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Skills

Reading

1 Read the article quickly. Choose the best title for the article.

1 Deadly insects
2 Small and dangerous!
3 The problem with bees

There are 20,000 kinds of bees. But the deadliest insect on earth is What about spiders? They’re not
Some live alone, some in large the mosquito. It kills more than a insects – insects have six legs, and
groups. Bees aren’t usually million people every year. There are spiders have eight – but they are
dangerous, but they attack people more than 3,000 different kinds small, and some people hate them.
when they do something to make of mosquito. They can give people But are they dangerous? Well,
the bees angry – when they steal lots of different illnesses, like we’ve all seen films with spiders
their honey, for example! But some malaria. That’s a very dangerous that kill, but there is no really
bees are very dangerous. illness, so kill any mosquito that’s deadly spider species anywhere.
biting you! Mosquitoes usually fly
Someone brought African bees around at night, so stay inside in Death from a spider bite is almost
to Brazil in 1956 because they the evening. They also need to put unknown. You should go to a
wanted a better honey bee. The their eggs in water, so stay away hospital if a poisonous spider bites
bees escaped, and they killed from ponds and lakes! you. But remember, you will only
about 1,000 people and animals see deadly spiders that can kill you
as they travelled slowly to the USA. in minutes at the cinema!
When these bees attack, it is a
real nightmare.

2 Read the article again. Choose the correct answer for each question.

1 Normal bees … 4 Mosquitoes …
A never attack people. A fly around mostly during the day.
B attack people when they don’t like B live in the water.
what they’re doing. C are not insects.
C always attack people. D can give you dangerous illnesses.
D never defend their home.
5 When poisonous spiders bite people, …
2 The dangerous bees … A the people die after a few minutes.
A were travelling from Brazil to the USA. B the people usually don’t die.
B were going to Africa. C half the people die.
C were travelling from the USA to Africa. D more than half the people die.
D stayed in Brazil.
6 If a poisonous spider bites you, you should …
3 Mosquitoes are … A see a doctor.
A as deadly as dangerous bees. B do nothing.
B not dangerous at all. C go home.
C not as dangerous as bees. D put something on the bite.
D deadlier than the dangerous bees.

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