“I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shinning over Gatsby’s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell. ”
Questions:
A．Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.
B．The passage describes the end of an event, What is it?
C．What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage?
【正确答案】：A.Scott Fitzgerald, The Greal Gatsby.
B.It is a description of the end of a big party.
C.The passage hints at the meaninglessness, spiritual emptiness and vanity of such a life of pleasureseeking. There is a tragic sense that the "party"will be over.
