Question

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.

1. What was the first impression that the boy gave the author?

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.

2.The main idea of the third paragraph is          .

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

3.The boy’s potential was ignored because         .

A. He worked hard.      B. He liked playing baseball..

C. He was athletic.    D. He was an orphan.

4.What does “pigeon holes” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. specific categories B. a group of friends

C. special schools      D. animals’ homes

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析: 本文讲述作者班上一个孩子，是个孤儿，没有人会注意到他，但在某些方面很有潜能，我们常常会把我们对于别人的认知限制在一定范围内，应该更多的关注和了解他们。

1.B 考查细节理解题。根据第一段提到He didn’t appear at first glance to ever be fully engaged(专注) in the school learning process他好象不太专注于学习的过程，故选B项。

2.C 考查推理判断题。根据第三段提到他被人收养，在上学之前一直在干活，没有机会外出和玩耍，更不用说与人交朋友了，故选讲述为什么没有朋友的原因，因此选C项。

3.D 考查细节理解题。根据第四段提到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我从来意识到这种孩子的骄傲，正是这种个性让他没有朋友，所以他的潜力可能会被忽视，故选D项。

4.A 考查细节理解题。根据最后一段提到我们不花费时间去了解那些人，去发现他们的潜力因为我们对于他们的认识被固定在一定的认知范围内，故选A项。

考点 ：日常生活类阅读。