2019年高考英语阅读理解一轮练（4）
李仕才
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With autumn on the horizon, the ason’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 t
o go to dinners and tell little stories and so forth. Then you get to get dresd up. And then you get to be on TV, which is sweet. And you can either win or lo. Well you’re not suppod to say ‘lo’ when you talk about the Oscar. You are suppod to say ‘not chon’. But I later realized that I had gotten a little caught up in the possibility of winning. So, shame on mylf for getting caught in it. But I won a lot of the prizes for Lost in Translation. So I thought it didn’t em 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 tho 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 the 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-winni
ng 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: Julianne Moore, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Tom Crui, Harrison Ford, Will Smith. And they have proved that countless times before.
1.We can learn about Bill Murray from the passage that_________.
A. he felt ashamed that he didn’t win the Oscar.
B. he never expected himlf 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.
2.Leonard DiCaprio is motivated to act different roles becau _________
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.
3.The 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.
4.What 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。
4.A 【解析】观点态度题。根据最后一段中的“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.”可知，作者对莱昂纳多关于赢得奥斯卡的态度是支持的。
B
(2015·成都第二次诊断)
The Children’s Bookshow Competition is a chance for young readers to be writers.
Reading，it ems，is coming back into fashion，if a survey by the famous National Literacy Trust (the NLT) is true.It shows that the percentage of children who admit enjoying reading has grown for the first time in the past 8 years.
So it’s a good time to launch a competition that includes a shedload of new books for schools as prizes.The Children’s Bookshow Competition，backed by The Independent，is taking to the roads again from the start of next term，with a nationwide tour of 15 big cities，featuring a lineup of a dozen children’s writers and illustrators(插图画家) aiming to persuade pupils to follow their footsteps.
The competition，launched by the children’s writer and illustrator Jessica Souhami，has two categories: the undernine’s and nine to 13yearolds.
Children are asked to choo their favorite fairy or folk tale and t it in an extraordinary p
lace.
Then they are to retell it with the aid of drawings and writings—whether it is t at a，on a distant planet，in the future or in the past.The closing date for the competition is 30 November.
