The white ants are not dangerous, but they destroy every wooden object into which they enter. If white ants get into any wooden object, such as a table, they (11) _________ the inside of the wood completely. They can destroy the wooden (12 ) _________of a house so completely that the house falls down. If they enter a box of books, the (13) _________ box of books will soon be destroyed. But it is easy to keep these ants away, for they cannot cross water. It is easy to stand the legs of a table in cups of water, and then they cannot reach it.
A nest of white ants may easily be destroyed by (14) _________ the queen. If a hole is made down to the bottom of the nest, the queen can usually be found quite easily, for she is (15 ) _________, ——over an inch long.