Question

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。

Imagine that work had taken over the world.It would be the centre around which the rest of life turned.Then all else would come to be subservient(服从于）to work.Then slowly,almost unconsciously,anything else-the games once played,the songs sung now,the loves fulfilled,the festivals celebrated-would come to resemble and finally become work.

And how,in this world of total work,would people think and sound and act?Everywhere they looked,they would see the pre- employed,employed,post-employed,underemployed and unemployed,and there would be no one uncounted in this census(人口普查）。Everywhere they would praise and love work wishing each other the very best for a productive day,opening their eyes to tasks and closing them only to sleep.Everywhere virtue of hard work would be championed as the means by which success is to be achieved,laziness being considered as the gravest sin(罪孽）。 Everywhere among content-providers,knowledge-brokers,collaboration architects and heads of new divisions would be heard endless chatter about workflows,about plans and benchmarks(基准）。

In this world,eating,resting,exercising,meditating and commuting(act of travelling back and forth between home and work)would all be beneficial to good health,which would,in turn,be put in the service of being more and more productive.No one would drink too much,and some would just take a little of psychedelics(迷幻剂）to enhance their work performance.

What is so disturbing about total work is not just that it causes needless human suffering but also that it removes the forms of playful contemplation(沉思）concerned with our asking,thinking and answering the most basic questions of existence.There is,to begin with,constant tension,an dominant sense of pressure associated with the thought that there's something that needs to be done, always something I'm supposed to be doing right now.Secondly,one feels guilt whenever he is not as productive as possible

The burden character of total work,then,is defined by ceaseless,restless,upsetting activity, anxiety about the future,a sense of life being overwhelming,thoughts_about missed opportunities, and guilt connected to the possibility of laziness.In short,total work necessarily causes dukkha,a Buddhist term referring to the unsatisfactory nature of a life filled with suffering.

In addition to causing dukkha,total work blocks access to higher levels of reality.For what is lost in the world of total work is art's disclosure of the beautiful,religion's glimpse of eternity(永恒）， love's pure joy,and philosophy's sense of wonderment(a feeling of pleasant surprise or admiration). All of these require silence,stillness,a wholehearted willingness to simply understand.

Passage outline	Supporting details
Imagination	If work occupied the world,human life would 1.around nothing else and there would also be an 2.change from anything to work.
Possible occurrences	◇Human life would be a work-sleep pattern.  ◇Efforts to make you 3.at work would be praised and laziness 4.  ◇People of different5.would talk endlessly about work,like workflows,plans and so on.
Consequences	◇Total work not only brings about suffering but also 6.people from having playful contemplation.  ◇Total work tends to put people under pressure,making them feel tense and 7.when they are not productive.  ◇Total work causes people to always feel 8.about their life.  ◇Total work leaves people little 9.to explore art,religion,love and philosophy,blocking people's access to higher levels of 10..

Answer

1.center/centre

2.unconscious

3.efficient/productive

4.condemned/criticized

5.professions/jobs/careers

6.prevents/stops/blocks/ discourages

7.guilty

8.unsatisfied

9.chance/time

10.reality

【解析】

该题是一篇说明文。讲了当工作占据生活会发生什么，定位容易，出现大量的原词重现，一些题目答案还有多个，难度中等偏下。

1.考查动词。根据第一段第二句It would be the center around which...如果工作完全占据生活，人类将不再围绕任何东西。故填center/centre。

2.考查形容词。根据第一段第二行Then slowly, almost unconsciously, anything else...，事物会发生无意识的转变，该空需要一个形容词修饰，将副词unconsciously转形容词unconscious。故填unconscious。

3.考查形容词。根据第二段第三行...they would praise and love work...for a productive day...使得工作产率更高就会被表扬。故填efficient/productive。

4.考查动词。根据第二段倒数第三行...laziness being considered as the gravest sin。懒惰被视为罪过，也就是会被批评。故填condemned/criticized。

5.考查名词。根据第二段最后一句Everywhere among...would be heard endless chatter about work flows。不同职业的人会无休止的谈论工作。故填professions/jobs/careers。

6.考查动词。根据第四段第二行...but also that it removes the forms of playful contemplation...消除了顽皮的沉思，也就是使人们远离这种沉思。故填prevents/stops/blocks/discourages。

7.考查名词。根据第五段第二行......thoughts about missed opportunities, and guilt connected to the possibility of laziness.当人们低效率时，会产生罪恶感，该空需要形容词，故将名词guilt转形容词guilty。故填guilty。

8.考查形容词。根据第五段最后一句...referring to the unsatisfactory nature of a life...人们会认为生活是不满的。Unsatisfactory adj.令人不满的；unsatisfied adj.感到不满的。故填unsatisfied。

9.考查名词。根据第六段第二句For what is lost in the world of total work is art’s disclosure of beauty...，工作使得艺术不再贴近美，不再贴近人们生活。也就是人们没有时间或者机会去感受艺术。故填chance/time。

10.考查名词。第六段第一句...total work blocks access to higher levels of reality.工作阻止人们走向更高级别的真实。故填reality。