2017 年考研英语二 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 is 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 gre