As far back as 700 BC, man has talked about children being cared for by wolves. Romulus and Remns, founders of ancient Rome, were said to have been brought up by wolves. It is believed that when a she-wolf loses her , she tries to find a human baby to take its place.?
This seemingly unreasonable idea did not become believable until the nineteenth century when a French doctor actually found a boy wandering in a forest. The boy had no clothes on and was judged to be ten years old by some experts. He did not walk straight up like a human being, but with both his hands and feet touching the ground. The boy could not speak but howled like a wolf. He did not eat any cooked food but raw meat such as hare, deer, or goat meat. He knew nothing about the relationships among human families. Finally the doctor won the boy’s trust, and the boy started to obey him. After many long years of devoted and patient instruction, the doctor managed to get the boy to dress himself in clothes and feed himself as a human being does. With great difficulty, the doctor was able to make the wolf-boy recognize and speak quite a few words.
Ⅰ Choose the best answer according to the passage.
1. According to the passage, it is believed that ____.
A. wolf-children is a common happening existing in every country every century?
B. the unusual happening of wolf-children has existed for over twenty centuries?
C. she-wolves enjoy looking after a human baby instead of her own child?
D. human beings are curious about wolf?children
2. Except that the boy knew nothing about the relationships among human families, ____ facts could show that he was a wolf-child.?
A. two B. three C. four D. many
3. In the passage, the underlined word “litter” probably refers to____.?
A. a hare B. the boy C. newly-born wolves D. another she-wolf
4. It took the doctor a long time to manage to get wolf-child to ____.?
A. return to what belongs to human beings?
B. forget his wolf life?
C. remember his own family and name?
D. speak like a human child
Ⅱ Complete the sentences according to the passage.
1.It is believed that when a she-wolf loses her litter, ____.
2.Only after many long years of devoted and patient instruction did the doctor managed to ____.
1. founder 奠基人 2. wander 游荡?3. relationship 关系 4. instruction 指示?
5. raw 生的?
A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的心灵存在于健全的身体。