There was music from my neighbor’ s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motorboats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. Questions: A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which the excerpt is taken. B. Who is the narrator of the excerpt? C. What does the author describe in the excerpt?
【正确答案】：A: THE AUTHOR IS F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, AND THE TITLE OF THE NOVEL IS THE GREAT GATSBY.B: THE NARRATOR OF THE EXCERPT IS NICK CARRAWAY, GATSBY’S NEIGHBOR.C: THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES GATSBY’S EXTRAVAGANCE.
【题目解析】：教材583页。本段选自菲茨杰拉德的《了不起的盖茨比》， 小说是从尼克的角度叙述的，他的邻居盖茨比是个神秘人物，他的庄园和奢华享受的钱都是从犯罪活动中来的，但是他无法忘记他的爱人，黛西。经过一系列事情的发生，盖茨比的梦想破灭。该选段主要描述了盖茨比的奢华，也反映了我们称为20年代的那个奇怪而又令人神往的浪漫又带凄凉的时代。
