CAMELS

Camels are one of (16) _____________ only large animals that can live happily in the Sahara Desert. The hot weather and strong winds are not a (17) _____________ for them. Also, they do not need to eat or drink every day, and this (18) _____________ them very useful to the people (19) _____________ live there.

Camels begin working (20) _____________ the age of about four years old and don’t stop until they are around 25 to 30. They can carry people or things on a very long (21) _____________, and because of this, they are sometimes (22) _____________ the ‘ships of the desert’.

These days, there are roads across some (23) _____________. of the Sahara, so buses and lorries are often (24) _____________. (25) _____________, in places where there are no roads, camels are still the only type of transport.

16. A. a                        B. the                          C. an                            D.0

17. A. problem            B. trouble                   C. issue                        D. mistake

18. A. gets                   B. causes                     C. makes                     D. has

19. A. whom                B. which                       C. who                         D. whose

20. A. in                       B. at                            C. on                            D. for

21. A. way                   B. path                        C. road                         D. line

22. A. described          B. called                      C. said                          D. known

23. A. things                B. examples                 C. parts                       D. items

24. A. put                     B. done                        C. used                                    D. carried

25. A. Therefore          B. However                 C. Moreover                D. Thus