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（专注） 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 （收养） 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 （标签） 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 本文讲述了作者班上的一个男孩，因为是孤儿，所以没有人与他交朋友，老师也忽视他．但是，这个男孩在棒球和足球运动上很有天赋．故事告诉我们，因为偏见我们倾向于给他人贴标签，把自己对他人的认知局限在自己熟悉的习惯的范围之内．我们应该花时间去了解他们，去发现他们的潜能．
解答 24．B 细节理解题．根据第一段第三句He didn't appear at first glance to ever be fully engaged（专注） in the school learning process．可知，这个男孩好像不太专注于学习过程．故选B．
25．C 段意概括题．根据第三段的大意可知，男孩从小就被人收养，大部分时间都在农场上度过，上学前放学后都得干活，没有时间出去玩，也不允许交朋友．讲述了没有朋友的原因．故选C．
26．D 推理判断题．根据第三段最后一句…because he was an orphan and they did not want anything to do with him．可知，男孩没有朋友是因为他是孤儿，没有人想和他接触．根据第四段可知，作者从男孩的身上发现了我们对他人抱有的偏见，阻止了一个小孩子和他人交朋友．男孩被忽视，就是因为他不被鼓励，不被允许．而这一切都归咎于他孤儿的身份，让我们对他抱有偏见，对他不鼓励，不允许，对他忽视．故选D．
27．A 词义推断题．根据划线短语所在句意可知，我们倾向于给一些人贴标签而不是花时间去了解他们，去发现他们真正的潜能．也就是说，我们会把自己对他人的认知局限在自己所习惯的熟悉的范围内．故选A．
点评 推理判断题要根据文章提供的事实和线索进行逻辑推理，推断出作者没有提到的或者没有明说的事实，去理解作者的言外之意或弦外之音．如26题，可由第三段内容来推断第四段作者的思考．
