ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
GRADE 8
SEPTEMBER 2006 TEST
MY FAIR LADY
Question 1:
In the song "Wouldn't It Be Loverly", performed by Audrey Hepburn and sung by Marni Nixon, dubbing
Audrey, Fill in the Blanks: "All I want is a room somewhere. Far away from the cold night air. With one
enormous chair. Oh, wouldn't it be loverly. Lots of _________ For me to ____. Lots of ____ makin' lots of
______."
coal, heat, chocolate, eat
chocolate, eat, coal, steam
candy, eat, coal, heat
chocolate, eat, coal, heat
Question 2:
Also from the song "Wouldn't It Be Loverly", fill in the blanks with the correct answer: "Someone's head restin'
on ___ _______. Warm and tender as he can be. Who takes good care of me."
my shoulder
my knee
my lap
my chest
Question 3:
The song "I'm an Ordinary Man" is sung and performed by Rex Harrison. Fill in the blank with the correct
answer: "I'm an ordinary man who desires nothing more than just __ ___________ chance to live exactly as he
likes and do precisely what he wants."
a simple
a great
a good
an ordinary
Question 4:
Continuing with lyrics from the song "I'm an Ordinary Man", fill in the blank: "But let a woman in your life and
your serenity is through. She'll redecorate your home from the cellar to the dome then go on to the enthralling
fun of ______________ you."
changing
overloading
exchanging
overhauling
Question 5:
Another fill in the blank from the song "I'm an Ordinary Man": "You want to talk of Keats or ______. She only
wants to talk of love. You go to see a play or ballet and spend it searching for her glove."
Milton
Frost
Shakespeare
Burton
Question 6:
Fill in the blank: "I'm a very gentle man. Even tempered and good-natured whom you never hear complain who
has the milk of human kindness by the quart in every vein. A patient man am I down to my __________ the sort
who never could ever would let an insulting remark escape his lips. A very gentle man."
toes
fingertips
feet
hands
Question 7:
Fill in the blank: "Let a woman in your life and you're plunging in a knife. Let the others of my sex tie the knot
around their necks. I prefer a new edition of the _______ ___________ than to ever let a woman in my life."
Spanish Revolution
Christian Crusades
Spanish Inquisition
French Revolution
Question 8:
Last fill in the blank for the song "I'm an Ordinary Man": "But let a woman in your life and your sabbatical is
through. In a line that never ends come __
_______ of her friends come to jabber and to chatter and to tell her what the matter is with you."
a lot
a group
an army
a bunch
Question 9:
In the song "With a Little Bit of Luck" performed by Stanley Holloway, fill in the blanks: "The Lord above gave
man __ ____ ___ ______ so he could do his job and never shirk. The Lord above gave man __
____ ___ ______, but..."
an arm of steel
a good strong arm
an arm of iron
a tight muscular arm
Question 10:
Fill in the blank: "The Lord above made __________
____ __________ to see if man could turn away from sin. The Lord above made __________ ____
__________, but..."
liquor to drink
alcohol to drink
alcohol for temptation
liquor for temptation
Question 11:
Fill in the blank: "The gentle sex was made __________________ to share his nest and see his food is cooked.
The gentle sex was made __________________ , but..."
to look at
for man to marry
for men to look upon
for man to make happy
Question 12:
Fill in the blank: "The Lord above made man ___________________ no matter where on land or sea or foam.
The Lord above made man ___________________ , but..."
to fight in wars
to help his neighbor
to enjoy his life
to visit new places
Question 13:
And the last fill in the blank from the song "With a Little Bit of Luck": "A man was made to help
_____________________ which is the right and proper thing to do. A man was made to help
_______________, but..."
pay for his kids' education
support his wife
support his children
his wife at home
Question 14:
The next few questions are from the song "Just You Wait", performed by Audrey Hepburn and sung by Marni
Nixon. Fill in the blank: "Just you wait, 'Enry 'Iggins just you wait. You'll be sorry, but your _______ will be
too late. You'll be broke and I'll have money will I help ya don't be funny. Just you wait 'Enry 'Iggins. Just you
wait."
fears
tears
cries
talk
Question 15:
Fill in the blank: "Oooh, 'Enry 'Iggins. Just you wait until we're ___________ in the sea. Oooh, 'Enry 'Iggins.
And you get a cramp a little ways from me."
sailin'
swimmin'
surfin'
soakin'
Question 16:
Fill in the blank: "One day, I'll be ________, I'll be proper and prim. Go to St. James so often I will call it St.
