There are more than 2,000 different kinds of mosquitoes. Female mosquitoes bite people t
o drink their blood. Male mosquitoes do not drink blood. They drink fluids from plants. The female mosquito uses its thin sucking tube to break the skin, find blood and inject the victim with a substance that keeps blood flowing.The female mosquito drinks the blood and uses it to produce as many as 250 eggs. The insect leaves the eggs in any standing water.The eggs produce worm-like creatures called larvae (幼虫) in two days to a few months. However, some eggs can stay in water for years until conditions are right for development. The larvae feed on organisms in the water. After four to ten days, they change again, into creatures called pupas (蛹). The pupas rise to the surface of the water. Adult mosquitoes pull themselves out of the pupas and fly away.The World Health Organization (WHO) says mosquitoes carry organisms that cause disease and death for millions of people throughout the world. The most important disease spread by mosquitoes is malaria (疟疾). The WHO says 247 million people became infected with malaria in 2006. Malaria caused almost one million deaths, mostly among children in Africa. The disease is found in more than one hundred countries in Africa, Asia, the western Pacific Ocean, the Middle East and Central and South America.Malaria parasites (寄生虫) enter a person’s blood through a mosquito bite. These organisms travel to the liver. They grow and divide there. After a week or two, the parasites invade red blood cells and reproduce thousands of times. They cause the person’s body temperature to rise. They also may destroy major organs. People with malaria may suffer kidney failure or loss of red blood cells.Some medicines are generally effective in preventing and treating malaria. They are designed to prevent the parasites from developing in the body. People die from malaria because they are not treated for the disease or the treatment is delayed.
(1) According to the passage, we can infer that _________.
A、female mosquitoes don’t bite animals
B、female mosquitoes bite people for a substance that keeps blood flowing
C、malaria is found everywhere in the world
D、countries in Europe and North America have low malaria death rate
(2) What is the right order in which mosquitoes grow?
a. Adult mosquitoes pull themselves out of the pupas and fly away.
b. The larvae change into creatures called pupas.
c. The insect leaves the eggs in any standing water.
d. The eggs produce worm-like creatures called larvae
A、c, a, b, d
B、d, c, b, a
C、c, d, b, a
D、d, b, c, a
(3) According to the WHO, the organisms carried by mosquitoes __________.
A、are the food for larvae
B、have led to the death of millions of people in the world
C、invade red blood cells first and then destroy major organs
D、can enter a person’s brain through the mosquito’s bite
(4) According to the passage, malaria medicines are generally designed to _______
A、keep people’s body temperature at a normal level
B、prevent parasites from entering people’s skins
C、stop parasites from growing inside the body
D、stop parasites from invading red blood cells
(5) What is the passage mainly talking about?
A、The growing process of mosquitoes and the diseases spread by them.
B、The medicines used in preventing and treating malaria
C、The kinds of mosquitoes in the world today.
D、The larvae of mosquitoes feed on organisms in the water.