UOE Practice Text 1 – Food Production

In the not-too-distant past farm animals were able to live (1) Fill in the blank 1 of 9  (NATURE) lives in what we would now term ‘free-range’ conditions.

Such farming methods, however, were not able to supply the rapidly growing (2) Fill in the blank 2 of 9  (POPULATE) of the world and the increasing demands on food (3) Fill in the blank 3 of 9 (CONSUME).

In order to cope with this rising demand, factory farming methods were introduced along with the (4) Fill in the blank 4 of 9 (DEVELOP) of genetically engineered (5) Fill in the blank 5 of 9 (GROW) hormones, which resulted in a massive increase in food production.

However, these developments in the use of factory farming and drug (6) Fill in the blank 6 of 9 (TREAT) have led to a widespread 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 (7) Fill in the blank 7 of 9 (AGREE) with the idea of keeping animals in one building for their entire (8) Fill in the blank 8 of 9 (EXIST) and argue that more emphasis should be given to (9) Fill in the blank 9 of 9 (ALTERNATE) farming methods.