S3 Reading Skills Sentence or Summary Completion

S3 Reading Skills - Sentence / Summary Completion

The words can be found in the text. Focus on changing the word form.

Round 1

​Moves to block cultivation of genetically modified crops in the developing world can no longer be tolerated on ethical or moral grounds, the government’s chief scientist, Sir John Beddington, has warned.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word from the text. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

Beddington has argued that we cannot _______________________ actions that stop people from [NEXT QUESTION] genetically modified crops in the developing world.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

Beddington has argued that we cannot tolerate actions that stop people from __________________ genetically modified crops in the developing world.

​His warning comes in the wake of food riots in North Africa and rising global concern about mounting food prices.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

Just before John Beddington made these warnings, food prices are ___________________ higher and higher and people around the world are growing [NEXT QUESTION]. 

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

Just before John Beddington made these warnings, food prices are mounting higher and higher and people around the world are growing _____________________. 

​Beddington said humanity had to face the fact that every means to improve food production should now be employed, including widespread use of new biotechnological techniques in farming.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

According to Beddington, we should now ___________ every means to improve food production.

Beddington said these factors indicated that the world was going to need 40% more food, 30% more water and 50% more energy by the middle of the century.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

Beddington said population boom, urbanization and the growing ______________ of the world’s population were a / an [NEXT QUESTION] that the world will need more food, water and energy.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

Beddington said population boom, urbanization and the growing prosperity of the world’s population were a / an _____________ that the world will need more food, water and energy.

​His office’s report is a specific attempt to highlight moves that could halt devastation of the planet. Crucially, the report will be presented tomorrow […] to the Department for International Development.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

‘The Future of Food and Farming’ highlights actions that can stop the planet from becoming ____________. It is [NEXT QUESTION] that the report will be presented to the Department for International Development.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

‘The Future of Food and Farming’ highlights actions that can stop the planet from becoming devastated. It is ______________ that the report will be presented to the Department for International Development.

But Beddington was adamant about the benefits of GM crop technology.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

Beddington insisted on the benefits of GM crop technology _______________.

​This report was set up to find out if we can feed 9 billion people, sustainably, healthily and equitably.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

According to John Beddington, ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ was set up to find out if we can feed 9 billion people in a _______________, healthy and [NEXT QUESTION] way.

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Fill in the blank with ONE word. Your answer must be grammatically correct.

According to John Beddington, ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ was set up to find out if we can feed 9 billion people in a sustainable, healthy and _______________ way.

Fill in the blanks with words which may or may not be in the text.
Summarise the meaning.

Round 2

​Moves to block cultivation of genetically modified crops in the developing world can no longer be tolerated on ethical or moral grounds, the government’s chief scientist, Sir John Beddington, has warned.

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In short, Sir John Beddington ______________ the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the developing world.

Multiple Choice

In short, Sir John Beddington _________________ the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the developing world.

• supports

• opposes

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In other words, Sir John Beddington argued that we can no longer accept ___________________ towards cultivating genetically modified crops in the developing world.

He said the world faced “a perfect storm” of issues that could lead to widespread food shortages and public unrest over the next few decades.

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Many factors in the world can ___________ widespread food shortages and public unrest over the next few decades.

Beddington said these factors indicated that the world was going to need 40% more food, 30% more water and 50% more energy by the middle of the century.

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By _______, the world’s [NEXT QUESTION] for food, water and energy will increase by 40%, 30% and 50% respectively.

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By 2050, the world’s ______________ for food, water and energy will increase by 40%, 30% and 50% respectively.

​He stressed that no harm should be inflicted on humans or the environment.

Open Ended

Complete the following sentence in THREE words or fewer.

He stressed that humans or the environment should not ______________________.

Beddington said humanity had to face the fact that every means to improve food production should now be employed, including widespread use of new biotechnological techniques in farming.

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We should not ________________ the widespread use of new biotechnological techniques in farming when trying to improve food production.

​According to John Beddington, ‘It is very hard to see how it would be remotely sensible to justify not using new technologies such as GM.’

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This means explaining why new technologies such as GM would not be sensible _______________.

​Such remarks will enrage many environmental groups, who believe it is wrong for the West to impose a technology it has developed on the third world.

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Sir John Beddington’s comments will make many environmental groups feel __________________.

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In Paragraph 6, John Beddington mentions that freshwater will be _________, but GM crops will be able to deal with that.

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In Paragraph 7, Beddington mentions that we can increase food supply by creating GM crops which can ______________.

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GM crops alone are _________________ to hold off widespread starvation.