2017年MBA英语真题及答案word文本

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People have speculated for centuries about a future without work .Today is no

different, with academics, writers, and activists once again1 that technology be

replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be

defined by2 . A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will

struggle in an impoverished wasteland.

A different and not mutually exclusive3 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

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s unemployed don

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t seem to be

havinga 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

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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

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s work, I often feel 18 ,

”

Danaher says, adding,

“

In a

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.

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

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