2021年高考英语真题试卷（上海卷）
一、语法填空。
1.阅读短文，根据短文内容，在空白处填入一个适当的单词，必要时进行词形变化。
(A)
Bags of Love
      Last year, I was assigned to work at an office near my mother's house, so I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I helped out with the housework and contributed to the groceries.
      After less than a week, I started noticing that the groceries were running out pretty quickly — we were always suddenly out of something.  ________ (wonder) how my mum could consume them so quickly, I began observing her daily routine for two weeks. To my surprise, I found that she would pack a paper bag full of canned goods and head out every morning at
about nine. Eventually, I decided to follow her and ________ happened truly amazed me. She was taking the food to the refugee camp, in ________ she distributed it to children.
      I asked around and found out that my mum was very well known in the area. The kids were very friendly with her and even looked up to her as if she were their own mother. Then it hit me —why would she not want to tell me about what she ________ (do)? Was she worried about how I would react or that I would stop ________ (buy) the groceries if I found out?
    When she got home, I told her about my discovery. ________ she could react, I gave her a big hug and told her she didn't need to keep it a secret ________me. She told me that some of the children lived with an older lady in a shelter while others slept on the streets. For years, my mum has been helping out by giving them whatever food she could spare. I was so impressed by ________ selfless she was.
2.语法填空。
 (B)
Stress: Good or Bad?
    Stress used to be an almost unknown word, but now that we are used to talking about it, I have found that people are beginning to get stressed about being stressed.
    In recent years, stress ________ (regard) as a cause of a whole range of medical problems, from high blood pressure to mental illness. But like so many other things, it is only too much stress ________ does you harm. It is time you considered that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve a little. If you are stuck at home with no stress, then your level of performance will be low. Up to a certain point, the more stress you are under, the ________ (good) your performance will be. Beyond a certain point, though, further stress will only lead to exhaustion, illness and finally a breakdown. You can tell when youare over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself ________ numberof questions. Do you, for instance, feel that too much is being expected of________, and yet find it impossible to say no? Do you find yourself getting impatient or ________ (annoy) with people over unimportant things? If the answer to all those question
s is yes, you had better ________ (control) your stress, as you probably are under more stress than is good for you.
less is more英文理解
    To some extent you can control the amount of stress in your life. Doctors have worked out a chart showing how much stress is involved in various events. Getting married is 50, pregnancy 40, moving house 20, Christmas 12, etc. If the total stress in your life is over 150, you are twice as likely ________ (get) ill.
二、 阅读短文，在方框里选择适当的词语填空。
3.选词填空。
A. account  B. adjustable  C. appliances  D. capture  E. decorations  F. direct 
G. experiment  H. intended  I. operated  J. soulless  K. squeeze
Golden Rules of Good Design
        What makes good design? Over the years,designers and artists have been trying to ________ the essentials of good design. They have found that some sayings can help people understand the ideas of good design. There are four as follows.
          Less is more. This saying is associated withthe German-born architect Mies van der Rohe. In his Modernist view, beauty lies in simplicity and elegance, and the aim of the designer is to create solutions to problems through the most efficient means. Design should avoid unnecessary ________
    More is not a bore. The American-born architect Robert Venturi concluded that if simplicity is done badly, the result is ________ design. Post-Modernist designers began to ________ with decoration and color again. Product design was heavily influenced by this view and can be seen in kitchen ________ such as ovens and kettles.
    Fitness for purpose. Successful product design takes into consideration a product's function, purpose, shape, form, color, and so on. The most important result for the user is that the product does what is ________. For example, think of a(n) ________ desk lamp. It
needs to be constructed from materials that will stand the heat of the lamp and regular adjustments by the user. It also needs to be stable. Most importantly, it needs to ________light where it is needed.

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