解析　推理判断题。根据第一段中"Britons can usually work out a fellow countryman's background from the way they speak or dress，and may even treat them differently based on this."可知讲话和穿衣会影响别人对一个人的看法。故选D。

2．Which can replace the underlined word "elocution"？

A．Dress. B．Manners.

C．Speech. D．Dance.

答案　C

解析　词义猜测题。根据第二段中的"...Higgins sets out to teach Eliza how to 'speak properly'．"可知这两位绅士要让Eliza学习语言艺术课。故选C。

3．What happens to Eliza Doolittle during the experiment?

A．She is forced to give up selling flowers on the street.

B．She is unwilling to participate in the experiment.

C．She is thought of as an upper­class lady at the hall.

D．She is hopeful about her future.

答案　C

解析　细节理解题。根据第三段中的"...Eliza proves that a flower girl can pass herself off as a lady at a ball."和第四段中的"She may be able to fool the upper class into thinking she's one of them，but she isn't really one of them."可知她在舞会上被认为是上流社会的淑女。故选C。

4．Which of the following would Shaw probably agree with?

A．One can enter the upper class after receiving training.

B．People should try their best to improve their accents.

C．The way people speak greatly affects their social status.

D．Social rank can't be judged by dressing or speaking.

答案　D

解析　推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句"Shaw seems to be telling us that social rank is about more than the way someone talks-it's about wealth and privilege."可知Shaw似乎在告诉我们社会地位不仅仅是人们谈话的方式，还涉及财富和特权。也就是说不能通过穿衣或说话来判断一个人的社会地位。故选D。

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