Jim."
known
queen
princess
famous
Question 17:
Fill in the blank: "Next week on the 20th of ________ I proclaim Liza Doolittle Day. All the people will
celebrate the glory of you and whatever you wish and want I gladly will do."
July
June
May
March
Question 18:
The next few questions come from the song "The Rain in Spain" performed by Rex Harrison, Wilfrid HydeWhite, and Audrey Hepburn, and sung by the same people, except that Marni Nixon dubbed Audrey Hepburn.
Fill in the blank on these opening lines for this song: "The rain in Spain...stays mainly...in the _______. Again.
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the _______. I think she's got it. I think she's got it."
pane
plain
stain
lane
Question 19:
Fill in the blank: "In Hartford, Hereford, and Hampshire; ______________ hardly happen. How kind of you to
let me come."
Cyclones
Tornados
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Question 20:
The next few questions are from lyrics to the song "I Could Have Danced All Night", performed by Audrey
Hepburn and sung by Marni Nixon dubbing Audrey's voice. Fill in the blank on these opening lines: "Bed bed, I
couldn't go to bed my head's too ________ to try to set it down. Sleep, sleep, I couldn't sleep tonight, not for all
the jewels in the crown."
cloudy
dizzy
heavy
light
Question 21:
Fill in the blank: "I could have spread my wings and done ________________ things I've never done before. I'll
never know what made it so exciting. Why all at once my heart took flight."
a hundred
a million
too many
a thousand
Question 22:
At this point in the song the servants begin to sing with Audrey (really Marni Nixon) about getting to bed. Fill in
the blank: "It's after _______ now, don't you agree now? She ought to be in bed. She ought to be in bed."
3
2
12
1
Question 23:
Continuing with this part of the song where there is an interaction between Eliza and the servants, fill in the
blank: "I could have danced all night. [You're tired out. You must be dead.] I could have danced all night. [Your
face is worn. Your eyes are red.] And still have begged. [Now say good night, please. Turn out the light, please.
It's really time for you to ___________.] For more."
be in bed
sleep
go to sleep
go to bed
Question 24:
And near the end of the song these lyrics between Mrs. Pearce and Eliza: "I understand, dear. It's all been
_______, dear. But now it's time to sleep."
great
grand
good
nice
Question 25:
This question is based on the lyrics sung by the servants when they are feeling something like compassion for
"Poor, Professor Higgins". Fill in the blank: "Poor Professor Higgins. Poor Professor Higgins. Night and day he
slaves away. Oh, poor Professor Higgins. All day long, on his feet. Up and down until he's numb. Doesn't
______, doesn't eat. Doesn't touch a crumb."
sleep
rest
sit
eat
Question 26:
The next song is called "Ascot Gavotte" and is the song that the attendees sing before the horse races start. Fill
in the blank with the correct answer: "Every duke and earl and peer is here, everyone who should be here is
here. What a smashing positively __________ spectacle The Ascot Opening Day."
lashing
smashing
dashing
crashing
Question 27:
"Pulses ___________. Faces flushing. Heartbeats speed up. I have never been so keyed up. Any second now
they'll begin to run. Hark, a bell is ringing they are springing forward. Look, it has begun."
racing
running
rushing
rising
Question 28:
The next song is sung by Bill Shirley, not the actor who played Freddy Eynsford-Hill. The song is called "On
the Street Where you Live". Fill in the blank with the correct answer: "When she mentioned
how her aunt bit off the spoon, she completely ________________. And my heart went on a journey to the
moon when she told about her father and the gin."
did me in
took me in
amazed me
done me in
Question 29:
Fill in the blank with the correct answer: "I have often walked down this street before, but the pavement always
stayed beneath my feet before. All at once am I ________________________, knowing I'm on the street where
you live."
feeling very high
several stories high
so excited, that I
several heartbeats high
Question 30:
Fill in the blank with the correct answer: "Are there lilac trees in the heart of town. Can you hear a _______ in
any other part of town? Does enchantment pour out of every door. No, it's just on the street where you live."
spark
lark
bark
hark
Question 31:
Choose the correct answer that fills in the blank: "People _________________, they don't bother me. For there's
nowhere else on earth that I would rather be."
come and stare
go by and stare
look and stare
stop and stare
Question 32:
The next song is called "You Did It" and is performed by Rex Harrison and Wilfred Hyde-White. Fill in the
blank with the correct answer: COLONEL PICKERING: "Tonight, old man, you did it, you did it, you did it.
