BeforetheNobelPrizeinliteraturewasawardedtoJohnSteinbeckin1962onlyfiveAmericanshadbeenpreviouslyhonoredthemostrecentbeingErnestHemingwayin1954andWilliamFaulknerin1949.Steinbeckha

　　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