Aral Sea

1 Where is the Aral Sea?
a in Central Asia b in Kazakhstan c in Uzbekistan

2 What is the problem in the Aral Sea?
a It’s full of oil.
b It’s getting bigger. c It’s getting smaller.

Read the article again and choose the correct option.

3 which sentence is true?
a Kazakh fishermen are good at sport.
b Kazakhstan is next to the North Aral
Sea.
c The fishermen met every Sunday.

4 Why did the fishermen meet?
a because it was Sunday b to go fishing
c to have a party

5 Which word describes the fishermen in 2009?

a pleased
b rich
c sad
6 which sentence is true?
a The Amu Darya and Syr Darya are the biggest rivers in the world.
b The Aral Sea is one of the biggest lakes in the world.
c The biggest lake in the world is bigger than 67,300 square kilometres.
7 which sentence is true?
a Nobody knows why the Aral Sea got smaller.
b There are two reasons why the Aral Sea got smaller.
c There’s one reason why the Aral Sea got smaller.
8 What happened because of the dam?
a The water in the Aral Sea disappeared.
b There was more water in the North Aral Sea.
c There was more water in the South Aral Sea.

9 How did Yusup Kamalov and the reporter travel to the Aral Sea?
a by boat
b by car
c on foot

10 Why were there no fish in the sea?
a because of the oil rigs
b because of the salt
c because of the sand

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