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Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork.Todayisnodifferent,withacademics,writers,andactivistsonceagain1thattechnologybereplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby2.Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.

Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive3holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadifferentsort,one4bypurposelessness:

Withoutjobstogivetheirlives5,peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed.6,today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression,doubletheratefor7Americans.Also,someresearchsuggeststhatthe8forrisingratesofmortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddicting9poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhymany10theagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture.

Butitdoesn’t11followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe12ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe13ofwork,asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould14strikinglydifferentcircumstancedforthefutureoflaborandleisure.Today,the15ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,andawasteofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway.

Thesedays,becauseleisuretimeisrelatively16formostworkers,peopleusetheirfreetimetocounterbalancetheintellectualandemotional17oftheirjobs.“WhenIcomehomefromahardday’swork,Ioftenfeel18,”Danahersays,adding,“InaworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork,Imightfeelratherdifferent”—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself19ahobbyorapassionprojectwiththeintensityusuallyreservedfor20matters.

1．[A]boasting[B]denying[C]warning[D]ensuring

【答案】[C]warning

2．[A]inequality[B]instability[C]unreliability[D]uncertainty

【答案】[A]inequality

3．[A]policy[B]guideline[C]resolution[D]prediction

【答案】[D]prediction

4．[A]characterized[B]divided[C]balanced[D]measured

【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[C]working[D]educated

【答案】[C]working

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]leavebehind[B]makeup[C]worryabout[D]setaside

【答案】[C]worryabout

11．[A]statistically[B]occasionally[C]necessarily[D]economically

【答案】[C]necessarily

12．[A]chances[B]downsides[C]benefits[D]principles

【答案】[B]downsides

13．[A]absence[B]height[C]face[D]course

【答案】[A]absence

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

【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

SectionIIReadingComprehension

PartA

Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEET.（40points）

Text1

EverySaturdaymorning,at9am,morethan50,000runnerssetofftorun5kmaroundtheirlocalpark.TheParkrunphenomenonbeganwithadozenfriendsandhasinspired400eventsintheUKandmoreabroad.Eventsarefree,staffedbythousandsofvolunteers.Runnersrangefromfouryearsoldtograndparents;

theirtimesrangefromAndrewBaddeley’sworldrecord13minutes48secondsuptoanhour.

ParkrunissucceedingwhereLondon’sOlympic“legacy”isfailing.TenyearsagoonMonday,itwasannouncedthattheGamesofthe30thOlympiadwouldbeinLondon.PlanningdocumentspledgedthatthegreatlegacyoftheGameswouldbetolevelanationofsportloversawayfromtheircouches.Thepopulationwouldbefitter,healthierandproducemorewinners.Ithasnothappened.Thenumberofadultsdoingweeklysportdidrise,bynearly2millionintherun—upto2012—butthegeneralpopulationwasgrowingfaster.Worse,thenumbersarenowfallingatanacceleratingrate.Theoppositionclaimsprimaryschoolpupilsdoingatleasttwohoursofsportaweek