3．I was fairly new to this particular school since my parents only moved to the area．There was a boy，who，as it turned out，was an orphan and was living and working for a small farming family．He didn't appear at first glance to ever be fully engaged（專注） in the school learning process；he would sit quietly，never seem to get any attention from the teacher，and would spend a lot of time staring out of the window just behind him．
Over the next few weeks，I got to know this boy while playing outside in the schoolyard playing baseball，or soccer．He was very athletic and very good at anything we played．I started to wonder why he didn't seem to do well in school and why the teacher ignored him．
He told me he had been in several foster （收養） homes since he was a little boy and that most of his time in the last few years had always been on farms．He said he was made to work before he went to school and as soon as he got home until it was time for bed．He was never given a chance to go out and play，nor was he allowed to have any friends although he told me he really didn't have any friends anyway，because he was an orphan and they did not want anything to do with him．
I had never before been acquainted with prejudice of any kind．Here was one characteristic of a human being who through no fault of his own carried a label that prevented him from even having friends as a child．His potential was also being ignored by the teacher．It wasn't that he couldn't learn，or didn't want to-it was because he wasn't encouraged or in some cases，allowed to．
We may all meet people through the years that we tend to apply labels （標簽） to without really taking the time to get to know them，to discover their real potential because our vision is clouded by how we always put people into pigeon holes that we are used to or comfortable with．
24．What was the first impression that the boy gave the author？B
A．He was a troublemaker in class．
B．He was not drawn into learning．
C．He often played outside in the schoolyard．
D．He tried to get his teacher's attention．
25．The main idea of the third paragraph isC．
A．how the boy became homeless
B．that the boy's family was very poor
C．why the boy didn't have any friends
D．who made the boy work day and night
26．The boy's potential was ignored becauseD．
A．He worked hard．B．He liked playing baseball．．
C．He was athletic．D．He was an orphan．
27．What does"pigeon holes"in the last paragraph refer to？A
A．specific categoriesB．a group of friends
C．special schoolsD．animals'homes．
分析 本文講述了作者班上的一個男孩，因為是孤兒，所以沒有人與他交朋友，老師也忽視他．但是，這個男孩在棒球和足球運動上很有天賦．故事告訴我們，因為偏見我們傾向于給他人貼標簽，把自己對他人的認知局限在自己熟悉的習慣的范圍之內．我們應該花時間去了解他們，去發現他們的潛能．
解答 24．B 細節理解題．根據第一段第三句He didn't appear at first glance to ever be fully engaged（專注） in the school learning process．可知，這個男孩好像不太專注于學習過程．故選B．
25．C 段意概括題．根據第三段的大意可知，男孩從小就被人收養，大部分時間都在農場上度過，上學前放學后都得干活，沒有時間出去玩，也不允許交朋友．講述了沒有朋友的原因．故選C．
26．D 推理判斷題．根據第三段最后一句…because he was an orphan and they did not want anything to do with him．可知，男孩沒有朋友是因為他是孤兒，沒有人想和他接觸．根據第四段可知，作者從男孩的身上發現了我們對他人抱有的偏見，阻止了一個小孩子和他人交朋友．男孩被忽視，就是因為他不被鼓勵，不被允許．而這一切都歸咎于他孤兒的身份，讓我們對他抱有偏見，對他不鼓勵，不允許，對他忽視．故選D．
27．A 詞義推斷題．根據劃線短語所在句意可知，我們傾向于給一些人貼標簽而不是花時間去了解他們，去發現他們真正的潛能．也就是說，我們會把自己對他人的認知局限在自己所習慣的熟悉的范圍內．故選A．
點評 推理判斷題要根據文章提供的事實和線索進行邏輯推理，推斷出作者沒有提到的或者沒有明說的事實，去理解作者的言外之意或弦外之音．如26題，可由第三段內容來推斷第四段作者的思考．
