told her how wonderful she had been. Then perhaps she would not have fought with him. Every girl loves to be loved. Eliza herself says that she loves Freddy and he also loves her. Professor Higgins, however, remains as ever, an old bachelor.

【文章大意】萧伯纳的著名戏剧《卖花女》具有经久不衰的艺术魅力, 描述的是语言学教授希金斯如何把一名卖花姑娘训练成英语发音被上流社会接受并认可的故事, 从而抨击了当时英国腐朽保守的等级意识。

1. What does the underlined phrase "passes her off as" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Let her pretend to be. B. Dress her up as.

C. Make her become. D. Turn into.

【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据前文"teaches her to speak as educated people do"以及下文"In the course of all his experiments and exhibitions"可知其意是"把某人冒充或假装为"。

2. What kind of person do you think Higgins is according to the second paragraph?

A. He is a kind man.

B. He is a considerate man.

C. He is a selfish man.

D. He is a rude man.

【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知, Higgins只考虑自己的成败得失, 从不考虑Eliza的感受, 显然他是一个自私的人。

3. Why does not Eliza marry Higgins? Because __________.

A. she does not love him

B. his mother does not like any girl to be her rival

C. he likes to be a bachelor

D. he doesn't love any girl for fear of them being his mother's rivals

【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段可知Eliza不会嫁给Higgins, 因为Higgins担心未来的妻子会成为他母亲的对手, 所以他不敢爱上任何一个女孩。

4. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A. Shaw was in fact a Greek sculptor.

B. Higgins was experimenting with Eliza.

C. Eliza wanted to become an educated lady very much.

D. Higgins fell in love with Eliza at first sight.

【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段可知Higgins只是把Eliza当成一个试验品。故B正确。

I learnt about the Pygmalion Effect(皮格马利翁效应) when I was 7 years old at Riverdale School in Palmerston North and I copied Melissa Crawford's answers in a spelling test. Before that I was average at school but after that, because Melissa Crawford was smart, and I got all the right answers, I got put in all the smart kids groups. From then I did really well at school because it was believed by the teachers that I would and I also got grouped with the smart kids. This experience that occurred at my primary school shows just how important the Pygmalion Effect is in terms of being around mentors (导师) that expect that you're going to do well and also being around people who are smart.

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