READING PASSAGE-1 Questions
Questions 1 – 8.
Complete the notes below.
Choose
ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER
from
the passage for each
answer.
Disappearing and Damaged Lakes
•
Lake Poopo
It
covered about
1
_______________ square kilometres in the dry
season.
It
can no longer support people, fish or visiting
2
___________
•
The
Aral Sea
It has shrunk before water is used for crops such as
3
_____________ and rice.
4
____________ from the bottom of the lake affects an area of 300
kilometres.
•
Lake Tanganyika
Families need to eat fish for its
5
___________
Fisheries give
6
____________ to over 100,000 people.
•
Lake Urmia
The
colour has changed because
7
______________ are increasing
8
____________ has declined in the last ten years.
Questions 9-13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in
Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 9 – 13 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE
if the statement
agrees with the information
FALSE
if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN
if there
is no information on this
9
Scientists are surprised that Lake Poopo has disappeared so
quickly.
10
Steps are being taken to reduce the
impact of mining on lake
Poopo.
11
Lake Fracksjon is the fastest warming lake in the world.
12
Researchers are certain about the reason for Lake Waiau’s
disappearance.
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