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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.
题目:(3) - A 、policy
- B 、guideline
- C 、resolution
- D 、prediction
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【正确答案:D】
分析句子,that从句后面是will是将来时态,“未来将是一个完全不同的荒芜之地”,浏览四个选项:A. 政策 ;B. 指导 ;C. 决心;D. 预测,只有D符合句意,因此可确定D为正确选项。
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