Mock Test # 17 Reading Passage 1

Questions 1–3

Complete the sentences below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.

Urban farming in Paris
1. Vertical tubes are used to grow strawberries, and herbs.

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

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

Questions 4–7

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 4-7.

Intensive farming versus aeroponic urban farming
	Growth	Selection	Sale
Intensive farming	wide range of (4) ............ used techniques pollute air	quality not good varieties of fruit and vegetables chosen that can survive long (5) ..........	(6) .......... receive very little of overall income
Aeroponic urban farming	no soil used nutrients added to water which is recycled	produce chosen because of its (7) ...........

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Questions 8–13

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

8 Urban farming can take place above or below ground.

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

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

11 Fruit and vegetables grown on an aeroponic urban farm are cheaper than traditionally grown organic produce.

12 Most produce can be grown on an aeroponic urban farm at any time of the year.

13 Beans take longer to grow on an urban farm than other vegetables.