Reading - Part 1

Read the text. Fill in each gap with ONE word. (The word must come from somewhere else in the text.)

Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes like some people more than others. Scientists in the USA found that different body smells attract (1). This includes our natural body odour and smells from soaps. Some of these smells could reduce the number of bites we get in the summer. The researchers said mosquitoes preferred soap with a flowery smell. More than 60 per cent of the (2) coming from our body come from soap. Changing the soap we use could stop us being attractive to mosquitoes. (3) with no smell could make us less tasty to mosquitoes. The (4) tested four popular brands of soap on mosquitoes. They also tested the smell of people when they did not wash themselves. The researchers put the soapy and unwashed smells in two different cups in a cage full of mosquitoes. The insects preferred the soapy smells. Mosquitoes are like humans because they like (5) and fruity smells. One researcher said coconut-scented soap is best to keep mosquitoes away. Mosquitoes are the world's deadliest creatures. The diseases they carry kill 725,000 (6) a year.