of being unemployed in a society built on the concept ofemployment. In the 13 of work, a society designed with other ends in mind could 14 strikinglydifferent circumstanced for the future of labor
6、 and leisure. Today, the 15 of work may be a bit overblown. Many jobs are boring, degrading, unhealthy, and a waste of human potential, John Danaher, a lecturer at the National University of Ireland in Galway.These days, because leisure time is relatively 16 for most workers, people use their free t
7、imeto counterbalance the intellectual and emotional 17 of their jobs. When I come home from a hardday s work, I often feel 18 , Danaher says, adding,“In a world in which I don , I t have to workmight feel rather differentperhaps different enough to throw himself 19 a hobby or a passion project with
8、the intensity usually reserved for 20 matters.1.A boastingB denyingC warningD ensuring2.A inequalityB instabilityC unreliabilityD uncertainty3.A policyBguidelineC resolutionD prediction4.A characterizedBdividedC balancedDmeasured5.A wisdomB meaningC gloryD freedom6.A InsteadB IndeedC ThusD Neverthel
9、ess7.A richB urbanCworkingD educated8.A explanationB requirementC compensationD substitute9.A underBbeyondC alongsideD among10.A leave behindB make upC worry aboutD set asideC necessarily11.A statisticallyB occasionallyD economically12.A chancesB downsidesC benefitsD principles13.A absenceB heightC
10、faceDcourse14.A disturbB restoreC excludeD yield15.A modelB practiceC virtueD hardship16.A trickyB lengthyC mysteriousD scarce17.A demandsB standardsC qualitiesD threats18.A ignoredB tiredC confusedD starved19.A offB againstC behindD into20.A technological B professionalC educationalD interpersonal【
11、试题精析】1 .答案C warning考点：上下文语义理解解析：空格之后的宾语从句部分technology is replacing human workers.结合选项，应该选择warning。 其他三项 A boastingB denyingD ensuring均不符合此处的语境要求，故均排除。2 .答案A inequality考点：上下文语义理解空格单词后面的句意看到了贫富对比，故作为上文对其进行概括关键应选择inequality。3 .答案D prediction考点：时态判断空格之后的内容“holds that thfuture will be a wasteland of a di
12、fferent sort ,”该定语从句是对空格词汇的修饰与说明，既然文中用到了will这一个表示将来时态的助动词，故答案为prediction。4 .答案A characterized考点：后置定语 +固定搭配one 4 by purposelessness 其他三项均不符合，故排除。5 .答案B meaning考点：句间语义理解Without jobs to give their lives 5 , people will simply become lazy and depressed.空格所在句后 面的表述与空格前的内容属于并列关系，由逗号连接。答案选择meaningo A wisdo
13、m Cglory D freedom 这些选项都表示褒义色彩和后面lazy、depressed矛盾。6 .答案B Indeed考点：上下文逻辑关系分析下四个选项可以看出并无体现因果关系故A Thus排除，另外instead, nevertheless表示转折语意，但是上下文逻辑并无体现。故AInsteadC Thus D Nevertheless均排除。7 .答案C working考点：上下文语义理解One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year re
14、port having depression , double the rate for 7 Americans.根据上下文对比的语意对照应该选 择working 。前面提到unemployed 。此处在进行对比，故选择表示反义呼应的词working 。8 .答案A explanation考点：句内语意理解+固定搭配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 jobs.9 .答案D among考点：句内语义理解、介词辨析很明显应该指前者的发生范围。浏览四个选项，among 在.中”表示范围，符合此处语义需要，故为答案。10 .答案C worry about考点：上下文语义理解 +句内语义理解Perhaps this is why many 10 the agonizing dullness of a jobless futur
