A1 English test 11 – Text with multiple-choice gaps

1 AreCanDo you afraid of animals? Some people are, and they have good reason to feel nervous around animals. Some of them can 2 to hurthurtinghurt you or even kill you. But 3 Howwhowhat animals are the most dangerous?

Many people are afraid of 4 sharksa sharkthe sharks. It's true that they are dangerous. Between 1900 and 1999, there 5 werewasare 1,860 shark attacks on people. Most attacks take place 6 atinon the USA, Australia and South Africa. The most dangerous shark is the white shark. Of 7 thatthisthose 1860 shark attacks, 251 were by white sharks.

Many spiders 8 aren'tdoesn'tdon't hurt people, but people are still afraid of them. However, the Sydney funnel-web spider is very dangerous! This spider is very common in Sydney, Australia. People there 9 neverrarelyoften find it in their gardens. One bite from a male spider can kill a person. The female funnel web spider is less dangerous 10 tofromthan the male.

A lot of snakes are dangerous, too. 11 AOneThe deadliest is the Inland Taipan. It comes from Australia, too. This snake is fast and it 12 bitesis bitingbite very accurately. The venom in one bite could kill 100 people! Luckily, it's possible to treat the bite, but you need to act 13 quickquickerquickly. The venom can kill a person in just 30 minutes!

But the most dangerous animal on Earth is the mosquito because it spreads the disease malaria. This insect is most dangerous in Africa, 14 becausebutso the people there are poor and don't have enough money for hospital treatment. Luckily, fewer people 15 diedare dyingwill die from malaria now than in the past.