2017年MPAcc考研英语二完形填空真题答案及解析

2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（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 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_, today’s unemployed don’t 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 doesn’t _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 day’s work, I often feel _18_,” Danaher says, adding, “In a world in which I don’t 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

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

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

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

5. [A] wisdom [B] meaning [C] glory [D] freedom

6. [A] Instead [B] Indeed [C] Thus [D] Nevertheless

7.[A] rich [B] urban [C]working [D] educated

8.[A] explanation [B] requirement [C] compensation [D] substitute

9.[A] under [B] beyond [C] alongside [D] among

10.[A] leave behind [B] make up [C] worry about [D] set aside

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

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

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

14. [A] disturb [B] restore [C] exclude [D] yield

15. [A] model [B] practice [C] virtue [D] hardship

16.[A] tricky [B] lengthy [C] mysterious [D] scarce

17.[A] demands [B] standards [C] qualities [D] threats

18.[A] ignored [B] tired [C] confused [D] starved

19.[A] off [B] against [C] behind [D] into

20. [A] technological [B] professional [C] educational [D] interpersonal

答案解析：

1.【答案】[C]warning

【解析】答案为C。动词词义辨析。作家学者警示人们技术会代替人类劳动。boast吹嘘、自负。deny否认。ensure确保。warning警示，警告。

2.【答案】[A]inequality

【解析】答案为A。上下文理解。根据后文富人会拥有所有资产，贫困地区也会扎堆，可以看出此处想表达不平等的意思。inequality不平等，instability不稳定性，unreliability不可靠性，uncertainty不确定性。

3.【答案】[D]prediction

【解析】答案为D。词义辨析。policy政策，guideline指导方针，resolution决心，prediction预测。该句意为：另外一种预测认为……。

4.【答案】[A]characterized

【解析】答案为A。动词词义辨析。该句意为未来社会的特点是无目的性。

5.【答案】[B]meaning

【解析】答案为B。词义辨析，上下文理解。没有了工作富裕生活的意义，人们会变得懒散沮丧。其他几项不符合题意。

6.【答案】[B]indeed

【解析】答案为B。考查副词。Indeed实际上，那些失业者生活并不美好。

7.【答案】[C]working

【解析】答案为C。上下文理解。前面提到失业的美国人在和工作的美国人做对比。

8.【答案】[A]explanation

【解析】答案为A。词义辨析。死亡率升高，心理健康问题等是因为没有工资待遇较好的工作，这就解释了原因问题。Explanation符合题意。

9.【答案】[D]among

【解析】答案为D。介词辨析。没有受到良好教育的中年人中间这些问题比较严重。

10.【答案】[C]worry about

【解析】答案为C。固定搭配意思辨析。Worry about担心，leave behind丢弃，使落后make up 组成，set aside 留出，把……放在一旁。该句意为这就是为什么人们担心未来无工作的无聊。

11.【答案】[C]necessarily

【解析】答案为C。副词词义辨析。Necessarily必然地，statistically统计地，occasionally偶然地，economically经济上地。该句想表达并不必然的意思。

12.【答案】[B]downsides

【解析】答案为B。理解上下文。前面说没有工作会导致不安，这些观念是来源于在职业概念的社会中失业的消极面。

13.【答案】[A]absence

【解析】答案为A。固定搭配。In absence of 缺乏，in height of 在…高度，in face of 面临，in course of 在…中。该句意为如果没有工作，也就是in absence of job。

14.【答案】[D]yield

【解析】答案为D。动词词义辨析。没有工作的社会能为人们带来放松。Yield 有获得，带来的意思，disturb打扰，妨碍，restore恢复，交还，exclude排斥

15.【答案】[C]virtue

【解析】答案为C。词义辨析。根据后面工作的缺点可以推测此处想表达工作的优点被过分夸大了。virtue优点，好处。

16.【答案】[D]scarce

【解析】答案为D。词义辨析和上下文理解。休闲时间对工作人来说相对较少。

17.【答案】[A]demands

【解析】答案为A。词义辨析。闲暇时间来平衡人们的智力和情感需求。

18.【答案】[B]tired

【解析】答案为B。词义理解。下班回到家感觉到疲惫。Starved饥饿的。

19.【答案】[D]into

【解析】答案为D。固定搭配和介词使用。Throw into投身于，throw off摆脱，throw against扔掉，throw behind抛开。投身到自己的爱好之中。

20.【答案】[B]professional

【解析】答案为B。词义辨析。一些需要专业技能的项目。