Read the following website text and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numb...

Read the following website text and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

HOW TO END MALARIA

•  THE PROBLEM

Malaria is a deadly disease that takes the lives of approximately one million people every year. Even more alarming, a child dies from malaria every sixty seconds, which means hundreds of young lives are lost daily. Beyond the tragic loss of life, malaria also disrupts education—keeping more children out of school than any (7) ______ disease—because they are either too sick to attend or must care for sick family members.

•  THE FACTS

Malaria is not contagious.

You cannot catch malaria through casual (8) ______ like touching, coughing, or sharing food with someone who is infected.

You can only catch malaria from a female mosquito.

Only female mosquitoes (9) ______ malaria because they need to feed on blood to develop their eggs. Understanding this helps focus prevention efforts on targeting female mosquitoes specifically.

Mosquitoes bite mainly at night.

Mosquitoes that spread malaria are most active after dark. This makes sleeping under insecticide-treated nets and wearing long-sleeved clothing in the evening and at night is an (10) ______ way to avoid being bitten.

•  THE SOLUTION

Education!

(11) ______ long-term impact, educating communities about malaria transmission, prevention, and treatment is one of the most powerful tools we have.

Help us to raise money to educate kids about malaria and buy medicine and mosquito nets!

With your help, we can (12) ______ mosquito nets, stock up on medicine, and set up programs that teach kids how to stay safe from malaria.

(Adapted from Discovery 12 Students' book)

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