2017考研英语二真题完整版与参考答案Section I Use of EnglishDirections：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 the12 of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. In the13 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.A boasting B denying C warning D ensuring答案C warning2.A inequality B instability C unreliability D uncertainty答案A inequality3.A policy Bguideline C resolution D prediction答案D prediction4.A characterized Bdivided C balanced Dmeasured答案A characterized5.A wisdom B meaning C glory D freedom答案B meaning6.A Instead B Indeed C Thus D Nevertheless答案B Indeed7.A rich B urban Cworking D educated答案C working8. A explanation B requirement C compensation D substitute答案A explanation9.A under B beyond C alongside D among答案D among10.A leave behind B make up C worry about D set aside答案C worry about11.A statistically B occasionally C necessarily D economically答案C necessarily12.A chances B downsides C benefits D principles答案B downsides13.A absence B height C face D course答案A absence14.A disturb B restore C exclude D yield答案D yield15.A model B practice C virtue D hardship答案C virtue16.A tricky B lengthy C mysteriousD scarce答案D scarce17.A demands B standards C qualities D threats答案A demands18.A ignored B tired C confused D starved答案B tired19.A off B against C behind D into答案D into20.A technological B professional C educational D interpersonal答案B professionalSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections：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 1Every 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.