A. SIMILAR TO B. LIKE C. SUCH AS D. OR ELSEREAD THE FOLLOWING PASS...

10) A. similar to B. like C. such as D. or elseRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate theanswer to each of the questions.Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of thetissues of all living things, the crucialproblem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And since man'sinexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehendthat many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop.Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but onlythose forms unable to withstand itsdesiccating effects. No moist-skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are found.The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert country isopen, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest. Its population islargely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are notemaciated.Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the world.The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology. Non could survive if, likemad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in a matter of minutes. So mostof them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humidburrowsunderneath the ground, emerging to hunt onlyby night. The surface of the sun-baked desert averages around150 degrees, but 18 inches down thetemperature is only 60 degrees.