Read the following extract which has been freely adapted from Household Pests by PLG Bateman and answer the questions below
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... PAPER 1 1993 SECTION A Read the following extract which has been freely adapted from 'Household Pests' by PLG Bateman and answer the questions below. The human race creates its own pests and the first field planted with one crop provided a bonanza for the insects for which it was a food plant. Volumes have been written on agricultural and garden pests as a consequence. The same principle applies to buildings. From the time the first man went to live in a cave, creatures have moved in with him. Some crawled, some flew, some went in with animal skins and tree branches. One or two specialised forms developed which literally came to live on us. Fleas, lice and bed bugs may truly be said to associate with man for what they can get out of him: others are pests because they eat our food or bring disease organisms into the house. Others again














