Actor Brad Pitt has finally bagged the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood at the 92nd Academy Awards. While the actor very well deserved, he also impressed everyone by his award acceptance speech, which was just plain smooth!

The win was quite a tough one as he had to compete some big names like Anthony Hopkins for The Two Popes, Tom Hanks for A Beautiful Day, and even Al Pacino and Joe Pesci for The Irishman. Let’s just say it was a sharp competition, and Brad Pitt had the last laugh. The fifty-six years old actor gave a rather humorous acceptance speech and also took this chance to take a dig at Donald Trump as well. He said that he has forty-five seconds,which is forty-five seconds more than John Bolton was given this week. Well,that’s how he made an award acceptance speech.

The actor further thanked the award and thanked Quentin Tarantino for saying that he is truly one of a kind. Brad Pitt said that without such a gifted director,the world would indeed be a dark place. This is the actor’s first-ever acting Oscar win. It was indeed special after Brad Pitt had a few flips and then a troubled personal life as well. The actor sure does know how to bounce back that also with an Oscar.

The actor also thanked his co-star Leonardo DiCaprio saying that he will anyway ride on his coattails. The whole Oscar event was full of pleasant surprises with Parasite winning Best Picture as well. Joaquin Phoenix also bagged the Best Actor Award for the film Joker.

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1.Who did NOT Brad Pitt compete with?

A Al Pacino.

B Tom Hanks.

C Joaquin Phoenix.

D Anthony Hopkins.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句The win was quite a tough one as he had to compete some big names like Anthony Hopkins for The Two Popes, Tom Hanks for A Beautiful Day, and even Al Pacino and Joe Pesci for The Irishman.可知，Brad Pitt在奥斯卡提名上所遇到的竞争对手分别为Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hanks, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci，故选C。

2.The underlined part “take a dig at” means ____.

A say hello to

B play a joke on

C think highly of

D sing high praise for

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据划线句The fifty-six years old actor gave a rather humorous acceptance speech and also took this chance to take a dig at Donald Trump as well.这位56岁的演员发表了一篇相当幽默的获奖演说可推测后文应该是言语之间透露“调侃”，故选B。

3.Which Academy Award was NOT mentioned in the passage?

A Best Picture.

B Best Actor.

C Best Director.

D Best Supporting Actor.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段和最后一段可知，Brad Pitt获得奥斯卡最佳男配角奖，电影Parasite《寄生虫》获得了奥斯卡最佳影片奖，Joaquin Phoenix获得奥斯卡最佳男主角奖，文中未提及奥斯卡最佳导演奖，故选C。

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A Brad Pitt impressed the public with his bad words in the speech.

B Leonardo DiCaprio once worked with Brad Pitt for a long time.

C Parasite winning Best Picture surprised the whole world.

D Brad Pitt showed his thanks to his director as well as his co-star.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据最后两段可知，Brad Pitt感谢了他的导演，也感谢了他的合作演员，故选D。

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A The Oscar presentation.

B Pitt’s growth experience.

C Pitt’s impressive acceptance speech.

D An introduction of Oscar actors and films.

解析：选C。主旨大意题。演员布拉德•皮特(Brad Pitt)凭借影片Once Upon a Time in Hollywood（《好莱坞往事》）获第92届奥斯卡最佳男配角奖。本文主要围绕布拉德•皮特获奖幽默诙谐的获奖演说展开，故选C。