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1、欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！2017 年考研英语二真题及答案（完整版）2017 年全国硕士研究生入学统一英语(二)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
2、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
3、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
4、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
5、 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
6、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.T
7、hese 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 diff
8、erent”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 warning 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！2.A inequality B instability C unreliability D uncertainty 【答案】A
9、 inequality 3.A policy Bguideline C resolution D prediction 【答案】D prediction 4.A characterized Bdivided C balanced Dmeasured 【答案】A characterized 5.A wisdom B meaning C glory D freedom 【答案】B meaning 6.A Instead B Indeed C Thus D Nevertheless 【答案】B Indeed 7.A rich B urban Cworking D educated 【答案】C wor
10、king 8.A explanation B requirement C compensation D substitute 【答案】A explanation 9.A under B beyond C alongside D among 【答案】D among 10.A leave behind B make up C worry about D set aside 【答案】C worry about 11.A statistically B occasionally C necessarily D economically 【答案】C necessarily 12.A chances B
11、downsides C benefits D principles 【答案】B downsides 13.A absence B height C face D course 【答案】A absence 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！14.A disturb B restore C exclude D yield 【答案】D yield 15.A model B practice C virtue D hardship 【答案】C virtue 16.A tricky B lengthy C mysterious D scarce
12、 【答案】D scarce 17.A demands B standards C qualities D threats 【答案】A demands 18.A ignored B tired C confused D starved 【答案】B tired 19.A off B against C behind D into 【答案】D into 20.A technological B professional C educational D interpersonal 【答案】B professional Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Di
13、rections: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 frie
14、nds 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”i
15、s failing.Ten years ago on Monday,it was announced that the Games of the 30th Olympiad would be in London.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！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 wou
16、ld 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 pu
17、pils doing at least two hours of sport a week have nearly halved.Obesity has risen among adults and children.Official retrospections continue as to why London 2012 failed to“inspire a generation.”The success of Parkrun offers answers.Parkun is not a race but a time trial:Your only competitor is the
18、clock.The ethos welcomes anybody.There is as much joy over a puffed-out first-timer being clapped over the line as there is about top talent shining.The Olympic bidders,by contrast,wanted to get more people doing sports and to produce more elite athletes.The dual aim was mixed up:The stress on succe
19、ss over taking part was intimidating for newcomers.Indeed,there is something a little absurd in the state getting involved in the planning of such a fundamentally“grassroots”,concept as community sports associations.If there is a role for government,it should really be getting involved in providing
20、common goodsmaking sure there is space for playing fields and the money to pave tennis and netball courts,and encouraging the provision of all these activities in schools.But successive governments have presided over selling green spaces,squeezing money from local authorities and declining attention
21、 on sport in education.Instead of wordy,worthy strategies,future governments need to do more to provide the conditions for sport to thrive.Or at least not make them worse.21.According to Paragraph1,Parkrun has.A gained great popularity B created many jobs C strengthened community ties D become an of
22、ficial festival 【答案】A gained great popularity 22.The author believes that Londons Olympic“legacy”has failed to.A boost population growth B promote sport participation C improve the citys image 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！D increase sport hours in schools 【答案】B promote sport partic
23、ipation 23.Parkrun is different from Olympic games in that it.A aims at discovering talents B focuses on mass competition C does not emphasize elitism D does not attract first-timers 【答案】C does not emphasize elitism 24.With regard to mass sport,the author holds that governments should.A organize“gra
24、ssroots”sports events B supervise local sports associations C increase funds for sports clubs D invest in public sports facilities 【答案】D invest in public sports facilities 25.The authors attitude to what UK governments have done for sports is.A tolerant B critical C uncertain D sympathetic 【答案】B critical Text 2