II. You are going to hear a lecture on agriculture and the environment. C omplete the notes below with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each Answer. (10 pts) AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT (1) ______________ production = biggest problem in today’s world
Agriculture is important for jobs, exports and foreign exchange
Agriculture’ means:
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growing crops
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raising animals
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(2) ______________
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(3) ______________
Agriculture must be sustainable: old methods, & new, chemical methods are all unsustainable →
(4)______________ of biodiversity
Biotechnology → GM or GE → bio-prospecting (bio-piracy) i.e. large companies steal samples of native
plants to use the (5) ______________ for their own crop improvement
(6) ______________ is responsible for less food and higher prices
Farmers need to be educated but governments also need to pay attention to (7) ______________ in order
to protect the environment and re-nourish the soil.
Experts from around the world could come together to form a (8) ______________ to observe farm
systems aiming to prevent pollution and erosion and encourage safe procedures that are also
(9)______________.
Creating the project’s (10) ______________ would be very expensive and more money would be needed
for the monitoring system but it could solve the problem of food shortages.
SECTION B: VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE (50 pts) I. Fill the gaps in the following sentences with the correct answer A, B, C or D. Write your answers in the box provided for Answers. (20 pts) 1. There was no incident of any kind to ______ the journey until we ran into that ditch in Rodgers Field.
A. dismantle
B. scrap
C. mar D. fray
2. It won’t be long. I’ll be with you in a ______.
A. beat
B. stroke
C. tick D. chime
3. His opponent called him a traitor, which really ______ his patriotism.
