Welcome to English Forums, Gotmilk. If you are reading The Great Gatsby, it seems to me you are in an ideal position to answer the questions you've posted. So, what are your impressions? (Your questions sound suspiciously like a homework

Of course, there is much more to intonation in English than whether or not there is rising or falling intonation at the end of a sentence. Take a look at Robert Mercer's post in this thread on the Using English website:

You could "read out" something such as a list of individual items, or a single item on a list, for example, but for a passage or text, I agree it would be far better to use "read out loud" or "read aloud".

"Open the door" That is an imperative sentence. We don't usually change imperative sentences to the passive form. In your imperative sentence, it is clear that the speaker is telling "you" to open the door -- even though

Hi Vasuarm "She fought back her tears" is OK. The second half of your sentence has a grammatical error, and it is also incredibly awkward with respect to wording and word choice. The word "soot" is not countable, so you

Hi Angliholic I would not use "hoped for becoming", but you could use "hoped to become".

Hi LiJ In my opinion, the first one is the best, the second is possible (but I would recommend beginning the same way you began the first one), and I would recommend forgetting about the third one. You would have to get the intonation exactly

It sounds a bit awkward to me, but might be less awkward in context -- in other words, if the word "what" clearly referred back to a previously mentioned plural noun such as "words" or even "things". Why not just use

And somewhere, might be around... it's in Liverpool, that record, that's the actual first recording they ever made. I'd agree with you about the words I highlighted in blue , Kooyeen.

Thank God you clarified that point, Jim. I can just see me putting my foot in my mouth by mixing those two up, thus making a real schlemiel of myself.