2017考研英语二真题(含答案)

年寒窗苦读日，只盼金榜题名时，祝你考试拿高分，鲤鱼跳龙门！加油！2017考研英语二真题及答案Section I Use of EnglishDirections： Read the following text. Choose the best word （s） for each numbered blankand mark A， B， C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. （10 points） People have speculated for centuries about a future without work .Today is nodifferent， with academics， writers， and activists once again 1 that technology bereplacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will bedefined by 2 . A few wealthy people will own all the capital， and the masses willstruggle in an impoverished wasteland. A different and not mutually exclusive 3 holds that the future will be awasteland of a different sort， one 4 by purposelessness： Without jobs to give theirlives 5 ，people will simply become lazy and depressed.6 ，todays unemployeddont seem to be having a great time. One Gallup poll found that 20 percent ofAmericans 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 risingrates of mortality， mental-health problems， and addicting 9 poorly-educatedmiddle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many 10 theagonizing dullness of a jobless future. But it doesnt 11 follow from findings like these that a world without workwould be filled with unease . Such visions are based on the 12 of beingunemployed 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 differentcircumstanced for the future of labor and leisure. Today， the 15 of work may bea bit overblown. “Many jobs are boring， degrading， unhealthy， and a wasteof human potential，” says John Danaher， a lecturer at the National University ofIreland in Galway. These days， because leisure time is relatively 16 for most workers， peopleuse their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional 17 of theirjobs.“When I come home from a hard days work， I often feel 18 ，” Danahersays， adding， “In a world in which I dont have to work， I might feel ratherdifferent”perhaps different enough to throw himself 19 a hobby or a passionproject with the intensity usually reserved for 20 matters.1.A boastingB denyingC warningD ensuring答案C warning2.A inequalityB instabilityC unreliabilityD uncertainty答案A inequality3.A policyBguidelineC resolutionD prediction答案D prediction4.A characterized BdividedC balancedDmeasured答案A characterized5.A wisdomB meaningC gloryD freedom答案B meaning6.A InsteadB IndeedC ThusD Nevertheless答案B Indeed7.A richB urbanCworkingD educated 答案C working8.A explanationB requirementC compensationD substitute答案A explanation9.A underB beyondC alongsideD among 答案D among10.A leave behindB make upC worry aboutD set aside 答案C worry about11.A statisticallyB occasionallyC necessarilyD economically答案C necessarily12.A chancesB downsidesC benefitsD principles 答案B downsides13.A absenceB heightC faceD course 答案A absence14.A disturbB restoreC excludeD yield 答案D yield15.A modelB practiceC virtueD hardship 答案C virtue16.A trickyB lengthyC mysteriousD scarce 答案D scarce17.A demandsB standardsC qualitiesD threats 答案A demands18.A ignoredB tiredC confusedD starved 答案B tired19.A offB againstC behindD into 答案D into20.A technologicalB professionalC educationalD interpersonal答案B professionalSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections： Read the following four texts . Answer the questions below each text bychoosing 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 run5km around their local park. The Parkrun phenomenon began with a dozen friendsand has inspired 400 events in the UK and more abroad.Events are free，staffed bythousands of volunteers. Runners range from four years old to grandparents； theirtimes range from Andrew Baddeleys world record 13 minutes 48 seconds up to anhour. Parkrun is succeeding where Londons Olympic “legacy” is failing. Ten yearsago on Monday， it was announced that the Games of the 30th Olympiad would bein London. Planning documents pledged that the great legacy of the Games wouldbe to level a nation of sport lovers away from their couches. The population wouldbe fitter，healthier and produce more winners.It has not happened.The numberof 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 nowfalling at an accelerating rate. The opposition claims primary school pupils doing atleast two hours of sport a week have nearly halved. Obesity has risen among adultsand children . Off