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I. Read the passage and then answer the questions.
THE CAMEL
The camel can go without water for a long time. Some people think it stores water in its hump. This is not
true. It stores food in its hump. The camel's body changes the food into fat. Then it stores the fat in its hump.
It cannot store the fat all over its body. Fat all over an animal's body keeps the animal warm. Camels live in
the desert. They do not want to be warm during the day.
The desert is very hot. The camel gets hotter and hotter during the day. It stores this heat in its body because
the nights are cool.
The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian camel of Central Asia has two humps. It also has long.
thick hair because the winters are cold in Central Asia.
There is a lot of sand in the dessert. The camel has long eyelashes. Then sand cannot go into the camel's
eyes.
Arabic has about 150 words to describe a camel. Arabs need all these words because the camel is very
important to them.
Questions
1. Where do camels live?
camels live
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3. The camel doesn't store fat all over its body. Why?
the decent
What does a camel store in its hump?
Then it stales.
the fat in its bump
4. Why does it store heat during the day?
5. Why does a Bactrian camel have long thick hair?