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    Alice Thompson, together with a friend made a journey from Sydney to Alice Spring on the famous ghan

train. Ghan 1______________ Afghanistan. A hundred and fifty years ago, Australians brought some camels

from Afghanistan. 2______________ camels carried lots of products to other countries. The Australians didn't

need the camels any more after the government built a new 3______________ line. In 1925, a law which

allowed people to shoot camels was passed.

    The train was wonderful and Alice Thompson enjoyed the great meals cooked by 4____________, colorful

scenery,desert and abandoned farms. During the day, she sat and looked out of the windows and sometimes

talked to other passengers. She read books and listened to her Chinese cassettes. At midnight, she enjoyed the

stars shinning like 5_____________.