2024 考研英语二真题及答案汇总 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...
