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III.    READING

  a. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word in the box.

               deserts       temperature          rainfall       emerging      

       nocturnal            cacti         shortage            continent

Deserts cover about one fifth of the earth‘s land are  a. The desert is a harsh environment with very little (36) ________and extreme temperatures. Desert plants like (37) ___________ are not abundant; neither is animal life. Deserts are very dry regions with limited plant and animal life.

Some deserts get both very hot during the day and very cold during the night, when (38) __________ can drop well below freezing point. Some deserts, however, are always cold, for example the Gobi Desert in Asia, and the desert on the (39) ___________ of Antarctica  

Different animals live in the different types of (40) _____________ Animals that live in the desert have adaptations to cope with the lack of water, the extreme temperatures, and the (41) _____________ of food. To avoid daytime heat, many desert animals are (42) __________. They burrow beneath the surface or hide in the shade during the day, (43) __________ at night to eat. Many desert animals do not have to drink at all; they get all the water they need from their food. Most desert animals are small.

B. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answers.

A desert is a region where only special forms of life can exist because there is a shortage of moisture.

Most of the dry, hot deserts with which we are familiar are found in two belts around the world, just north and south of the Equator. They are caused by high atmospheric pressures that exist in those areas which prevent rain from falling. Other deserts, which are found farther away from the Equator, are the result of being in ‘the rain shadow’.

Deserts differ greatly in appearance. Where sand is abundant, the winds may build sand hills or dunes. These are sand deserts. Rock deserts consist mostly of bare rock, which forms fantastic cliffs and hills. No great rivers originate in deserts. But a river may rise in moist areas and cross great deserts on its way to the se  a. The Nile, for example, flows through the desert region of the Sahar  a.

The animals that exist in the desert are those that have managed to adapt themselves to its conditions. They must be able to do without water for long periods, or be able to reach water holes at great distances. The camel, for example, is highly adapted to desert life. It has padded feet to walk on sand, a water-storing stomach, humps of fat as a reserve supply of energy, and nostrils that can be closed to keep out sand during windstorms. Many of the smaller desert creatures need to drink no water at all. They get what liquid they need from the sap of food plants and from night dew on leaves or stones.