Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

  Act One of Pygmalion tells us how the main characters of this play,Eliza Doolittle,Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering had their 1.        ( fate) meetings while 2.        (shelter) from a heavy rain outside a theatre in London,England in 1914.

  Eliza Doolittle was a poor flower girl. When she tried to sell her flowers to a .gentleman on a 3.        (rain) night outside a theatre,her terrible English caught Professor Higgins' attention. Professor Higgins,an expert 4.        phonetics,could place a person by his/her remarks. He convinced that the quality of a person's English decides his/her social position.   In 5.        opinion,once

6.        (educate) to speak properly,Eliza Doolittle could pass herself 7.      in three months as a duchess at an ambassador's garden party and perhaps she could even work as a lady's maid or 8.        shop assistant.

  Colonel Pickering,an officer in the army,9.       had studied many Indian dialects himself,came to England 10.        (make) the acquaintance of Professor Higgins.

Answer 1

1. fateful   2. sheltering   3. rainy   4. in   5. his   6. educated   7. off   8. a 9. who   10. to make