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Read the following patiage carefully and answer the questions that follow:Some insects are harmful to human beings. The poison of the black widow spider causes unbearable pain. It stiffens the muscles of the abdomen and causes death to some of the victims. Some kinds of mosquitoes carry germs that cause diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and sleeping sickness. The mosquitoes pick up the germs and pass them on to the people they bite. Flies play a part in spreading such diseases as cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever. All insects which carry germs and spread diseases live and breed only in dirty places. So we can prevent such diseases if we keep our houses free of dirt.1. How harmful is the bite of the black widow spider? 2. What are the diseases caused by mosquitoes? 3. How do mosquitoes play a part in spreading diseases? 4. Why are flies harmful to us? 5. What is the necessity of keeping our surroundings clean? |
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Answer» 1. The poison from the bite of the black widow spider causing unbearable pain, stiffens the muscles of the abdomen, causing death to some of its victims. 2. Mosquitoes can cause diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and sleeping sickness. 3. Mosquitoes pick up germs and pass them on to people they bite. 4. Flies, too, can spread diseases such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever. 5. When we keep our surroundings clean, we keep off insects which live and breed in dirty places. A clean place will be free of dirt, free of insects and therefore free of diseases |
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