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Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork,.Todayisnodifferent,withacademics,writers,andactivistsonceagain_1_warningthattechnologyisreplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby_2_inequality:
Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.Adifferentandnotmutuallyexculsive_3_holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadifferentsort,one_4_bypurposelessness:
Withoutjobstogivetheirlives_5_,peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed._6_,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression,doubletheratefor_7_Americans.Also,someresearchsuggeststhatthe_8_forrisingratesofmortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddiction_9_poorly-educated,middle-agedpeopleisashortageofwell-paidjobs.Anotherstudyshowsthatpeopleareoftenhappieratworkthanintheirfreetime.Perhapsthisiswhymany_10_abouttheagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture. Butitdoesn’t_11_followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbefilledwithmalaise.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe_12_ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe_13_ofwork,asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould_14_strikinglydifferentcircumstancesforthefutureoflaborandleisure.Today,the_15_ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,andasquanderingofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalwaywhohaswrittenaboutaworldwithoutwork.“Globalsurveysfindthatthevastmajorityofpeopleareunhappyatwork.” Thesedays,becauseleisuretimeisrelatively_16_formostworkers,peopleusetheirfreetimetocounterbalancetheintellectualandemotional_17_oftheirjobs.“WhenIcomehomefromahardday’swork,Ioftenfeel_18_,”Danahersays,adding,“InaworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork,Imightfeelratherdifferent”—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself_19_ahobbyorapassionprojectwiththeintensityusuallyreservedfor_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]leavebehind[B]worryabout[C]makeup[D]setaside
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.Bwarning
2.Dinequality
3.Cprediction
4.Dcharacterized
5.Ameaning
6.AIndeed
7.Bworking
8.Dexplanation
9.Aunder
10.worryabout
11.Bnecessarily
12.Bchances
13.Dabsence
14.Cyield
15.Cpractice
16.Cscarce
17.Ddemands
18.Atired
19.Cinto
20.Dinterpersonal
SectionⅡReadingComprehension
PartA
Directions:
Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEET.(40points)
Text1
EverySaturdaymorning,at9am,morethan50,000runnerssetofftorun5kmaroundtheirlocalpark.TheParkrunphenomenonbeganwithadozenfriendsandhasinspired400eventsintheUKandmoreabroad.Eventsarefree,staffedbythousandsofvolunteers.Runnersrangefromfouryearsoldtograndparents;
theirtimesrangefromAndrewBaddeley’sworldrecord13minutes48secondsuptoanhour.
ParkrunissucceedingwhereLondon’sOlympic“legacy”isfailing.TenyearsagoonMonday,itwasannouncedthattheGamesofthe30thOlympicwouldbetoleveranationofsportloversawayfromtheircouches.Thepopulationwouldbefitter,healthierandproducemorewinners.Ithasnothappened.Thenumberofadultsdoingweeklysportdidrise,bynearly2millionintherun-upto2012-butthegeneralpopulationwasgrowingfaster.Worse,thenumbersarenowfallingatanacceleratingrate.Theoppositionclaimsprimaryschoolpupilsdoingatleasttwohoursofsportaweekhave