题目内容：

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

George Bernard Shaw was interested in the way people spoke. He argued that he was never  1.   (mistake) about a person’s status. However, Professor Higgins thought a superior social position was more dependent on grammar and pronunciation. Actually, his view was only accepted by a 2.  (hand) of his followers. Eliza, a flower girl, was ambitious to improve herself. 3.  (force)to earn money herself because her family was poor, she dreamed of working in a proper flower shop. George Bernard Shaw teamed 4.  with Professor Higgins to help her. An English teacher  5. (hire) to give her lessons. But after her first lesson, she was 6.  (apparent) disappointed because the teacher was so impatient with her. Actually, Eliza didn’t give it up easily. 7.  (look) ahead, she decided to work hard. Knowing it was impossible 8.  (accept) in that profession if she did not speak correct English, she asked Professor Higgins to give her lessons. Trained for several months, she set out to speak in   9.  more attractive accent. Shortly, she became known as “the London songbird” 10. her spoken English became so pleasant.