① Leonardo DiCaprio is TIME’s 2025 Entertainer of the Year. DiCaprio, now 51, has built a career many of his peers would envy.
② At 15, Leonardo DiCaprio sat down with a pile of rented VHS tapes and gave himself a crash course in movie history. He’d recently landed his first major movie role, playing opposite Robert De Niro. In that 1993 film This Boy’s Life, virtually no one who saw this performance could believe this kid’s talent. Hollywood knew what it had: DiCaprio was offered life-changing money to appear in the Disney comedy Hocus Pocus; instead, he played a mentally impaired teenager in Lasse Hallström’s What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. He has a knack for making the seemingly wrong choice that turns out to be completely right—perhaps just another way of saying he has good instincts and he knows when to follow them.
③ In the years that followed, he solidified his status as a cultural icon with roles blending charm and depth: the pensive, impulsive Shakespearean swain in Romeo + Juliet (1996), and the charismatic Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997). Yet he refused to be confined to heartthrob typecasting, choosing instead to pursue characters that challenged both him and audiences.
④ DiCaprio entered new territory—the start of his great middle era—with his role as the troubled capitalist Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004). The performance earned him a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination. From that point, he rushed toward, rather than away from, characters who were more complex and even condemnable than likable. This included his turn as a tension-fueled undercover cop in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006) and as a morally compromised African diamond smuggler in Blood Diamond (2006), which landed him yet another Academy Award nomination for his nuanced take on a “gray character.”
⑤ He continued to balance commercial success with artistic risk-taking: leading the high-concept sci-fi thriller Inception (2010) as conflicted team leader Dom Cobb, proving he could anchor blockbusters while retaining dramatic depth; embodying greedy, volatile stockbroker Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)—another Scorsese collaboration that earned an Oscar nomination; and capturing the dazzled social climber Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby (2013), where he dug into the dark masculine fragility beneath the character’s glittering facade. In 2015, he finally claimed his long-awaited Best Actor Oscar with his raw, physically demanding performance as a vengeful survivalist in The Revenant, cementing his legacy as one of his generation’s greatest actors.
⑥ It is this unwavering dedication to artistic depth over superficial fame that cements his well-deserved title as TIME’s 2025 Entertainer of the Year.
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1.1.The author mentions Hocus Pocus primarily to illustrate DiCaprio’s ________.
A pursuit of commercial interests
B early display of exceptional talent
C instinct for artistic over financial gain
D desire for a life-changing opportunity
解析：选C。
1.C例证题。定位到第二段内容，迪卡普里奥拒绝了《女巫也疯狂》给出的 “足以改变人生的高薪片约”，转而选择出演《不一样的天空》中智力障碍的少年角色。作者随即评价，他擅长做出 “看似错误、实则正确” 的抉择，其核心逻辑是遵从艺术直觉，而非贪图金钱利益。故选C。
2.2.In Paragraph 3, “refused to be confined to heartthrob typecasting” implies that DiCaprio ______.
A avoided playing unlikable characters
B sought roles beyond a charming lover image
C pursued artistic depth exclusively
D accepted his status as a cultural icon
解析：选B。
2.B句子理解题。解题关键在于第三段的转折词“Yet”，前文提到莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥凭借《罗密欧与朱丽叶》《泰坦尼克号》里魅力十足的角色成为文化偶像，紧接着说他拒绝被“heartthrob typecasting”束缚，转而选择挑战自己和观众的角色，再结合第四段他后续接演的复杂且有争议的角色能推断，这句话的意思是他寻求超越“万人迷”形象的角色，A选项与他选择不讨喜角色的事实相悖，C选项的“exclusively”过于绝对，D选项和“拒绝被束缚”的核心语义无关。故选B。
3.3.According to the passage, DiCaprio’s career shift in his “middle era” was marked by his ______.
A deliberate pursuit of complex roles
B increasing focus on award wins
C persistent collaboration with Scorsese
D avoidance of universally likable figures
解析：选A。
3.A 推理判断题。文章第四段指出，他自此 “主动奔向” 那些 “更为复杂甚至应受谴责而非讨人喜欢” 的角色，并后续以两个具体角色佐证，因此其转型标志是主动选择演绎复杂的角色。A 项（deliberate pursuit of complex roles）准确捕捉了这一核心。B 项（专注获奖）偏离重点，C 项（持续与某导演合作）以偏概全，D 项（avoidance of universally likable figures）是对原文语义的绝对化解读，原文仅强调他更倾向选择复杂角色，而非完全不演讨喜形象。故选 A。
4.4.It can be inferred that DiCaprio’s role in The Great Gatsby is an example of his ability to ______.
A achieve tremendous commercial success
B portray the American dream of social mobility
C uncover the fragile truth behind the glitter
D demonstrate intense emotional depth in romance
解析：选C。
4.C 推理判断题。第五段在分析《了不起的盖茨比》的角色塑造时明确指出，迪卡普里奥精准 “捕捉到一心渴望跻身上流社会的杰伊・盖茨比的人物内核”，并着重挖掘了角色光鲜外表下隐藏的男性阴暗与脆弱特质，这正是该角色塑造的核心亮点。据此可推断，这一角色正是他具备 “揭示浮华表象背后脆弱真相” 能力的有力例证。故选 C。
5.5.Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
A The evolution of a versatile film star.
B The significance of awards in an actor’s career.
C The collaboration between an actor and famous directors.
D The early talent and luck of a Hollywood icon.
解析：选A。
5.A主旨大意题。全文以时间为脉络，清晰梳理了迪卡普里奥的职业生涯演变轨迹：早期遵从艺术直觉，婉拒商业片约；凭借偶像角色成名后，坚决打破戏路桎梏；职业生涯中期主动选择复杂、不讨喜的角色，深耕表演深度；后期则兼顾商业价值与艺术追求，最终斩获奥斯卡奖项。全文始终围绕他对表演艺术深度的坚守与探索展开，因此，最契合的主旨概括是 “一位戏路多元的影星的成长蜕变之路”。故选A。
