Daisy was waiting for him on the porch.
7. Nick didn’t know Daisy’s guest.
8. During the dinner somebody rang, but Tom refused to answer the phone.
9. Jordan Baker was a successful tennis player who had won many tournaments.
10. When Nick returned home he saw Mr. Gatsby standing in the darkness and looking somewhere.
2. Practice the pronunciation of these words.
vulnerable [ˈvʌlnərəbl]
advantage [ədˈvɑːntɪʤ]
curious [ˈkjʊərɪəs]
politician [ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃən]
feign [feɪn]
hostile [ˈhɒstaɪl]
gesture [ˈʤesʧə]
gorgeous [ˈgɔːʤəs]
heighten [haɪtn]
thoroughly [ˈθʌrəlɪ]
bungalow [ˈbʌŋgələʊ]
familiar [fəˈmɪljə]
squeeze [skwiːz]
enormously [ɪˈnɔːməslɪ]
Buchanan [ˈbju:kənən]
supercilious [ˌsjuːpəˈsɪlɪəs]
muscle [mʌsl]
stationary [ˈsteɪʃnərɪ]
murmur [ˈmɜːmə]
exhibition [ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃən]
self-sufficiency [sɛlf səˈfɪʃənsɪ]
passionate [ˈpæʃənɪt ]
ecstatically [ɪksˈtætɪk(ə)lɪ]
desolate [ˈdesəlɪt]
wreath [riːθ]
decisively [dɪˈsaɪsɪvlɪ]
yawn [jɔːn]
ferociously [fəˈrəʊʃəslɪ]
contemptuously [kənˈtemptjʊəslɪ]
neighbor [ˈneɪbə]
announced [əˈnaʊnst]
accusingly [əˈkjuːzɪŋlɪ]
uncivilized [ʌnˈsɪvɪlaɪzd]
enthusiastically [ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk(ə)lɪ]
hesitate [ˈhezɪteɪt]
ether [ˈiːθə]
sophisticated [səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd]
insincerity [ˌɪnsɪnˈserɪtɪ]
influence [ˈɪnflʊəns]
vaguely [ˈveɪglɪ]
3. Fill in the blanks with the following adverbs.
Accusingly, contemptuously, helplessly, ecstatically, miserably, honestly, abruptly, decisively, politely, impatiently, ferociously.
1. It was lonely for a day or so until one morning some man asked … the way.
2. Then he turned me around, … and … .
3. “Do they miss me?” she cried … .
4. “Never heard of them,” he remarked … .
5. “You live in West Egg,” she remarked … .
6. “I hurt it. You did it, Tom,” she said … .
7. “Well, these books are all scientific,” insisted Tom, glancing at her … .
8. “We’ve got to beat them down,” whispered Daisy, winking … toward the fervent sun.
9. “You mean to say you don’t know?” said Miss Baker, … surprised.
10. “Very romantic,” he said, and then … to me: “If it’s light enough after dinner, I want to take you down to the stables.”
4. The following are sentences paraphrased from the text. Look through the chapter to fi nd the original ones.
1. I didn’t want to listen to private secrets, so I pretended to be asleep, busy or careless.
2. My own house was a thorn, but it was a small thorn, and it wasn’t noticed.
3. Two shining haughty eyes were notable on his face and he looked aggressive as if he was always bending forward.
4. Tom Buchanan, who had been hanging uneasily about the room, halted and put his hand on my shoulder.
5. We followed the two young women out onto a pink-colored porch, which gave a view on the sunset, where four candles were glowing on the table.
6. His duty was to polish silver all day long, until finally it began to influence his nose.
7. We could hear a muted murmur in the room beyond, and Miss Baker bent forward without any shame, attempting to hear.
8. Almost before I managed to catch what she meant we heard the sounds of rustling dress and crunchy boots, and Tom with Daisy were back at the table.
9. I saw that she was very worried, so I asked what I thought would be some calming questions about her little daughter.
10. Now I understood why I recognized her face – I had seen its nice disdainful expression on many photos of the sporting life at Hot Springs and Palm Beach.
5. Fill in the blanks with prepositions.
1. My father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning … in my mind ever since.
2. I’m inclined … reserve all judgments.
3. In college I was unjustly accused … being a politician.
4. I graduated … New Haven in 1915.
5. He’d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath … .
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