17．One morning when I was sitting outside enjoying my coffee，l noticed a pigeon on the road in front of my home．
After a few minutes of watching the bird，I went back inside to refill my coffee cup．With coffee in hand，I sat down on my bench and noticed a feather lying on the ground between my feet．I leaned over to pick it up，thinking how nice that the pigeon had left me a gift．But as l looked up again，what I saw stunned me．Hundreds of feathers now covered the ground．The beautiful pigeon lay dead before my eyes-most likely hit by a car．
In tears，I went back inside to get a tool to bury it．This pigeon's life reflected（反射）my own．I had been hurt at work and would never be able to go back to my job again．I decided that this animal was going to be buried with dignity（尊嚴），and so I went to find something meaningful that I could bury along with the pigeon．
After several minutes of searching，I found a ribbon（絲帶）on which was printed，"Who you are makes a difference．"I had been given to me by a group leader at the prison where I used to work，where I was involved in a special program that encouraged the prisoners to become more responsible for their actions and helped motivate them toward more productive lives．
Upon returning to the woods with the ribbon in hand，I was shocked to find the pigeon gone．Obviously it was taken away by a cat．There I stood，tears falling from my eyes，no bird to bury，a green ribbon in my hand．But the words on the ribbon stood out to me as never before："Who you are makes a difference．"
21．The underlined word"stunned"in Paragraph 2probably means"C"．
A．disappointed
B．excited
C．shocked
D．interested
22．Why was the writer unable to go to work？B
A．He was fired by the boss．
B．He was hurt at work．
C．He wanted to make a difference at home．
D．He was afraid to be attacked by the prisoners．
23．According to the passage，the writer was involved in the special program toC．
A．teach the importance of protecting birds
B．be a leader of the prisoners
C．encourage the prisoners
D．be a guard of the prison
24．We can infer from the last sentenceB．
A．the writer was discouraged
B．the writer changed the attitude towards life
C．the writer hated the cat very much
D．the writer missed the leaders．
分析 短文主要寫了作者由于一只鴿子的死，聯(lián)系到自己的生活，最終改變了自己對生活的態(tài)度的故事．
解答 21．C，詞義猜測題，根據(jù)句子Hundreds of feathers now covered the ground．The beautiful pigeon lay dead before my eyes-most likely hit by a car．可知，作者看到地面很多羽毛，這只漂亮的鴿子被車撞死了，因此是"震驚的"，故答案為C．
22．B，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子I had been hurt at work and would never be able to go back to my job again可知，作者由于工作中受傷，再也不能去上班，故答案為B．
23．C，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子 I was involved in a special program that encouraged the prisoners to become more responsible for their actions 可知，作者參加特殊的項目是為了幫助囚犯，故答案為C．
24．B，推理判斷題，根據(jù)最后一個句子Who you are makes a difference"世界因你而精彩"可知，作者改變了自己對生活的態(tài)度．
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．