You said that you would do it and ___________________. I thought that you would ruin it, I doubted you'd do
it, but now I must admit it that succeed you did."
of course you did
you sure did
indeed you did
this you did
Question 33:
Choose the correct answer that fills in the blank: "But you're the one who did it, who did it, who did it. As
sturdy as _____________, not a second did you falter."
Linoltor
An altar
Gibraltar
A church altar
Question 34:
Fill in the blank with the correct answer: "I must have aged a year tonight, at times I thought I'd die of fright.
Never was there
a momentary lull, shortly after we came in. I saw at once we'd easily win and after that I found it
_____________________. You should have heard the 'ooh's' and 'ahh's' everyone wondering who she was.
You'd think they'd never seen a lady before."
boringly dull
extremely dull
deadly dull
in a big lull
Question 35:
Fill in the blank with the correct answer: "That blackguard who uses the science of speech more to blackmail
and swindle than teach. He made it the devilish business of his to find out who this Miss Doolittle is. Every time
we looked around there he was that hairy hound from _______."
Budapest
Istanbul
Rome
Cairo
Question 36:
Choose the correct answer that fills in the blank: "Oozing charm from every pore, he oiled his way around the
floor. Every trick that he could play he used to ________. And when at last the dance was done he glowed as if
he knew he'd won. And with a voice too eager and a smile too broad he announced to the hostess that she was a
fraud."
find and give her away
catch her in her game
strip her mask away
catch her like a fly in a net
Question 37:
Fill in the blank with the correct answer: "And although she may have studied with an expert dialectician and
grammarian. I can tell that she was born _______."
Hungarian
Romanian
Bulgarian
English
Question 38:
Choose the correct answer that fills in the blank: "Her blood, he said, is bluer than the _______ is or ever was.
Royalty is absolutely
written on her face. She thought that I was taken in but actually I never was. How could she deceive another
member of her race."
Seine
Rhine
Danube
Thames
Question 39:
The next song is called "Show Me" and occurs when Eliza leaves the Henry Higgins residence and runs into
Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who has been waiting on the street where she lives. Fill in the blank with the correct
answer from these opening lines: "Speak and the world is full of singing and I am _______ than the birds."
flying higher
winging higher
floating higher
soaring higher
Question 40:
Choose the correct answer that fills in the blank: "Words, words, words, I'm so sick of words. I get words all day
through first from him, now from you. Is that all you _______ can do."
blighters
people
guys
men
Question 41:
Fill in the blank with the correct answer: "Here we are together in the middle of the night, don't talk of spring,
just ________. Anyone who's ever been in love'll tell you that this is no time for a chat."
hold me tight
love me right
say I'm right
hold me right
Question 42:
Choose the correct answer that fills in the blanks in order: "_____ me no _____, _____ me no _____, don't
waste my time, show me."
read, rhyme, sing, song
sing, song, read, rhyme
hum, tune, sing, song
read, rhyme, hum, tune
Question 43:
Fill in the blank with the correct answer: "Never do I ever want to hear another word, there isn't one I haven't
heard. Here we are together in what ought to be a dream, say one more word and _______."
I'll leave
I'll scream
I'll cry
that's it
Question 44:
The next song is called "Get Me to the Church on Time" and is sung by Stanley Holloway and ensemble. Alfie
just met up with Eliza and tells her he's inherited 4,000 pounds a year from the Wallingsford guy that Higgins
wrote to earlier when he met Alfie. Fill in the blank with the correct answer: "There's just a few more hours,
that's all the time you've got. A few more hours before they tie the knot. There's drinks and girls all over
London, and I gotta track 'em down in just a few more hours. Set 'em up, _______!"
me darling
my honey
me love
me sweety
Question 45:
Choose the correct answer that fills in the blank: "I got to be there in the morning. _________ and lookin' in me
prime. Girls, come and kiss me, show how you'll miss me, but get me to the church on time."
Swelled up
Juiced up
Spruced up
Suited up
Question 46:
Fill in the blanks with the correct answers in order: "Kick up a ________, but don't lose the _________, and get
me to the church, get him to the church. For God's sake, get me to the church on time."
lumbus, trumpuss
rukus, blokers
rumpus, compass
smokis, blokis
Question 47:
Choose the correct answer that fills in the blank: "For I'm gettin' married in the morning, ding dong, the bells are
gonna chime. __________, call out the army, but get me to the church, get me to the church. Oh, for God's sake
get me to the church--on--time."
