2019年天津市中考英语总复习题型专项训练（任务型阅读）.pdf

Passage 1 John Steinbeck, a famous writer, was born in California of the USA on February 27th, 1902. e studied in a high school between 1915 and 1919. At the age of 18, he studied biology in Stanford University, but he left school in 1925 without finishing his degree. At the age of 27, Steinbeck, s first novel Cup of Gold was published. During his lifetime he wrote a lot of books, including sixteen novels, six non fiction books, and five collections of short stories. Of Mice and Men became Steinbeck5 s first big success in 1937. is best novel The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939, and it brought him even greater success. A year later he won the Pulitzer Prize because of this novel. It was also for this novel that he was best remembered. Steinbeck was first married to Carol enning in 1930. The marriage lasted 12 years. In 1943, Steinbeck moved to New York where he lived for the rest of his life. e married the singer Gwyndolyn Conger in 1943 and had two sons, Thom and John. They divorced in 1948 and two years later he married his third wife, Elaine Scott. In 1962, Steinbeck was awarded （被授予）the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1964, president Johnson presented him with the United States Medal of Freedom. Steinbeck died in New York on December 20th, 1968. 1. John Steinbeck, a famous writer, California of the USA on February 27th, 1902. 2. At the age of 27, Steinbeck5 s Cup of Gold was published. 3. John Steinbeck won The Pulitzer Prize in 1940 . 4. In 1943, Steinbeck moved to where he lived for the rest of his life. 5. In 1962, Steinbeck the Nobel Prize in Literature. —1 — 【主旨大意】本文是一篇名人传记。介绍了 20世纪美国最有影响力的作家之 约翰•斯 坦贝克。他的小说艺术造诣很高，将写实与幻想风格巧妙地结合起来，对后来美国文学，尤其 是西部文学的发展有着重大的影响。《愤怒的葡萄》被认为是他的代表作，发行量巨大。因其 对美国文学的突出 献，1962年约翰获得了诺贝尔文学奖。 1. was born in 2. first novel 3. because of The Grapes of Wrath