参考答案

问题 1 答案解析：C

warning考点：上下文语义理解解析：空格之后的宾语从句部分 “technology is replacing human workers. ” 结合选项，应该选择warning。其他三项A、boasting B、 denying D、ensuring均不符合此处的语境要求，故均排除。

问题 2 答案解析：A
inequality考点：上下文语义理解空格单词后面的句意看到了贫富对比，故作为上文对其进行概括关键应选择 inequality。

问题 3 答案解析：D
prediction考点：时态判断空格之后的内容 “holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort，”该定语从句是对空格词汇的修饰与说明，既然文中用到了 will 这一个表示将来时态的助动词，故答案为prediction。

问题 4 答案解析：D
working考点：上下文语义理解One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a yearreport having depression，double the rate for 7 Americans.根据上下文对比的语意对照应该选择working。前面提到unemployed 。此处在进行对比，故选择表示反义呼应的词 working。

问题 5 答案解析：D
yield考点：词汇的一词多义与搭配In the 13 of work，a society designed with other ends in mind could 14 strikingly differentcircumstances for the future of labor and leisure.该空格所选词汇的主语是 a society 宾语是different circumstances.根据主谓一致的原则应该选择 yield。语义为：产生。

问题 6 答案解析：D
scarce考点：上下文语义理解because leisure time is relatively 16 for most workers， people use their free time tocounterbalance the intellectual and emotional 17 of their jobs.结合常识认知及上下文理解应该选择scarce。

问题 7 答案解析：D
into考点：固定搭配+句内语义理解perhaps different enough to throw himself 19 a hobby or a passion project with the intensityusually reserved for 20 matters.“Throw oneself into ......”意思是：一头扎进；投身于，积极从事

问题 8 答案解析：B
professional考点：复现+呼应perhaps different enough to throw himself into a hobby or a passion project with the intensityusually reserved for 20 matters.此处空格处答案和前面的 intensity 形成呼应与关联。故此处professional符合语义需要，入选。

问题 9 答案解析：A
characterized考点：后置定语 + 固定搭配one by purposelessness。其他三项均不符合，故排除。

问题 10 答案解析：A
demands考点：上下文语义理解根据语义的要求，浏览选项，只有 demands符合语义要求。

问题 11 答案解析：B
meaning考点：句间语义理解Without jobs to give their lives 5 ，people will simply become lazy and depressed.空格所在句后面的表述与空格前的内容属于并列关系，由逗号连接。答案选择 meaning。A、wisdom [C]glory D、freedom 这些选项都表示褒义色彩和后面 lazy、depressed 矛盾。

问题 12 答案解析：C
virtue考点：上下文语义理解overblown.一词为解题线索。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 theNational 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。

问题 13 答案解析：D
among考点：句内语义理解、介词辨析很明显应该指前者的发生范围。浏览四个选项，among“在....中”表示范围，符合此处语义需要，故为答案。

问题 14 答案解析：B
tired考点：上下文语义理解+常识“When I come home from a hard day ’s work ，I often feel 18 ，” Danaher says ，adding，“In a4world in which I don ’t have to work ，I might feel rather different ”.

问题 15 答案解析：B
Indeed考点：上下文逻辑关系分析下四个选项可以看出并无体现因果关系 故A、Thus排除，另外instead，nevertheless 表示转折语意，但是上下文逻辑并无体现。 故[A]Instead C、Thus D、Nevertheless均排除。

问题 16 答案解析：A
explanation考点：句内语意理解+固定搭配some research suggests that the 8 for rising rates of mortality，mental-health problems，and3addicting 9 poorly-educated middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs.

问题 17 答案解析：A
absence考点：词汇复现In the of work，a society designed with other ends in mind could strikingly differentcircumstances for the future of labor and leisure.

问题 18 答案解析：C
worry about考点：上下文语义理解+句内语义理解Perhaps this is why many 10 the agonizing dullness of a jobless future.

问题 19 答案解析：C
necessarily考点：上下文逻辑关系+句内语义理解But it doesn ’t follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled withunease.But表示转折语意。doesn't necessarily不一定。符合此处语意需要，故为答案。

问题 20 答案解析：B
downsides考点：上下文语义理解 后置定语Such visions are based on the 12 of being unemployed in a society built on the concept ofemployment.答案的线索在于空格后面的介词短语， 后面提到being unemployed。这是贬义。其他选项均不符条件。