2023年高考英语一模试题分项汇编新高考专用02 阅读理解之记叙文(原卷精品.pdfVIP

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专题阅读理解之记叙文（新高考专用）

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（2023·辽宁沈阳·统考一模）I’mintheareaofNoaillesinMarseille,France’ssecondlargestcityandits

maintradeseaport.Somesmallshopssellvegetables,meat,and,itseems,allthespicesoftheMiddleEast.In

additiontoFrench,languagesspokenonthebusystreetsincludeArabicandAfricanFrench.Italladdsuptoone

ofthemostethnicallydiversecitiesinEurope.

Closetothedowntownstreet,IdiscoveranAlgerianrestaurant,whoseownermakeshissignature

dish—couscouswithbarley,nottheusualwheat,usingarecipethathasn’tchangedsincethe1920s.Couscousis

annecessarypartofMarseilleculture.ThedishwasaddedtotheUNESCO’sListsofIntangibleCultural

Heritagein2020.

Tobehonest,beforeItravelledhere,couscoushadnotbeenthefirstmealthatcametomindwhenIthought

ofMarseille.Itwasbouillabaisse,therichsoupwitholiveoil,garlicandsaffron.Iimaginedenjoyingitatasmall

portsidecafe.Thiswasclearlyaromanticfantasy.Foronething,therearenosmallcafcsathistoriccity.For

another,therestaurantsdoservebouillabaisse,butwhenIseethepriceatoneplaceIamshocked:69euros!No

bowlofsoupshouldcostthatmuch.

Igiveupandenduptwostreetsawayfromtheoldharborinanewrestaurant,Ourea.For28euros,Chef

MatthieuRocheservesathree-courselunchthatincludestunasteaksandcouscous.

Moreandmoreyoung,talentedpeoplearediscoveringthatMarseilleisanidealplacetolive.Thereisalsoa

growingnumberofParisiansmovinghereeveryyear.Tiredoftherushandexpenseoflifeinlargercities,the

newcomerscomelookingforthemorerelaxedMediterraneanwayoflife.

WalkingthroughthesecontrastingneighborhoodsofMarseille.Ithinkaboutthedistinctcommunitieshere

livinginthesameneig