考研英语二真题及答案.pdf

考研英语二真题及答案
考研英语二真题及答案（完整版）

xx年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二)

SectionIUseofEnglish
Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreach

numberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.
(10points)

Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithout

work.Todayisnodifferent,withacademics,writers,andactivists
onceagain1thattechnologybereplacinghumanworkers.Some

imaginethattheingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby2.Afew

wealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswill
struggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.

Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive3holdsthatthefuture

willbeawastelandofadifferentsort,one4bypurposelessness:

Withoutjobstogivetheirlives5,peoplewillsimplybeelazyand

depressed.6,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreat

time.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswho
havebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthaving
depression,doubletheratefor7Americans.Also,
someresearchsuggeststhatthe8forrisingratesof

mortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddicting9poorly-

educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.
Perhapsthisiswhymany10theagonizingdullnessofa

joblessfuture.
Butitdoesn’t11followfromfindingslikethesethataworld

withoutworkwouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisionsarebased

onthe12ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptof

employment.Inthe13ofwork,asocietydesignedwithotherends
inmindcould14strikinglydifferentcircumstancedforthefutureof

laborandleisure.Today,the15ofworkmaybeabit
overblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,anda
wasteofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturerat

theNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway.

Thesedays,becauseleisuretimeisrelatively16formost

workers,peopleusetheirfreetimetocounterbalancethe
intellectualandemotional17oftheirjobs.“WhenIehomefroma

hardday’swork,Ioftenfeel18,”Danahersays,adding,“Ina
worldinwhichIdon’thavetowork,Imightfeelrather
different”—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself19ahobby

orapassionprojectwiththeintensityusuallyreservedfor20

matters.

1.[A]boasting[B]denying[C]warning[D]ensuring
【答案】[C]warning

2.[A]inequa