1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 4 Pygmalion 阅读理解组块专练 练速度 (限时： 35 分钟 ) .阅读理解 A 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 wo
2、man 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 tr
3、eated 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. E
4、ven 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 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
5、 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 sex
6、ual 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
7、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. 语篇解读：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【 精品教育资源文库 】 金
8、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。根据前文的 “teache s her to speak as educated people do”以及下文的 “In the course of all his ex
9、periments and exhibitions” 可知该短语的意思是 “ 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希金斯只考虑自己的成败得失，从不考虑伊莉莎的感受，显然他是一个自私的人。 3 Why does not E
10、liza 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。根据最后一段第三句可知伊莉莎不会嫁给希金斯，因为希金斯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 followin
11、g 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。根据第二段可知希金斯只是把伊莉莎当成一个试验品。故 B正确。 B I can still remember it as if it happened yesterday.
12、I was a college freshman and had stayed up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first class of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a pillow. A few minutes nap time before class coul
13、dn t hurt, I thought. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 Boom! I lifted my head immediately and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my heart beating quickly trying to find the cause of the noise. My young professor was looking back at me with a mischievous,_boyish smile on his face. He had intentiona
14、lly dropped the pile of textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning！ ” he said, still smiling. “I m glad to see everyone is awake. Now lets get started.” For the next hour I wasn t sleepy at all. It wasn t from the shock of my professors textbook alarm clock either. Instead, it was from t
15、he attractive discussion he led. With knowledge and good humor, he made the material come alive. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy which he taught with were contagious (有感染力的 ). I left the classroom not only wide awake, but a little smarter and a l
16、ittle better as well. I learned something far more important than not sleeping in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it with joy, and make it an expression of your love. What a glorious place this world would be if all of us did our work
17、joyously and well! What a beautiful world we could create if every doctor, teacher, musician, cook, waitress, poet, miner, farmer, and laborer made their work an expression of their love! Don t sleepwalk through your life then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work and your soul. Life is too short n
18、ot to live it well. 语篇解读：本文通过作者大学第一节课的经历告诉我们：无论从事什么职业， 我们都应该带着热情和快乐去做好它。 5 What did the author want to do just before his first class of the day? A Talk with his friends. B Take a short sleep. C Get his eyes examined. D Stay away from the class. 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后两句 “. my eyelids were feeling he
19、avier and heavier . A few minutes nap time before class couldn t hurt, I thought.” 可知，作者很困，想在上课前小睡一会儿。故选 B 项。 6 The underlined word “mischievous” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_” A naughty B tricky 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C sensitive D dishonest 解析：选 A 词义猜测题。画线词与 boyish 共同修饰 smile， 感情色彩应一致。根据boyish 的含义 “ 男孩子
20、气的 ” 可推测， mischievous 应表示 “ 调皮的；淘气的 ” ，与 naughty意思相近。故选 A 项。 7 What else did the author learn that day? A Students should not sleep in class but respect their teachers. B Everyone should love his job and sleepwalk through his life. C Life is too limited to make your work an expression of your love.
21、D People from all walks of life should do their jobs with joy and love. 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的 “I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it with joy, and make it an expression of your love.” 和 “What a beautiful world we could create if every doctor . made their w
22、ork an expression of their love！ ” 可知，作者还学到无论你从事什么职业，都应该用充满快乐与爱的心去把工作做好，从而创造一个更美好的世界。故选 D 项。 8 What can be inferred from this passage? A The professor often kept his students sharp by using a textbook alarm. B The author was attracted by the professor s great joy and enthusiasm. C The author left th
23、e twohour period not only wide awake, but a little smarter. D Though the author was frightened awake, he was not clearheaded in the class. 解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据文章第三段中的 “With knowledge and good humor, he made the material come alive. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy which he taught with were contagious(有感染力的 ) ” 可知，作者被教授的快乐和热情所 吸引，故选 B 项。 C Facing increasing pressure to raise students scores on standardized t
