2024届高考英语阅读理解五步法专项带练(40)讲义

①At 98, Dick Van Dyke still sings with his group, The Vantastix, and still makes it all look easy．When asked how important it is that he’s having fun when he’s doing it, Van Dyke replied, “My whole career has relied on that．It’s such a blessing to find a way of making a living that you love．I feel so sorry for people who hate their job．I look forward to going to work every morning!” ②And some of his work helped define a generation．Take “The Dick Van Dyke Show”; it ran for five years on CBS, and it was such a hit that they’re bringing it back．This week, CBS aired a two-hour tribute（致敬）, “Dick Van Dyke,98 Years of Magic”, and for the occasion, they recreated the original Dick Van Dyke Show” set, down to that well-known sofa． ③Early in his career Van Dyke was quoted as saying he only wanted to make films his children could watch．That got the attention of Walt Disney, who promptly cast him in “Mary Poppins”．And his next few films were equally family-friendly, like “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” which happened to have been co-written by James Bond creator Ian Fleming．From then on, Van Dyke was almost always assigned to play the good guy, though he claims to have missed out on a choice part: “Yeah, I could have been James Bond．When Sean Connery left, the producer said, ‘Would you like to be the next Bond?’ I said, ‘Have you heard my British accent?’ That’s a true story!” ④It seems that in show biz the true legends never stop．In an interview from 2017 with his friends, Van Dyke described what it was like hitting 90:“People are more afraid of aging than they are of death these days．And I want to say that remain young in heart and there’s a lot of good living to do.” 【素材来源：湖南省长沙市雅礼中学2024届高三一模英语试题】 24．What can we infer from Dyke’s reply in Paragraph 1? A．He enjoys his job． B．He hates morning work． C．He sees his job as a burden． D．He prefers leisure to work． 25．What did CBS do for Dyke? A．They created a new set for his show． B．They bought a famous sofa for him． C．They mad