Go before they swarm me
Leather and bar me
Feather and tar me
Go fight a blighmy
Question 48:
Fill in the blanks with the correct answers in order: "He's got to be there in the morning, spruced up and looking
in his prime. Girls, come and ______ me, show how you'll _______ me, but get me to the church on time."
kiss, miss
kiss, love
hug, miss
show, woo
Question 49:
Choose the correct answers that fill in the blanks in order:" _____ me or _____ me, _____ me and _____ me,
but get me to the church [Get him to the church]. For God's sakes, get me to the church on time."
drug, stamp, jail, mail
drug, jail, stamp mail
stamp, mail, drug, jail
jail, drug, stamp, mail
Question 50:
Choose the correct answers that fill in the blanks in order: "______ is reelin' home to ______ now. _________ is
smearin' up the _______. London is waking, daylight is breaking. Good luck, old chum. Good health, goodbye."
Moonlight, bed, Morning, sky
Darkness, bed, Sunrise, sky
Moonlight, bed, Daylight, sky
Starlight, bed, Morning, sky
Question 51:
What does Eliza sell?
Cakes
Flowers
Buttons
Fruit
Question 52:
Higgins deplores Eliza’s English. What are the words that Higgins says will "keep her in her place"?
"Eeek and aargh"
"Eeek and garn"
"Yikes and eeek"
"Aooow and garn"
Question 53:
What sort of food does Eliza want in the song, "Wouldn't it be Loverly"?
A piece of cake
An apple
Chocolate
A steak
Question 54:
When Eliza goes to see Higgins what reason does she give for wanting to learn to speak better English?
So she can get married
To become an actress
To become a ladies' maid
To become a lady in a flower shop
Question 55:
Eliza likes the idea of having a bath.
True
False
Question 56:
What is the first sentence that Eliza says or sings, in "proper" English?
"Goodbye, Professor Higgins"
"How kind of you to let me come"
"The rain is Spain stays mainly in the plain"
"I bet I got it right"
Question 57:
What is the name of the horse she has a bet on at the races?
Red Rum
Folkestone
Dover
Henry
Question 58:
Whom do we see Eliza dance with at the Embassy Ball?
All of these
Zoltan Karparthy
Henry Higgins
The Prince of Transylvania
Question 59:
Which item of Jewelry that Eliza returns to Higgins during their argument after the Ball had Higgins bought for
Eliza?
A watch
She doesn't return anything
A ring
Earrings
Question 60:
In the song "Without You", what season does Eliza say will return every year without Higgins?
Spring
Autumn
Summer
Winter
Question 61:
At the beginning of the movie, Eliza is trying to sell some flowers when it's starting to rain. What is the amount
of money Eliza says she can change?
half a penny
half a crown
a crown
sixpence
Question 62:
Fill in the blank with the correct answer to: Where does Professor Higgins say that Coronel Pickering is from?
Cheltenham, Harrow, ______________, and India.
Oxford
Cambridge
Hampton Grove
Lisson Grove
Question 63:
What job requires better English than a duchess at an Embassy Ball, according to Professor Higgins?
both
flower shop assistant
lady's maid
neither
Question 64:
What was Colonel Pickering the author of?
Spoken Sanskrit
Indian Script
Spoken Indian Script
Indian Sanskrit
Question 65:
What was Professor Henry Higgins the author of?
Higgins' Universal Alphabet
Higgins' National English Alphabet
Higgins' Universal Phonetics
Higgins' English Alphabet
Question 66:
Which hotel was Colonel Pickering supposed to be staying at while visiting London?
Marriot
Ritz
Carlton
Hilton
Question 67:
Professor Higgins' address was mentioned a few times during the movie, what was it?
37-H Wimpole Street
27-A Wimpole Street
27-A Wimple Avenue
27-8 Wimpole Lane
Question 68:
How much does Professor Higgins end up giving Alfred Doolittle, "one of the most original moralists in
England"?
10 pounds
100 pounds
50 pounds
5 pounds
Question 69:
Professor Higgins tells Colonel Pickering during the visit by Alfred Doolittle that if they took him in hand in 3
months he could choose between a seat in the cabinet or a popular pulpit. Where was the popular pulpit in?
London
Wales
Monaco
Hampton
Question 70:
Who does Professor Higgins tell Mrs. Pearce to write to to say "that if he wants a lecturer, to get in touch with
Mr. Alfred P. Doolittle,a common dustman, but one of the most original moralists in England."?
Mr. Ezra Wallingford
Mr. Al Ellingsford
Mr. Ellie Wellingsford
Mr. Ellie Wallingford
TOTAL:70