MBA 加油站 以帮助学员通过联考为己任MBA 加油站官方网址： www.mbajyz.com官方微信号： mbajyz联系电话： 400-618-2500绝密绝密启用 前启用 前2017 年全国硕士研究生招生考试统一考试英语（二）（科目代码：204）考生注意事项考生注意事项1.考生必须严格遵守各项考场规则。（1）考生在考试开考后考生在考试开考后 15 分钟后不得入场。分钟后不得入场。（2）交卷出场时间不得早于考试结束前 30 分钟。（3）交卷结束后，不得再进考场续考，也不得在考场附近逗留或交谈。2.答题前，应按准考证上的有关内容填写答题卡上的“考生姓名”、“报考单位”、“考生编号等信息。3.答案必须按要求填涂或写在指定的答题卡上。（1）填涂部分应该按照答题卡上的要求用 2B 铅笔完成。如要改动，必须用橡皮擦干净。（2）书写部分必须用（蓝）黑色字迹钢笔、圆珠笔或签字笔在答题卡上作答。字迹要清楚。4.考试结束后，将答题卡考试结束后，将答题卡装装入原试卷袋中，试卷交给监考人员。入原试卷袋中，试卷交给监考人员。MBA 加油站 以帮助学员通过联考为己任MBA 加油站官方网址： www.mbajyz.com官方微信号： mbajyz联系电话： 400-618-2500Section I Use of EnglishDirections： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered black and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)People have speculated for centuries about a future without work, and today is no different, with academics, writers, and activists once again1that technology is replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by2: A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland. A different and not mutually exclusive3holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort, one4by purposelessness: Without jobs to give their lives5, people will simply become lazy and depressed.6, todays unemployed dont 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 for7Americans. Also, some research suggests that the8for rising rates of mortality, mental-health problems, and addiction9poorly-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 many10the agonizing dullness of a jobless future. But it doesnt11follow from findings like these that a world without work would be unease. Such visions are based on the12of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. In the13of work, a society designed with other ends in mind could _14strikingly different circumstances for the future of labor and leisure. Today, the 15of 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. These days, because leisure time is relatively16for most workers, people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional17of their jobs. “When I come home from a hard days work, I often feel18,” Danaher says, adding, “In a world in which I dont have to work, I might feel rather different”perhaps different enough to throw himself 19a hobby or a passion project with the intensity usually reserved for20matters.1.A.boastingB.denyingC.ensuringD.warning 2.A.instabilityB.inequalityC.unreliabilityD.uncertainty 3.A.predictionB.guidelineC.resolutionD.policy 4.A.dividedB.characterizedC.balancedD.measured 5.A.wisdomB.gloryC.meaningD.freedom 6.A.IndeedB.insteadC.ThusD.nevertheless 7.A.richB.workingC.urbanD.educated 8.A.substituteB.requirementC.compensationD.explanation 9.A.underB.beyondC.amongD.alongside 10.A.leave behindB.set asideC.make upD.worry about 11.A.statisticallyB.occasionallyC.economicallyD. necessarilyMBA 加油站 以帮助学员通过联考为己任MBA 加油站官方网址： www.mbajyz.com官方微信号： mbajyz联系电话： 400-618-250012.A.chancesB.benefitsC.downsidesD.principles 13.A.heightB.absenceC.faceD.course 14.A.yieldB.restoreC.excludeD.disturb 15.A.modelB.practiceC.hardshipD.virtue 16.A.scarceB.lengthyC.mysteriousD.tricky 17.A.standardsB.demandsC.qualitiesD.threats 18.A.ignoredB.confusedC.tiredD.starved 19.A.intoB.againstC.behindD.off 20.A.technologicalB.educationalC.professionalD.interpersonalSection II Reading ComprehensionPartA Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET. (40points)Text 1 Every Saturday morning, at 9am, more than 50.000 runners set off to run 5km around their local park. The Park run phenomenon began with a d 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 Baddelays world record 13 minutes 48 seconds up to an hour. Park run is succeeding where Londons Olympic “Legacy is failing ,Ten years ago on Monday, it was announced that the Games of the 30th Olympiad would be in London. Planning documents pledged that great legacy of the Games would be to lover a nation of sport lovers away from their couches. The population would be fitter, healthier and produce more winners. It has not happened. The number of adults doing weekly sport did rise .by nearly 2 million in the run-up to 2012-but the general population was graving faster. Worse the numbers are now falling at an accelerating rate. The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at least two hairs of sport a week have n