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2017考研英语二真题+答案（缺少完型填空1-20）

Section Ⅰ Use of English

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or D on the 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_1_ warning that technology is replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by_2_ inequality: A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland. A different and not mutually exculsive _3_ holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort, one _4_by purposelessness: Without jobs to give their lives _5_, people will simply become lazy and depressed. _6_, today’s unemployed don’t seem to be having a 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 for _7_Americans. Also, some research suggests that the _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 dullness of a jobless future. But it doesn’t _11_ follow from findings like these that a world 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 designed with other ends in mind could _14_ strikingly different circumstances for the future of labor and leisure. Today, the _15_ of work may be a bit overblown. “Many jobs are boring, degrading, unhealthy, and a squandering of human potential,” says John Danaher, a lecturer at the National University of Ireland in Galway who has written about a world without work. “Global surveys find that the vast majority of people are unhappy at work.” These days, because leisure time is relatively _16_ for most workers, people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional _17_ of their jobs. “When I come home from a hard day’s work, I

often feel _18_,” Danaher says, adding, “In a world in which I don’t have to work, I might feel rather different”—perhaps different enough to throw himself _19_a hobby or a passion project with the intensity usually reserved for _20_ matters.

1 [A]boasting [B]warning[C]denying[D]ensuring 2[A]uncertainty[B]unreliability[C]instability[D]inequality 3[A]policy[B]guideline[C]prediction[D]resolution 4[A]measured[B]divied[C]balanced[D]characterized 5[A]meaning[B]wisdom[C]glory[D]freedom 6[A]indeed[B]instead[C]thus[D]nevertheless 7[A]rich[B]working[C]urban[D]educated

8[A]substitute[B]requirement[C]compensation[D] explanation 9[A]under[B]beyond[C]among[D]alongside

10[A]leave behind[B]worry about[C]make up[D]set aside 11[A]atatistically[B]necessarily[C]occasionally[D]economicall 12[A]downsides[B]chance[C]benefits[D]principles 13[A]course[B]height[C]face[D]absence 14[a]disturd[b]restore[C]yield[D]exclude 15[A]model[B]virtue[C]practice[D]hardship 16[A]tricky[B]lengthy[C]scarce[D]mysterious 17[A]threats[B]standards[C]qualities[D]demands 18[A]tired[B]ignored[C]confused[D]starved 19[A]off[B]against[C]into[D]behind

20[A]professional[B]technological[C]educational[D]interpersonal 完型填空【答案】 1. B warning 2. D inequality 3. C prediction 4. D characterized 5. A meaning 6. A Indeed

7. B working 8. D explanation 9. A under 10. worry about 11. B necessarily 12. B chances 13. D absence 14. C yield 15. C practice 16. C scarce 17. D demands 18. A tired 19. C into 20. D interpersonal

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions：

Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)

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 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 Baddeley’s world record 13 minutes 48 seconds up to an hour.

Parkrun is succeeding where London’s Olympic “legacy” is failing. Ten years ago on Monday, it was announced that the Games of the 30th Olympic would be to lever a nation of sport