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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：（7） - A 、rich
- B 、urban
- C 、working
- D 、educated
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
本句题干意为“盖普洛民意调查显示20%的失业一年以上的美国人有消极情绪，是（）美国人的两倍。” A. 富有的；B. 城市的； C. 工作的； D. 受教育的，根据题意可知，空格处应与前半句中失业的美国人形成对比，因此是C为正确答案。
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