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Happy people work differently. They’re more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggests that happiness might influence 1 firms work, too.

People have speculated for centuries about a future without work. Today is no different, with academics, writers, and activists once again 1   that technology is replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by 2 : A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.

A different and not mutually exclusive  3   holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort, one  4   by purposelessness:Without jobs to give their lives __5   , people will simply become lazy and depressed.  6   , today’s unemployed don’t seem to be having a great time. One 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. Also, some research suggests that the  8   for rising rates of mortality, mental-health problems, and addiction  9   poorly-educated, middle-aged people is a shortage of well-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many  10   the agonizing dullness of a jobless future.

But it doesn’t 11 follow from findings like these that a world without work would be   filled with unease. Such visions are based on the  12   of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. In the  13   of work, a society designed with other ends in mind could  14   strikingly different circumstances for the future of labor and leisure. Today, the  15    of work may be a bit overblown. “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.

These 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. “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.

问题1选项
A.boasting
B.denying
C.warning
D.ensuring
问题2选项
A.inequality
B.instability
C.unreliability
D.uncertainty
问题3选项
A.policy
B.guideline
C.resolution
D.prediction
问题4选项
A.characterized
B.divided
C.balanced
D.measured
问题5选项
A.wisdom
B.meaning
C.glory
D.freedom
问题6选项
A.Instead
B.Indeed
C.Thus
D.Nevertheless
问题7选项
A.rich
B.urban
C.working
D.educated
问题8选项
A.explanation
B.requirement
C.compensation
D.substitute
问题9选项
A.under
B.beyond
C.alongside
D.among
问题10选项
A.leave behind
B.make up
C.worry about
D.set aside
问题11选项
A.statistically
B.occasionally
C.necessarily
D.economically
问题12选项
A.chances
B.downsides
C.benefits
D.principles
问题13选项
A.absence
B.height
C.face
D.course
问题14选项
A.disturb
B.restore
C.exclude
D.yield
问题15选项
A.model
B.practice
C.virtue
D.hardship
问题16选项
A.tricky
B.lengthy
C.mysterious
D.scarce
问题17选项
A.demands
B.standards
C.qualities
D.threats
问题18选项
A.ignored
B.tired
C.confused
D.starved
问题19选项
A.off
B.against
C.behind
D.into
问题20选项
A.technological
B.professional
C.educational
D.interpersonal
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