of writing, Steinbeck did many jobs. When Steinbeck was 27, his first novel was published. Over his lifetime he wrote a lot of fiction and non­fiction. Of Mice and Men (1937) became Steinbeck's first success. His novel The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, brought him even greater success. A year later he won the Pulitzer Prize for this novel. It is also for this novel that he is best remembered. Many of his books have been adapted (改编) for films and the theatre.

　　Steinbeck was first married in 1930 to Carol Henning. The marriage ended in divorce (离婚) in 1942. In 1943 Steinbeck moved to New York City where he lived for the rest of his life. He married the singer Gwyndolyn Conger in 1943 and had two sons, Thom, born in 1944, and John born in 1946. They were divorced in 1948 and two years later he married his third wife, Elaine Scott.

　　In 1962 Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (文学). And in 1964 President Lyndon B Johnson presented him with the United States Medal of Freedom.

　　He died of a heart attack in New York on December 20, 1968.

　　21．What does the passage mainly talk about?

　　A．Steinbeck's life.

　　B．Steinbeck's dream.

　　C．Steinbeck's novels.

　　D．Steinbeck's success.

　　22．Steinbeck became successful in ________.

　　A．1929　　　　　　　 B．1937

　　C．1939 D．1992

　　23．All the following are true EXCEPT that ________.

　　A．Steinbeck divorced two times during his life

　　B．Steinbeck began to write novels before he was 27

　　C．Steinbeck was concerned about the lives of workers

　　D．Steinbeck lived in New York when he was little

　　24．At the age of 60 Steinbeck got ________.

　　A．the United States Medal

　　B．his biology degree

　　C．the Pulitzer Prize

　　D．the Nobel Prize

　　B

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