CAMBRIDGE IELTS 11 READING – TEST 1 – ANSWERS
1.
Some food plants, including…., are already grown indoors
=> Answer: tomatoes
Key words: already grown indoors
Based on the question and particularly the key words, we need to find the information about a particular plant that has been already grown indoors. In the first sentence of paragraph 2, the author mentions “The concept of indoor farming is not new, since hothouse production of tomatoes and other produce has been in vogue for some time”. This means that tomatoes, along with other produce, have been produced in heated houses (indoors) for a long period of time.
=> already = not new = in vogue for some time grown indoors = hothouse production
1. Vertical farms would be located in…., meaning that there would be
less need to take them long distances to customers
=>Answer: urban centers/centres
Key words: vertical farm, located, distances
Based on the question and particularly the key words, we know that we need to find the information about vertical farms in terms of location and
transportation in the passage. Paragraph 2 says “Situatedin the heart of urban centres, they (vertical farms) would drastically reduce the amount of transportation required to bring food to customers”.
=> located=situated distance=transportation
1. Vertical farms could use methane from plants and animals to produce….
=> Answer: energy
Key words: methane, produce
Based on the question and particularly the key words, we need to find the information about how methane is used. “Methane” is mentioned in paragraph
. So we focus on this paragraph. The paragraph says “Although the system would consume energy, it would return energy to the grid via methane generation from composting non-edible parts of plants”
=> produce = return
The consumption of….would be cut because agricultural vehicles would be unnecessary.
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