2017届高考英语二轮阅读理解训练：（23）
<p> 2017届高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读理解（23）</p><p> <span word="A">A</span></p><p> <span word="A">A</span> new age is coming. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already we’re partly there, the percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World. Today the majority of jobs in America, Europe and Japan are in the service industry, and the number is on the rise. More women are in the work force than ever before. There are more part-time jobs. More people are self-employed. But the range of the economic transformation can’t be measured by numbers alone, because it also is giving rise to important new way of thinking about the nature of work itself. Long-held ideas about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relation between individuals and employers — all these are being challenged.</p><p> <span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="lie">lie</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span>. <span word="No">No</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="possibly">possibly</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="foreseen">foreseen</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="invention">invention</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chip">chip</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="transform">transform</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="thanks">thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="applications">applications</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="computers">computers</span>, <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="communications">communications</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="factory">factory</span> <span word="robots">robots</span>. <span word="Tomorrow">Tomorrow</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="achievements">achievements</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="biotechnology">biotechnology</span>, <span word="artificial">artificial</span> <span word="intelligence">intelligence</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="unimagined">unimagined</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="wave">wave</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dramatic">dramatic</span> <span word="changes">changes</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="certain">certain</span>: <span word="information">information</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="valid">valid</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="possess">possess</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="services">services</span>, <span word="will">will</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="advantage">advantage</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wealth">wealth</span>. <span word="Computer">Computer</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="basic">basic</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="requirement">requirement</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="write">write</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="solve">solve</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="applying">applying</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="performing">performing</span> <span word="routine">routine</span> <span word="tasks">tasks</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="valued">valued</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="else">else</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="cast">cast</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="mind">mind</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> 10 <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="information">information</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="superior">superior</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="job">job</span>.</p>
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