Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in boxes on your answer sheet.

1 What point does the writer make about microbes in the first paragraph?

AThey adapt quickly to their environment.

BThe risk they pose has been exaggerated.

CThey are more plentiful in animal life than plant life.

DThey will continue to exist for longer than the human race.

2 In the second paragraph, the writer is impressed by the fact that

Aeach species tends to have vastly different microbes.

Bsome parts of the body contain relatively few microbes.

Cthe average individual has more microbial cells than human ones.

Dscientists have limited understanding of how microbial cells behave.

3 What is the writer doing in the fifth paragraph?

Aexplaining how a discovery was made

Bcomparing scientists’ theories about microbes

Cdescribing confusion among scientists

Dgiving details of how microbes cause disease

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