2017考研英语二真题及参考答案思维导图

①A different and not mutually exclusive 3holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort,one4 by purposelessness:Without jobs to give their lives 5,people will simply become lazy and depressed.②6,today’s unemployed don’t seem to be having a great time.③One 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.④Also,some research suggests that the 8 for rising rates of mortality,mental-health problems,and addiction 9 poorly-educated,middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs.⑤Perhaps this is why many 10 the agonizing dullness of a jobless future.

①These 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.②"When I come home from a hard day’s work,I often feel 18,"Danaher says,adding,"In a 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.