2017考研英语二历年试题+答案.pdf

2017考研英语二真题+答案（缺少完型填空1-20） Section ⅠUseofEnglish Directions: Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,C,orD ontheANSWERSHEET.(10points). Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork,.Todayisnodifferent,with academics, writers, and activists once again_1_ warning that technology is replacing human workers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby_2_inequality:Afew wealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland. Adifferentandnotmutuallyexculsive_3_holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadifferent sort,one_4_bypurposelessness:Withoutjobstogivetheirlives_5_,peoplewillsimplybecome lazyanddepressed._6_,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGallup poll found that 20 percent ofAmericans who have been unemployed for at least a year report havingdepression,doubletheratefor_7_Americans.Also,someresearchsuggeststhatthe_8_ for rising rates of mortality, mental-health problems, and addiction _9_ poorly-educated, middle-aged people is a shortage of well-paid jobs.Another study shows that people are often happier at work than in their free time. Perhaps this is why many _10_ about the agonizing dullnessofajoblessfuture. Butitdoesn’t_11_followfromfindingslikethesethataworld without work would be filled with malaise. 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 designedwithotherendsinmindcould_14_strikinglydifferentcircumstancesforthefutureof labor and leisure.Today, the _15_ of work may be a bit overblown. “Many jobs are boring, degrading,unhealthy,andasquanderingofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alectureratthe NationalUniversityofIrelandinGalwaywhohaswrittenaboutaworldwithoutwork. “Global surveysfindthatthevastmajorityofpeopleareunhappyatwork.” Thesedays,because leisuretimeisrelatively_16_formostworkers,p