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2019年高考英语阅读理解一轮练（4）

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With autumn on the horizon, the season’s first Oscar competitors are here.

Already, the Hollywood Reporter has predicted that the often-snubbed(冷落的)

Leonardo DiCaprio could win. Although before we get swept up in predictions, it’s

nice to remember that little gold men are not the reason we love the movies. They

shouldn’t be the primary reason for acting in them either.

Bill Murray knows this first hand. Murray was positioned to win his first-ever

Oscar Academy Award for 2004’s “Lost in Translation”, but he lost it to Sean Penn.

Years later, Murray explained how he took the defeat in stride(从容应对), and his

words should act as a blueprint for anyone who has failed:

“I went through it once before and it’s nice to get nominated and win some prizes.

You get to go to dinners and tell little stories and so forth. Then you get to get

dressed up. And then you get to be on TV, which is sweet. And you can either win or

lose. Well you’re not supposed to say ‘lose’ when you talk about the Oscar. You

are supposed to say ‘not chosen’. But I later realized that I had gotten a little

caught up in the possibility of winning. So, shame on myself for getting caught in

it. But I won a lot of the prizes for Lost in Translation. So I thought it didn’t

seem unnatural to expect that I would be rewarded just one more time. So when it didn’t

happen, I thought, ‘Well, that’s kind of funny.’ But to get prizes is not why you

work.”

Murray isn’t alone in those feelings. No mention of actors without Oscars would

be complete without recognition of Leonardo DiCaprio, who said, “I don’t think I

ever expected anything like an Oscar ever, to tell you the truth. That is not my

motivation when I do these roles. I really am motivated by being able to work with

great people and create a body of work that I can look back and be proud of.”

Perhaps neither Murray nor DiCaprio will ever be introduced as an Academy

Award-winning actor, but winning an Oscar for acting shouldn’t be the point. Here

are some other amazing actors who never won an Oscar, even if you think they did:

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Julianne Moore, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Will Smith. And

they have proved that countless times before.

can learn about Bill Murray from the passage that_________.

A. he felt ashamed that he didn’t win the Oscar.

B. he never expected himself to win the Oscar.

C. he had already won many other awards before he failed in Oscar.

D. he is the first actor who had been predicted to win the Oscar but failed.

d DiCaprio is motivated to act different roles because _________

A. he wants to win the Oscar.

B. he can cooperate with great people.

C. he wants others to take pride in him.

D. he is not the only actor who hasn’t won the Oscar.

underlined word “that” in the last paragraph refers to “_________”.

A. Neither Murray nor DiCaprio will won an Oscar.

B. Winning an Oscar for acting shouldn’t be the point.

C. Some amazing actors have never won an Oscar.

D. You think that some actors should have won an Oscar.

is the writer’s attitude to Leonardo’s idea on winning an Oscar?

A. Approving.

B. Critical

C. Indifferent.

D. Neutral.

【文章大意】本文主要介绍了落选奥斯卡奖的比尔默里和莱昂纳多对奥斯卡奖的看法。

1.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段中的“But I won a lot of the prizes for Lost in

Translation.”可知，在落选奥斯卡之前，比尔默里已经赢得了很多其他奖项。

3.B 【解析】词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“but winning an Oscar for acting shouldn’t

be the point.”可知，此处的that指代的就是winning an Oscar for acting shouldn’t

be the point。

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