The story of the Aral Sea

Life Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension 6 According to paragraph 2, which

sentence is true?
a The Amu Darya and Syr Darya are the
Read the article and choose the correct
biggest rivers in the world.
option.
b The Aral Sea is one of the biggest
lakes in the world.
1 Where is the Aral Sea?
c The biggest lake in the world is bigger
a in Central Asia
than 67,300 square kilometres.
b in Kazakhstan
c in Uzbekistan
7 According to paragraph 3, which
sentence is true?
2 What is the problem in the Aral Sea?
a Nobody knows why the Aral Sea got
a It’s full of oil.
smaller.
b It’s getting bigger.
b There are two reasons why the Aral
c It’s getting smaller.
Sea got smaller.
c There’s one reason why the Aral Sea
Read the article again and choose the got smaller.
correct option.
8 What happened because of the dam?
3 According to paragraph 1, which a The water in the Aral Sea
sentence is true? disappeared.
a Kazakh fishermen are good at sport. b There was more water in the North
b Kazakhstan is next to the North Aral Aral Sea.
Sea. c There was more water in the South
c The fishermen met every Sunday. Aral Sea.

4 Why did the fishermen meet? 9 How did Yusup Kamalov and the reporter
a because it was Sunday travel to the Aral Sea?
b to go fishing a by boat
c to have a party b by car
c on foot
5 Which word describes the fishermen in
2009? 10 Why were there no fish in the sea?
a pleased a because of the oil rigs
b rich b because of the salt
c sad c because of the sand