【期末备考】专题02：选词填空—上海名校2023年高二下英语试卷精选汇编（附答案解析）

【期末备考】专题02：选词填空—上海名校2023年高二下英语试卷精选汇编（附答案解析） 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文 （2022秋·上海·高二上海市七宝中学校考期末）Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need in each passage. A． guarantee   B．boost     C． barely    D．distractions   E. literally   F. spare G. towering    H. critical   I. excessive   J. packing      K. available It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work How often have you heard someone say “It’s crazy at work”? Maybe you’ve even said it yourself. For many, “It’s crazy at work” has become their normal. But why so crazy? There are two primary reasons: (1) The workday is being sliced into tiny, fleeting work moments by an onslaught of physical and virtual ____1____.  (2)And an unhealthy obsession with growth at any cost set ___2___, unrealistic expectations that stress people out. It’s no wonder people are working longer, earlier, later, on weekends, and whenever they have a(n) ____3____ moment. That turns life into work’s left-overs. The doggie bag. What’s worse is that long hours, ____4____ busyness, and lack of sleep have become a badge of honor for many people these days. Sustained exhaustion is not a badge of honor. Instead, it’s a(n) ____5____ of a physical and mental breakdown. Besides, everyone’s talking about how to ____6____ productivity these days. There’s an endless stream of methodologies and tools promising to make people more productive. But more productive at what? Productivity is for machines, not for people. There’s nothing meaningful about ____7____ some number of work units into some amount of time or squeezing more into less. Machines can ____8____ work 24/7, but humans can’t. When people focus on productivity, they end up focusing on being busy. Filling every moment with something to do. And there’s always more to do! But we should not believe in busyness. We should believe in effectiveness. How