description of Gatsby's charm. "He can look at someone for an instant and understand how perfectly he or she wants to be seen，" David Denby, a film critic for The New Yorker, says in his review.

　　The use of music is almost reason enough to see the film. "Luhrmann is at his best mixing visual and musical styles together to create something wholly original，" the Fox News review says.

　　For example, in one of the most outstanding scenes in the film, the first party scene, Nick walks quickly from one party guest to another party guest trying to explain all the gossip about Gatsby until he is finally introduced to the man himself, while the most stirring version of Rhapsody in Blue (composed by American musician George Gershwin in 1924) is played in the background.

　　语篇解读：本文主要介绍了Baz Luhrmann 巴兹·鲁赫曼导演的电影《了不起的盖茨比》，它改编自弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的同名小说。

　　1．What did Baz Luhrmann do to make the film a success?

　　A．He adapted the story in the novel as he wished.

　　B．He made the film more powerful than the book.

　　C．He mixed his style with the elegance of the essay.

　　D．He showed the elegance of the pictures in the film.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第二段的"to find a visual equivalent (相等物) for Fitzgerald's elegant essay ... or to bend the material to his own exotic (异国的) strengths"和"He tries it both ways, with varying degrees of success."可知，他把自己的风格和原著结合起来从而获得了成功，故选C。

　　2．What is Taroli's attitude towards the film?

　　A．Favorable.　　　　　　 　B．Sceptical.

　　C．Amazed. D．Unconcerned.

　　解析：选A　推理判断题。根据第五段的"The cast is beautiful as is the script, and the scenes are a visual feast"可知，Taroli对这部电影是支持的，故选A。

　　3．What are the characteristics of Gatsby?

　　A．Faithful and warm­hearted.

　　B．Charming and professional.

　　C．Selfish and stubborn.

　　D．Mysterious and devoted.

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第四段的内容可知，对于盖茨比的一切都是令人怀疑的，除了他对Daisy的爱，因此他是神秘且忠诚的，故选D。

4．Why does the author give the example of the first party scene in the last paragraph?