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题干:Peoplehavespeculatedforcenturiesaboutafuturewithoutwork.Todayisnodifferent,withacademics,writers,andactivistsonceagain(1)thattechnologybereplacinghumanworkers.Someimaginethatthecomingwork-freeworldwillbedefinedby(2)。Afewwealthypeoplewillownallthecapital,andthemasseswillstruggleinanimpoverishedwasteland.Adifferentandnotmutuallyexclusive(3)holdsthatthefuturewillbeawastelandofadifferentsort,one(4)bypurposelessness:Withoutjobstogivetheirlives(5),peoplewillsimplybecomelazyanddepressed.(6),today’sunemployeddon’tseemtobehavingagreattime.OneGalluppollfoundthat20percentofAmericanswhohavebeenunemployedforatleastayearreporthavingdepression,doubletheratefor(7)Americans.Also,someresearchsuggeststhatthe(8)forrisingratesofmortality,mental-healthproblems,andaddicting(9)poorly-educatedmiddle-agedpeopleisshortageofwell-paidjobs.Perhapsthisiswhymany(10)theagonizingdullnessofajoblessfuture.Butitdoesn’t(11)followfromfindingslikethesethataworldwithoutworkwouldbefilledwithunease.Suchvisionsarebasedonthe(12)ofbeingunemployedinasocietybuiltontheconceptofemployment.Inthe(13)ofwork,asocietydesignedwithotherendsinmindcould(14)strikinglydifferentcircumstancedforthefutureoflaborandleisure.Today,the(15)ofworkmaybeabitoverblown.“Manyjobsareboring,degrading,unhealthy,andawasteofhumanpotential,”saysJohnDanaher,alecturerattheNationalUniversityofIrelandinGalway.Thesedays,becauseleisuretimeisrelatively(16)formostworkers,peopleusetheirfreetimetocounterbalancetheintellectualandemotional(17)oftheirjobs.“WhenIcomehomefromahardday’swork,Ioftenfeel(18),”Danahersays,adding,“InaworldinwhichIdon’thavetowork,Imightfeelratherdifferent”—perhapsdifferentenoughtothrowhimself(19)ahobbyorapassionprojectwiththeintensityusuallyreservedfor(20)matters.
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