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Unit 1
Honesty and responsibility
Period 1
Welcome to the unit & Reading—Reading comprehension
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Ⅰ.匹配单词
1.barely A.to have an idea that sth is probably true or likely to happen,
but without having definite proof
2.reliable B.to give a description of the main facts or points involved in sth
3.suspect C.in a way that is just possible but only with difficulty
4.principle D.the action of seizing sb and taking them into custody
5.legal E.that can be trusted to do sth well or that you can depend on
6.outline F.a moral rule or a strong belief that influences your actions
7.arrest G.allowed or required by law
1.The cars as they passed customs.
2.The suspect is said to be for stealing diamonds.
3.The male photographer traveled alone to Copenhagen to .
4.After graduating from university,I with my old school friends.
5.The police on their doorstep at 8 o’clock this morning.
6.The old building is being to make room for a new school.
Ⅱ.选词填空
make one’s fortune,slow down,tear down,turn up,under arrest,lose contact
slowed down
under arrest
make his fortune
lost contact
turned up
torn down
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Ⅰ.明文章大意
What’s the text mainly about?
A.A man who made his fortune in the West.
B.The true friendship between two men.
C.A difficult choice between friendship and responsibility.
D.Different career choices of the two friends.
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Step 1 速读——整体理解文意
Ⅱ.悉层次结构
Read the text quickly to match the main idea with each part.
Part 1(Lines 1-29) A.The man arrested Bob and Bob
received a note from Jimmy Wells that
explained his actions.
Part 2(Lines 30-40) B.Jimmy went to see his friend Bob at
the agreed location.
Part 3(Lines 41-49) C.Bob met Jimmy,and the two talked
about old times.
Part 4(Lines 50-58) D.Bob realized that the man was not his
best friend,Jimmy Wells.
Ⅰ.Read part 1 carefully and do the following exercises.
1.Why did Bob choose the doorway as the meeting place?
A.Because he wanted to meet his best friend in no time.
B.Because he thought it was convenient for his friend to find him.
C.Because he just arrived and didn’t get into the store yet.
D.Because it was convenient for him to observe the condition and escape
in an emergency.
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Step 2 细读——逐段获取细节
2.What can be inferred from the man’s words about Jimmy?
A.He felt disappointed at not seeing Jimmy.
B.He firmly believed Jimmy was a reliable person.
C.He and Jimmy never contacted each other before.
D.Jimmy was too far away to arrive on time.
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Ⅱ.Read part 2 carefully and do the following exercise.
Why did the tall man turn up his collar to the ears?
A.Because it was too cold.
B.Because he didn’t want to see Bob.
C.Because he was afraid of seeing the policeman.
D.Because he didn’t want to be recognized by Bob.
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Ⅲ.Read part 3 carefully and do the following exercises.
1.How did the man from the West finally find out the tall man wasn’t his friend?
A.From the shape of the tall man’s nose.
B.From the words they said to each other.
C.From the outline of the tall man.
D.From the height of the tall man.
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2.How did the man from the West feel after the two greeted each other?
A.He was disappointed.
B.He was confident.
C.He was suspicious.
D.He was quite certain.
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Ⅳ.Read part 4 carefully and do the following exercises.
1.What was Jimmy’s attitude towards Bob’s current situation?
A.Broken-hearted. B.Satisfied.
C.Indifferent. D.Optimistic.
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2.How did Jimmy realize that his friend was the criminal wanted in Chicago?
A.By recognizing his face.
B.By recognizing his accent.
C.By looking at his scarfpin.
D.By looking at his diamond.
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3.What’s the ending of the story?
A.Surprising. B.Ordinary.
C.Comic. D.Tragic.
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Ⅴ.Read the whole passage and do the following exercise.
What’s the purpose of this short story?
A.To change people’s usual impression of friendship.
B.To show us how difficult it is to meet a friend after twenty years.
C.To warn us not to be late for meeting friends.
D.To tell us to make a right decision concerning the moral values.
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1.Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing? Why or why not? (Critical thinking)
2.If you were Jimmy Wells,what would you do when you found out Bob was the wanted criminal?(Creative thinking)
Step 3 读后——讨论深度理解
After Twenty Years
1. (walk) along the street as he always did at night,the policeman came across a man,who was waiting for a friend named Jimmy.It’s an 2. (appoint) made two decades earlier.They
3. (agree) that they would meet there again 4. (exact) twenty years later,no matter what their conditions might be or 5.______
distance they might have to come from.The man struck a match,which showed a pale face with a little white scar near his right eyebrow.
Step 4 总结——课文语法填空
Walking
appointment
agreed
exactly
what
About twenty minutes later,6. tall man in a long overcoat,with collar turned up to his ears,hurried toward him.The waiting man suspected that it was not Jimmy.However,that tall man took charge of the situation and told him that he had been under arrest for ten minutes.It turned out that he was the criminal 7. (want) in Chicago.The tall man gave him a note from Jimmy,8. which he knew that Jimmy was just the policeman,and that he was at the appointed place on time.9. (know) he was the criminal,Jimmy got a plain-clothes man 10. (arrest) him.
a
wanted
from
Having known
to arrest
1.In the doorway of a store stood a man,with an unlit cigar in his mouth.
[句式分析] 本句是 句。主语是 ,表示地点的介词短语放在句首,引起句子的 ;with an unlit cigar in his mouth是with的复合结构作 。
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2.There used to be a restaurant where this store stands—“Big Joe” Brady’s restaurant.
[句式分析] 本句是 句型,句中where引导 从句。
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Step 5 解读——长句难句分析
完全倒装
a man
完全倒装
状语
一个男人站在一家店门口,嘴里叼着一支未点燃的雪茄。
There be
地点状语
这家店的位置以前是一家餐馆——“大乔”布雷迪餐厅。
3.Well,we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time,no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come.
[句式分析] 本句是 句。此句中第二个that引导 从句;no matter what引导 从句。
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主从复合
宾语
让步状语
好吧,那天晚上我们约定,二十年后的同一日期、同一时间,我们将再次在此相聚,不管我们的处境将会如何,也不管来的路程会有多远。
4.But I know Jimmy will meet me here if he’s alive,for he always was the truest and most reliable fellow in the world.
[句式分析] 本句是 句。 是并列连词。I know后含有一个省略that的 从句,从句中if引导 从句;第二个分句是一个简单句。
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并列复合
for
宾语
条件状语
但是我知道如果吉米还活着就一定会来这里见我,因为他一直是这个世界上最真诚、最可靠的伙伴。
5.Chicago police thought you might have dropped over our way and wired us.
[句式分析] 本句是 句。thought后是省略 的 从句;might have dropped over表示对 事实的推测。
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主从复合
that
宾语
过去
芝加哥警方料到你可能会顺道来我们这里,给我们发了电报。
6.When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the criminal wanted in Chicago.
[句式分析] 本句是 句。when引导 从句;I saw后为省略 的 从句;wanted in Chicago为过去分词短语作____
,修饰 。
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主从复合
时间状语
that
宾语
后置
定语
criminal
当你划火柴点雪茄时,我发现这就是在芝加哥被警方通缉的那个罪犯的脸。
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