2023年高考英语二轮复习第四部分高考题型组合练5 .pdfVIP

组合练5 Ⅰ.阅读理解(共7 小题；每题2.5 分，满分17.5 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A 、B 、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A (2022·福建省莆田市高中毕业班5 月第三次模拟) New Yearʼs Day is meant for food.As the new year arrives around the world, there could be special cakes and breads, for example, long noodles representing long life, field peas representing coins, and pigs representing good luck.The particulars vary, but the general theme is the same: Enjoy food and drink to bring in a year of prosperity.Here are some of the New Yearʼs food traditions around the world. Hoppinʼ John, American South A major New Yearʼs food tradition in the American South, Hoppinʼ John is a dish of pork-flavored field peas or black-eyed peas—symbolizing coins—and rice, frequently served with cooked greens—as theyʼre the color of money and cornbread—the color of gold.The dish is said to bring good luck in the new year. Twelve grapes, Spain The people of Spain traditionally watch a broadcast from Puerta del Sol in Madrid, where people gather in front of the squareʼs clock tower to ring in the New Year.Those out in the square and those watching at home take part in an unusual annual tradition: At the stroke of midnight, they eat one grape for every toll of the clock bell.Some even get their grapes ready—peeling and seeding them—to make sure they will be as efficient as possible when mid-night comes. Tamales, Mexico Tamales, corn dough filled with meat, cheese and other delicious additions and wrapped in a banana leaf or a corn husk, make appearances at pretty much every special occasion in Mexico.In many families, groups of women gather together to make hundreds of the little packets to hand out to friends, family and neighbors. Soba noodles, Japan In Japanese households, familie