问答题
There was music from my neighbor"s house through the summer the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over
cataracts
of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon
scampered
like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden shears, 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 tow motor-boats slit repairing the ravages of the night before.
【正确答案】正确答案:The passage is excerpted from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Cataracts
means "a sudden rush of water". In the passage, it refers to Gatsby"s personal beach. The word
Scamper
means "to run with quick light steps". In the passage, it describes how frequent Gatsby"s car goes to fetch guests.