20172017 年考研英语二试题及答案年考研英语二试题及答案跨考教育英语教研室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）that technology be replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by_（2）A few wealthy people will own all the 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 different sort, one_（4）by purposelessness： Without jobs to give their lives_（5）, 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 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 of well-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many_（10）the agonizing dullness of a jobless future. But it doesnt_（11）follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease. 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 circumstanced 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 waste of human potential,” says 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 time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional_（17）of their jobs. “When I come home from a hard days work, I often feel_（18）,“ Danaher says, adding, “In a world in which I dont 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.【题干】_【选项】 Aboasting Bdenying CwarningDensuring 【答案】C2.【题干】_【选项】 Ainequality Binstability Cunreliability Duncertainty 【答案】A3.【题干】_【选项】 Apolicy Bguideline Cresolution Dprediction 【答案】D4.【题干】_【选项】 Acharacterized Bdivided Cbalanced Dmeasured 【答案】A5.【题干】_【选项】 Awisdom Bmeaning Cglory Dfreedom 【答案】B6.【题干】_【选项】 AInstead BIndeed CThus DNevertheless 【答案】B7.【题干】_【选项】 Arich Burban Cworking Deducated 【答案】C8.【题干】_【选项】 Aexplanation Brequirement Ccompensation Dsubstitute 【答案】A9.【题干】_【选项】 Aunder Bbeyond Calongside Damong 【答案】D10.【题干】_【选项】 Aleave behindBmake up Cworry about Dset aside 【答案】C11.【题干】_【选项】 Astatistically Boccasionally Cnecessarily Deconomically 【答案】C12.【题干】_【选项】 Achances Bdownsides Cbenefits Dprinciples 【答案】B13.【题干】_【选项】 Aabsence Bheight Cface Dcourse 【答案】A14.【题干】_【选项】 Adisturb Brestore Cexclude Dyield 【答案】D15.【题干】_【选项】 Amodel Bpractice Cvirtue Dhardship 【答案】C16.【题干】_【选项】 Atricky Blengthy Cmysterious Dscarce 【答案】D17.【题干】_【选项】 Ademands Bstandards Cqualities Dthreats 【答案】A18.【题干】_【选项】 Aignored Btired Cconfused Dstarved 【答案】B19.【题干】_【选项】 Aoff Bagainst Cbehind Dinto 【答案】D20.【题干】_【选项】 Atechnological Bprofessional Ceducational Dinterpersonal 【答案】BSection 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 Baddeleys world record 13 minutes 48 seconds up to an hour. Parkrun 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 the great legacy of the Games would be to level 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 runup to 2012but the general population was growing faster. Worse, the numbers are now falling at an accelerating rate. The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at least two hours of sport a week have nearly halved. Obesity has