A
(吉林一中月考)
Pygmalion is a drama in which Shaw has made sentiments one of the principle themes of discussion. The Greek sculptor Pygmalion carved a statue and fell in love with it. Aphrodite (the goddess of love) turned the statue into a living woman named Galatea, who then became Pygmalion's wife.
The Shavian Pygmalion is Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who picks up a flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, teaches her to speak as educated people do, and then successfully passes_her_off_as a duchess. But she is a human being and cannot be treated as a machine. In the course of all his experiments and exhibitions, the professor only thinks of his own skill success and failure, but never stops to consider how the girl feels. When the experiment is over, he has a profound sense of relief that he has achieved triumph and has won his bet. Even now, the sentiment of the girl is of no account. The girl naturally protests against this dehumanized relationship between her and her teacher. She hurls (投掷) the professor's slippers at him when he wants them and then leaves his place. But evidently, she has begun to feel for the professor and wants also to be felt for.
Now the question is what is the nature of Eliza's feelings for the professor with whom she has lived in close association for so long? In the last act, the girl says she would not marry him even if he had proposed (求婚) to her. The professor, curiously ineffectual (无效的) to sexual emotions, does not love any girl because he finds them to be rivals (对手) to his own mother. He wonders, if Eliza does not want to marry him, then what does she want from him? Old Mrs Higgins, who knows much about a woman says that it would have been better if he had thanked her and petted her and 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.
萧伯纳的著名戏剧《卖花女》具有经久不衰的艺术魅力，描述的是语音学教授希金斯如何给一名卖花姑娘训练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．Lets her pretend to be. B．Dresses her up as.
C．Makes her become. D．Turns into.
答案：A
解析：词义猜测题。根据前文的“teaches her to speak as educated people do”以及下文的“In the course of all his experiments and exhibitions”可知该短语的意思是“让某人冒充或假装成”。
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.
答案：C
解析：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
答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段第三句可知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 statements 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.
答案：B
解析：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。
