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Malaindrano is a giant baobab (猴面包树) tree that is hollowed out (使成中空) for the storage of water, 【小题1】 (exist) in the village of Ampotaka in Madagascar. Malaindrano means “he who hates water”,   【小题2】 this baobab doesn’t hate water at all. It is so big that many people believe it has never been 【小题3】 (complete) filled. Even semi-full, the trees are vital for storing water in one of Madagascar’s driest regions. Also known 【小题4】 bottle trees because of their unique thick trunks, such baobab trees form a network of 【小题5】 (nature) water tanks. Using them has allowed people to live in a place where rain is rare, and where the little rain that falls 【小题6】 (absorb) quickly by the soil.

Lack of rain can lead to a lack of food. In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of people 【小题7】 (die) because of extreme drought. This forced the locals to come up with an idea: hollowing out baobabs 【小题8】 (store) water when it is abundant. A large baobab has the 【小题9】 (able) to store about 14,000 litres of water. Today, some 20,000 people live in the region, many of   【小题10】 rely on the tree water for around a third of the year.