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The document discusses a reading passage about Ayeyarwady dolphins in Myanmar. The passage notes that the dolphin population is critically endangered and declining each year due to getting caught in fishing nets and dying from practices like electrofishing and the use of gillnets and explosives. The region between Mingun and Kyukmyaung in the Ayeyarwady river is now officially recognized as a sanctuary to protect the declining dolphin population, and the Department of Fisheries prohibits catching or killing dolphins there.

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The document discusses a reading passage about Ayeyarwady dolphins in Myanmar. The passage notes that the dolphin population is critically endangered and declining each year due to getting caught in fishing nets and dying from practices like electrofishing and the use of gillnets and explosives. The region between Mingun and Kyukmyaung in the Ayeyarwady river is now officially recognized as a sanctuary to protect the declining dolphin population, and the Department of Fisheries prohibits catching or killing dolphins there.

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Unit 1 Test

1.Reading Passage

Ayeyarwady dolphins are now on the verge of extinction . They are listed as a critically
endangered species. That is it may no longer exist in the future as the dolphin population declines year
by year. They often get entangled in the fishing net and they also die as a result of electrofishing, and the
use of gillnets and explosive.

Now, in Myanmar, dolphins are under protection. The region in the Ayeyarwady river between
Mingun and Kyukmyaung is officially recognized as a sanctuary to protect the decline of the dolphin
population. The Department of Fisheries prohibits the catching or killing of dolphins. The local fishermen
are not allowed to use electrofishing, gillnets and explosives, which lead to steady decline of the
population of Ayeyarwady dolphins.

1.A. Complete the following sentences with the word or a group of words from the passage.

1. The Ayeyarwady dolphins are regarded as one of the …………… species.

2. The…………… in the members of Ayeyarwady dolphins is the result of electrofishing and using

gillnets and explosives.

3. In order to ………….. the dolphins in Myanmar , the region in the Ayeyarwady River is officially

recognized as a sanctuary.

4. The local fishermen are not allowed to ………….. dolphins in the region known as a sanctuary.

5. The use of electrofishing, gillnets and explosives is prohibited by the ………….. .

1. B. Answer the following questions.

6. Why are Ayeyarwady dolphins listed as a critically endangered species?

7. Why does the dolphin population decline year by year?

8. In order to protect the decline of dolphin population, what does the Department of Fisheries

do in the regions between Mingun and Kyhaukmyaung along the Ayeyarwady?

9. What did the local fishermen usually use to catch the fish in the river?

10. What happened to Ayeyarwady dolphin population when the fishermen used those ways to

catch fish in the river?

2. Vocabulary

. Adverb Adjective Collocation

1.A. Match an adverb from column A with an adjective from column B.


Column A Column B
1. Absolutely a. satisfactory
2. Deadly b. normal
3. Entirely c. impressed
4. Highly d. serious
5. perfectly e. delighted

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