新世纪大学英语（第二版）综合教程3课后习题答案完整版UNIT 3

Checking Your Comprehension

1 Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text B.

1) Where did the story take place?

The story took place in New York.

2) What was the policeman doing that night?

He was on night duty, patrolling the avenues and trying to prevent any possible crimes on his beat.

3) Where did the man in the doorway of a hardware store come from?

He came from the western part of the United States, which was still wild and under-developed at that time.

4) Why was he standing there?

He was waiting by appointment for Jimmy Wells, the best friend of his youth.

5) What was the appointment about?

Twenty years before, Jimmy and Bob had made an appointment that they would meet again in the same restaurant exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what their conditions might be or from what distance they might have to come.

6) What happened to the man who had stood in the doorway in the end? And why?

He was arrested by a policeman in plain clothes, because he was wanted by the Chicago police.

7) Who was the policeman in uniform?

He was Jimmy Wells, Bob’s friend of youth.

8) Did the two old friends meet that night?

Yes, they did meet that night, but in a very special way. Jimmy approached Bob as a patrolman, talking to Bob as if they did not know each other before.

2 Read the following sentences carefully and discuss in pairs what the author intends to say by the italicised parts.

1) You couldn’t have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. (Para. 6)

He loved New York so much that he preferred to live nowhere else.

2) The waiting man pulled out a handsome watch, the lids of it set with small diamonds. (Para. 9)

It was a luxurious watch, handsome and with small diamonds set on its lids. Judging by the watch, one might think that he had made a fortune in the West.

3) When they came into this glare, each of them turned simultaneously to gaze upon the other’s face. (Para. 27)

Each of them was eager to know what exactly the other looked like.

4) Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’s nose from a Roman nose to a pug nose. (Para. 29)

You are not Jimmy at all, because it is not possible for a man to change the shape of his nose so thoroughly within a matter of twenty years.

5) Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and they want to have a chat with you. Going quietly with us, are you? That’s sensible. (Para. 30) The Chicago police informed us that you might have come to New York and they wanted us to stop and arrest you … It is wise of you not to resist.

6) His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by the time he had finished. (Para. 31)

He could not control his emotions when he found out the truth. His hand was trembling with fear and shock.

Optional Classroom Activities

Divide the class into groups of fours and dramatize the story “After Twenty Years” by role-playing the story-teller (O. Henry), Jimmy, Bob and the plain-clothes man.

Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action

Working with Words and Expressions

1 In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

Text A bind commitment ground possess regulate surpass virtue Text B appoint correspond gaze grasp keen sensible unfold

1) They bound his hands and legs with a rope so he couldn’t escape.

2) He unfolded the map and tried to find out which way to go.

3) He’s been charged with possessing guns and attempting to attack the police.

4) The product’s success has surpassed all our expectations — we’ve never thought that it could sell so well.

5) Ten minutes before the appointed time, he sat nervously outside her office.

6) We like to make friends with Shelly because she has such virtues as loyalty, courage, and truthfulness.