Camels in the Arctic? - Test 6

C1 Advanced · Word Formation · Cambridge English Advanced 2, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

HABIT

HIGH

DESCEND

MOUNTAIN

FIND

ORIGIN

ADAPT

STORE

Camels are well known for their (0) ___ to survive the heat of the desert; however, scientists have unearthed the fossilised remains of a giant camel that (17) ___ the forests of the High Arctic more than three million years ago. The ancient beast was almost three metres in (18) ___ , about a third bigger than its modern (19) ___ , the Arabian camel. Remains of the animal were found on Ellesmere Island, the most northerly and (20) ___ island of the Canadian Arctic archipelago. (21) ___ from previous expeditions have shown that the camel's ancestors (22) ___ in North America 45 million years ago, but this is the first evidence of camels so far north. According to Mike Buckley, a researcher who studied the latest remains, this ancestor of modern camels may already have developed some of the (23) ___ that helped it survive in harsh climates – the hump for fat (24) ___ for instance, the large flat feet ideal for either snow or sand, and the big eyes that perhaps helped when long, dark winters made visibility poor.

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