2017年MPAcc考研英語二完形填空真題及答案解析

2017年全國(guó)碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試英語（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】答案為C。動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。作家學(xué)者警示人們技術(shù)會(huì)代替人類勞動(dòng)。boast吹噓、自負(fù)。deny否認(rèn)。ensure確保。warning警示，警告。

2.【答案】[A]inequality

【解析】答案為A。上下文理解。根據(jù)后文富人會(huì)擁有所有資產(chǎn)，貧困地區(qū)也會(huì)扎堆，可以看出此處想表達(dá)不平等的意思。inequality不平等，instability不穩(wěn)定性，unreliability不可靠性，uncertainty不確定性。

3.【答案】[D]prediction

【解析】答案為D。詞義辨析。policy政策，guideline指導(dǎo)方針，resolution決心，prediction預(yù)測(cè)。該句意為：另外一種預(yù)測(cè)認(rèn)為……。

4.【答案】[A]characterized

【解析】答案為A。動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。該句意為未來社會(huì)的特點(diǎn)是無目的性。

5.【答案】[B]meaning

【解析】答案為B。詞義辨析，上下文理解。沒有了工作富裕生活的意義，人們會(huì)變得懶散沮喪。其他幾項(xiàng)不符合題意。

6.【答案】[B]indeed

【解析】答案為B。考查副詞。Indeed實(shí)際上，那些失業(yè)者生活并不美好。

7.【答案】[C]working

【解析】答案為C。上下文理解。前面提到失業(yè)的美國(guó)人在和工作的美國(guó)人做對(duì)比。

8.【答案】[A]explanation

【解析】答案為A。詞義辨析。死亡率升高，心理健康問題等是因?yàn)闆]有工資待遇較好的工作，這就解釋了原因問題。Explanation符合題意。

9.【答案】[D]among

【解析】答案為D。介詞辨析。沒有受到良好教育的中年人中間這些問題比較嚴(yán)重。

10.【答案】[C]worry about

【解析】答案為C。固定搭配意思辨析。Worry about擔(dān)心，leave behind丟棄，使落后make up 組成，set aside 留出，把……放在一旁。該句意為這就是為什么人們擔(dān)心未來無工作的無聊。

11.【答案】[C]necessarily

【解析】答案為C。副詞詞義辨析。Necessarily必然地，statistically統(tǒng)計(jì)地，occasionally偶然地，economically經(jīng)濟(jì)上地。該句想表達(dá)并不必然的意思。

12.【答案】[B]downsides

【解析】答案為B。理解上下文。前面說沒有工作會(huì)導(dǎo)致不安，這些觀念是來源于在職業(yè)概念的社會(huì)中失業(yè)的消極面。

13.【答案】[A]absence

【解析】答案為A。固定搭配。In absence of 缺乏，in height of 在…高度，in face of 面臨，in course of 在…中。該句意為如果沒有工作，也就是in absence of job。

14.【答案】[D]yield

【解析】答案為D。動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。沒有工作的社會(huì)能為人們帶來放松。Yield 有獲得，帶來的意思，disturb打擾，妨礙，restore恢復(fù)，交還，exclude排斥

15.【答案】[C]virtue

【解析】答案為C。詞義辨析。根據(jù)后面工作的缺點(diǎn)可以推測(cè)此處想表達(dá)工作的優(yōu)點(diǎn)被過分夸大了。virtue優(yōu)點(diǎn)，好處。

16.【答案】[D]scarce

【解析】答案為D。詞義辨析和上下文理解。休閑時(shí)間對(duì)工作人來說相對(duì)較少。

17.【答案】[A]demands

【解析】答案為A。詞義辨析。閑暇時(shí)間來平衡人們的智力和情感需求。

18.【答案】[B]tired

【解析】答案為B。詞義理解。下班回到家感覺到疲憊。Starved饑餓的。

19.【答案】[D]into

【解析】答案為D。固定搭配和介詞使用。Throw into投身于，throw off擺脫，throw against扔掉，throw behind拋開。投身到自己的愛好之中。

20.【答案】[B]professional

【解析】答案為B。詞義辨析。一些需要專業(yè)技能的項(xiàng)目。