SECTION 2: READING

Part 1. Read the following passage and select the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
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.