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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:(15) - A 、model
- B 、practice
- C 、virtue
- D 、hardship

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【正确答案:C】
over blown含义:吹散 吹倒 表贬义。后面的内容“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.是对这句话的进一步解释,结合前后的上下文语义理解,应选择virtue,其他选项均排除。因此C为正确答案。

- 1 【完形填空】(15)
- A 、around
- B 、among
- C 、across
- D 、with
- 2 【完形填空】(15)
- A 、Provided
- B 、Concerning
- C 、Given
- D 、Following
- 3 【完形填空】(15)
- A 、exactly
- B 、precisely
- C 、accurately
- D 、correctly
- 4 【完形填空】(15)
- A 、on
- B 、after
- C 、beyond
- D 、across
- 5 【完形填空】(15)
- A 、ruined
- B 、commuted
- C 、patrolled
- D 、gained
- 6 【完形填空】(15)
- A 、analyzed
- B 、shared
- C 、stored
- D 、displayed
- 7 【完形填空】(15)
- A 、employed
- B 、pictured
- C 、imitated
- D 、monitored
- 8 【完形填空】(15)
- A 、reveal
- B 、choose
- C 、predict
- D 、design
- 9 【完形填空】(15)
- A 、thus
- B 、instead
- C 、also
- D 、never
- 10 【完形填空】(15)
- A 、a
- B 、any
- C 、no
- D 、the
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