2017考研英语二真题及答案

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2017 考研英语二真题及答案

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[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] leave behind[B] make up[C] worry about[D] set aside [答案][C] worry

about

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

Section II Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions：

Read the following four texts . Answer the questions below each text by

choosing 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 run

5km around their local park. The Parkrun phenomenon began with a dozen friends

and has inspired 400 events in the UK and more abroad.Events are free，staffed by

thousands of volunteers. Runners range from four years old to grandparents； their

times range from Andrew Baddeley’s world record 13 minutes 48 seconds up to an

hour.

Parkrun is succeeding where London’s Olympic “legacy” is failing. Ten years

ago on Monday， it was announced that the Games of the 30th Olympiad would be

in London. Planning documents pledged that the great legacy of the Games would

be to level a nation of sport lovers away from their couches. The population would

be fitter， healthier and produce more winners. It has not happened. The number

of adults doing weekly sport did rise， by nearly 2 million in the run—up to 2012—

but the general population was growing faster. Worse， the numbers are now

falling at an accelerating rate. The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at

least two hours of sport a week have nearly halved. Obesity has risen among adults

and children . Official retrospections continue as to why London 2012 failed to

“inspire a generation.” The success of Parkrun offers answers.

Parkun is not a race but a time trial： Your only competitor is the clock. The

ethos welcomes anybody. There is as much joy over a puffed-out first-timer being

clapped over the line as there is about top talent shining. The Olympic bidders， by

contrast ， wanted to get more people doing sports and to produce more elite

athletes. The dual aim was mixed up： The stress on success over taking part was

intimidating for newcomers.

Indeed， there is something a little absurd in the state getting involved in the

planning of such a fundamentally “grassroots”， concept as community sports

associations. If there is a role for government， it should really be getting involved

in providing common goods—making sure there is space for playing fields and the

money to pave tennis and netball courts， and encouraging the provision of all these

activities in schools. But successive governments have presided over selling green

spaces， squeezing money from local authorities and declining attention on sport in

education. Instead of wordy， worthy strategies， future governments need to do

more to provide the conditions for sport to thrive . Or at least not make them

worse.

According to Paragraph1， Parkrun has .

[A] gained great popularity

[B] created many jobs

[C] strengthened community ties

[D] become an official festival

[答案][A] gained great popularity

The author believes that London’s Olympic“legacy” has failed to .

[A] boost population growth

[B] promote sport participation

[C] improve the city’s image

[D] increase sport hours in schools

[答案][B] promote sport participation

Parkrun is different from Olympic games in that it .

[A] aims at discovering talents

[B] focuses on mass competition

[C] does not emphasize elitism

[D] does not attract first-timers

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