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The farm without a farmer
Read the text and mark the correct words or phrases missing in the text in the table below.There is only one correct answer for each item.
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A FIELD of barley in Shropshire has become the first in the world to be planted, grown and harvested by
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robots, with (1) human entering the field. The field at Harper Adams University has had robotic tractors and
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combined harvesters doing the work, with the crops monitored from above (2) drones on autopilot. The pilot
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project has seen around 4.5 tonnes of barley harvested, and scientists there say that the future of farms (3)
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fleets of smaller vehicles and drones doing the work.
(First News Issue 587, 15 – 21 September 2017, p. 3)
All cats to be microchipped
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THE Government has (4) plans to microchip all pet cats.
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The new rules would mean that all pet owners must get their cat microchipped before it reaches the age of
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20 weeks. They’ll also need to make sure their contact details (5) and kept up to date in a pet microchipping
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database. If owners break the rules, they could face a (6) of up to £500. It’s hoped the move will help to
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reunite thousands of lost pets with (7) people.
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Microchipping is a simple procedure (8) a small chip with a unique serial number is inserted under a cat’s
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skin. If the cat ever goes missing, its microchip can be scanned and the owner’s details found online.
(First News Issue 808, 10 – 16 December 2021, p. 5)
| (1) | a) no | b) nobody | c) none | d) not |
| (2) | a) at | b) by | c) of | d) to |
| (3) | a) are involving | b) involved | c) is involved | d) will involve |
| (4) | a) announced | b) annunced | c) anounced | d) anuonced |
| (5) | a) are stored | b) has stored | c) is stored | d) stored |
| (6) | a) fine | b) loan | c) prize | d) trophy |
| (7) | a) her | b) his | c) their | d) your |
| (8) | a) what | b) where | c) who | d) why |
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