FCE Reading and Use of English (Exit)

Part Three: Word Formation

Read the text and then write the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps. There is an example at the beginning.

Example: 0 natural

Food Production

In the not-too-distant past farm animals were able to
live (0) ... lives in what we would now termNATURE
'free-range' conditions. Such farming methods however,
(were not able to supply the rapidly growing (1) ...POPULATE
of the world and the increasing demands on food
(2) ... In order to cope with this rising demand, factoryCONSUME
farming methods were introduced along with the (3) ...DEVELOP
of genetically engineered (4) ... hormones, whichGROW
resulted in a massive increase in food production. 
However, these developments in the use of factory
farming and drug (5) ... have led to a widespreadTREAT
feeling that animals are being caused a lot of distress
and that the quality of the food itself suffers as a
consequence. Certainly, many people (6) ... with the ideaAGREE
of keeping animals in one building for their entire (7) ...EXIST
and argue that more emphasis should be given to (8) ...ALTERNATE
farming methods.

 




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