韦林干货2017考研英语二真题·完型填空精析(二)

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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

参考答案及解析

1.【答案】c
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【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
【解析】答案为b。词义辨析。一些需要专业技能的项目。

试题点评

完型填空为了测试考生实际应用英语的能力和语感。具体说来，是从语篇的角度综合测试考生的阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。这部分大家一定要注重思路和寻找线索能力的训练，一般做题的基本思路是，根据已知信息去填空，根据空前后的线索来选择填什么。比方说，题目让考生填主句的内容，那么从句中就会有相应的说明。题目让考生填动词，原文常常在别的地方出现这个动词的同