大题预测02 阅读训练 （下） -【大题精做】冲刺2024年高考英语大题突破+限时集训（上海专用）

大题预测01阅读训练 （下） （建议用时：60分钟 满分：60分） （第三组） Reading Comprehension （每题2分) Section A Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) 【上海市2022-2023学年高三下学期“六校联合教研”质量调研英语试卷】 Sundays are for sewing. That much, at least, has not changed for Bo Dollis Jr. During Memorial Day weekend, after New Orleans officials relaxed social distancing rules, the Big Chief of the Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians got his tribe together for the first time since everything came unglued. About 15 people came, and they sat together on folding chairs, laughing, joking, and sewing. Each had an open toolbox stuffed with small plastic bags of beads (珠子) at their feet and a stretched canvas across their laps. They shared advice and suggestions as easily as they passed around needles, with which they attached beads to the canvas in the shape of bears, horses, and native people. For Dollis, the sewing session marked a return to normalcy and an opportunity to continue sharing this New Orleans tradition he learned from his father. It ends each spring when tribes across the city unveil their year’s work: A hand- beaded masterpiece of color and feathers—a new suit—that shines in the southern sunlight as the tribes sing, dance, and show off how pretty they are. Traditionally, Mardi Gras Indians have but a few days to wear their suits, including Mardi Gras Day and St. Joseph’s Day in March. The coronavirus, however, interrupted this tradition. New Orleans officials shut down public events and began enforcing social distancing just days before St. Joseph’s. Instead of parading on the streets with his tribe, Dollis sat at home that night and cried. “That was a heartbreaker.” he said. For many of New Orleans’ chefs, musicians, dancers, Mardi Gras Indians, singers, and street