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Cambridge 18 Academic Reading Test One Passage One's Answer Explained
Urban Farming
Complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
1- Vertical tubes are used to grow strawberries, …. and herbs.
The answer is LETTUCES.
In paragraph one, from identical vertical tubes nearby burst row upon row of lettuces; near those are aromatic herbs, such as basil, age and peppermint.
2- There will eventually be daily harvest of as much as ….. in weight of fruit and vegetables.
The answer is 1.000 KG.
In paragraph two, when the remaining two thirds of the vast open areas are in production, 20 staff will harvest up to 1.000 kg of perhaps 35 different varieties of fruit and vegetables, every day.
3- It may be possible that the farm’s produce will account for as much as 10% of the city’s …. overall.
The answer is (FOOD) CONSUMPTION.
In paragraph two, 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.
Complete the table below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Intensive farming: Growth
4. wide range of …. used.
The answer is PESTICIDES.
In paragraph three, 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, or that the intensive farming techniques that produced them are such generators of greenhouse gases.
Intensive farming: Selection
5. varieties of fruit and vegetables chosen that can survive long ….
The answer is JOURNEYS.
In paragraph three, I don’t much like the fact, either, that they’ve travelled an average of 2.000 refrigerated kilometers to my plate, that their quality is so poor, because the varieties are selected for their capacity to withstand such substantial journeys, or that 80% of the price I pay goes to wholesalers and transport companies, not the producers.
Intensive farming: Sale
6. ….. receive very little of overall income
The answer is PRODUCERS.
In paragraph three, I don’t much like the fact, either, that they’ve travelled an average of 2.000 refrigerated kilometers to my plate, that their quality is so poor, because the varieties are selected for their capacity to withstand such substantial journeys, or that 80% of the price I pay goes to wholesalers and transport companies, not the producers.
Aeroponic urban farming: Selection
7. produce chosen because of its ….
The answer is FLAVOUR/FLAVOR.
In paragraph four, you can select crop varieties for their flavors, not their resistance to the transport and storage chain, and you can pick them when they’re really at their best, and not before.
Do the following statements agree agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
8- Urban farming can take place above or below ground.
The answer is TRUE.
In paragraph five, strawberries are being grown in disused shipping containers, mushrooms in underground carparks.
9- Some of the equipment used in aeroponic farming can be made by hand.
The answer is NOT GIVEN.
In paragraph five, the equipment weighs little, can be installed on almost any flat surface and is cheap to buy: roughly 100 to 150 euros per square meter.
10- Urvan farming relies more on electricity than some other types of farming.
The answer is FALSE.
In paragraph five, it is cheap to run, too, consuming a tiny fraction of the electricity used by some techniques.
11- Fruit and vegetables grown on an aeroponic urban farm are cheaper than traditionally grown organic produce.
The answer is TRUE.
In paragraph six, produce grown this way typically sells at prices that, while generally higher than those of classic intensive agriculture, are lower than soil-based organic growers.
12- Most produce can be grown on an aeroponic urban farm at any time of the year.
The answer is FALSE.
In paragraph six, there are limits to what farmers can grow this way, of course, and much of the produce is suited to the summer months.
13- Beans take longer to grow on an urban farm than other vegetables.
The answer is NOT GIVEN.
In paragraph six, and beans tend to take up a lot of space for not much return.
