BeforetheNobelPrizeinliteraturewasawardedtoJohnSteinbeckin1962onlyfiveAmericanshadbeenpreviouslyhonoredthemostrecentbeingErnestHemingwayin1954andWilliamFaulknerin1949.Steinbeckhadbeenconsideredonthoseoccasionsbefore.AsthehonorisbyfarthegreatestanywritercanreceiveSteinbeckwaselated(高兴的).
Thefeelingofelationwastempered(减弱)slightlyhoweverbytheremarksexpressedbySteinbeckin1956thatwinnersoftheNobelPrizeseldomwriteanythingofvalueafterward.
HecitedHemingwayandFaulknerasexamplesminimizingthepointthatbytimeoftheirselectionmostwritershadalreadywrittentheirbestwork.AttheageofsixtywhenhereceivedtheawardhimselfSteinbeckwrotetoafriendthathewouldnothaveacceptedtheawardhadhenotbelievedthathewouldcontinuetowritewellthathecould“beattherap.”Likehiscontemporaries(同时代的人)andothersaswellhoweverhedidnot.
TherewasnoexpectationorneedthatthewritershoulddosoforSteinbeckhadlongbeforemadehismarkinmodernAmericanliterature.
65.AccordingtothepassagehowmanyAmericanshadreceivedtheNobelPrizebefore1949?
A. Three. B.Four. C.Five. D.Six.
66.InwhichyearwasSteinbecksixtyyearsold?
A.1949 B.1954 C.1956 D.1962
67.AccordingtothepassageSteinbeckobservedthatauthorswhoreceivetheNobelPrizeforliterature___________.
A. havealreadyfinishedwritingpopularworks
B. shouldfollowtheexamplesofHemingwayandFaulkner
C. rarelywritesignificantworksafterwards
D. areamongthegreatestcontemporarywriters
68.Inthelastparagraphthephrase“doso”refersto________.
A. feelingelatedatreceivingtheNobelPrize
B. acceptingtheNobelPrizeifnominated
C. writingwellafterreceivingtheNobelPrizeearlier
D. honoringNobelPrizewinnersofthepast
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