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| Many people believe that the hump (驼峰) of a camel is full of water. They believe this is the r 1 that camels do not have to drink very often, but they are quite wrong. A camel's hump is not full of water. It is mostly fat. The camel's b 2 can use the fat later when it is hungry, but it does not help the camel go for a long time without d 3 . A camel can do this because it does not sweat(出汗) very much. When people and most other animals-get h 4 , they sweat. Sweat is mostly water from the body. So, when people sweat, they l 5 water and soon have to drink. If they do not drink water, they will die. When a camel gets hot, it does not sweat very much, so it does not lose m 6 of the water in its body. It does not need to drink very often. There is very little water in the desert, so a 7 animal that does not need much water is very useful for c 8 people and things across the desert. Camels can t 9 a long way without stopping for food or water. This is w 10 the camel is called ” The Ship of the Desert."-it carries its food and water with it, and it can go for a long Lime between towns. 1. ________2. ________3. ________4. ________5. ________ 6. ________7. ________8. ________9. ________10. ________ |