[PS] READING - CAM18 - TEST 1

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Q.1

Vertical tubes are used to grow strawberries, …………………… and herbs.

Answer explanation

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the roots of dozens of strawberry plants dangling down inside them. From identical vertical tubes nearby burst row upon row of lettuces; near those are aromatic herbs, such as basil, sage and peppermint.

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Q.2

There will eventually be a daily harvest of as much as …………………… in weight of fruit and vegetables.

Answer explanation

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20 staff will harvest up to 1,000 kg of perhaps 35 different varieties of fruit and vegetables, every day

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Q.3

 It may be possible that the farm’s produce will account for as much as 10% of the city’s …………………… overall.

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But if enough unused space can be developed like this, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t eventually target maybe between 5% and 10% of consumption.’

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Q.4

 wide range of …………… used

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First, I don’t much like the fact that most of the fruit and vegetables we eat have been treated with something like 17 different pesticides

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Q.5

varieties of fruit and vegetables chosen that can survive long ……………

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because the varieties are selected for their capacity to withstand such substantial journeys

capacity to withstand ~ can survive

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Q.6

  …………… receive very little of overall income

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that 80% of the price I pay goes to wholesalers and transport companies, not the producers.’

--> very little (20%) go to producers

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Q.7

produce chosen because of its ……………

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‘You can select crop varieties for their flavour,

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Q.8

Urban farming can take place above or below ground.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

Answer explanation

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Strawberries are being grown in disused shipping containers, mushrooms in underground carparks

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Q.9

Some of the equipment used in aeroponic farming can be made by hand.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

Answer explanation

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P5 mentions equipment but there is no evidence whether some of them is made by hand

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Q.10

Urban farming relies more on electricity than some other types of farming.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

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It is cheap to run, too, consuming a tiny fraction of the electricity used by some techniques.