《2025年情景导学高中英语必修第一册外研版》

Ⅳ. 课文导读
阅读课文,用完整句子回答下列问题,将答案组成课文概要。
1. Where did a policeman see a man?
A policeman saw a man outside a shop.
2. What did the man tell the policeman?
The man told the policeman his story.
3. Were Jimmy and the man good friends?
Jimmy and the man were good friends.
4. Why did the man start for the West twenty years ago?
Twenty years ago the man started for the West to make his fortune.
5. What did the man and Jimmy agree?
He and Jimmy agreed that they would meet here again exactly twenty years later.
6. What happened a year or two later after the man left?
A year or two later after he left, they lost track of each other.
7. What did the man think of Jimmy? Would Jimmy forget? (so)
The man thought Jimmy was the truest and staunchest old chap, so he would never forget.
8. Did the man come a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight?
The man came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight.
9. Was what the man did worth it if his old partner turned up?
If his old partner turned up, what the man did was worth it.

答案： A policeman saw a man outside a shop. The man told the policeman his story. Jimmy and the man were good friends. Twenty years ago the man started for the West to make his fortune. He and Jimmy agreed that they would meet here again exactly twenty years later. A year or two later after he left, they lost track of each other. The man thought Jimmy was the truest and staunchest old chap, so he would never forget. The man came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight. If his old partner turned up, what the man did was worth it.