Reading passages

335 -The doctor who found the boy must have 
concluded that ---- .
A) the boy had possibly been raised by wolves 
B) Romulus and Remus were the twins who founded 
Rome 
C) it is not possible to train a human child who grew 
up in the wild 
D) the boy could not speak because he was of sub -
normal intelligence 
E) the boy was half -human, half -wolf, with 
supernatural powers 
336 -Many years after the doctor began working 
with the boy, ---- .
A) he soon started to behave as a normal human 
child does 
B) he became more like a human child, but couldn't 
function completely normally 
C) he behaved exactly like Romulus and Remus in 
the legend 
D) he began writing a book about his experiences 
living with wolves 
E) his progress was too slow for the doctor to 

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continue with the initial enthusiasm 
In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on 
the Earth, created by Zeus to avenge Prometheus's 
theft of fire. Pandora, whose name means „all -
gifted', was endowed with every charm, but sent to 
the Earth with a very special deadly box. Prometheus 
was too wise to be deceived by Pandora's beauty, but 
his younger brother, Epimetheus, fell in love with her 
and accepted the box as a wedding present from the 
gods. When Epimeteus allowed Pandora to open the 
box, a cloud of evils flew out, spreading death, 
disease and destruction throughout the world. All that 
remained inside the box was one small comfort-hope. 
337 -It can be inferred from the passage that in 
Greek mythology, ---- .
A) a long with the evils in the box, the gift of fire 
was included in it 
B) women were seen to be wiser and more talented 
than men were 
C) the gods were jealous of women's beauty and 
punished them for it 
D) the world was a much better place before women 
came into it 
E) people were taught not to accept wedding gifts as 
they might be evil