Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere e Culture Moderne
3rd Year Lettorato Listening Exam January 14th 2016
Surname ______Name______Mat. No. ______
You are going to see part of a BBC World News Horizons documentary about urban farming. You will see the video twice. First you will have 5 minutes to study the questions, then after the first viewing you will have further 5 minutes and at the end you will have 1 hour 15 minutes to complete your answers and write the summary.
Glossary:
yields: the total amount of crops, profits, etc. that are produced
seed: the small hard part produced by a plant, from which a new plant can grow
greens: vegetables
effluent: unwanted liquid waste material
rockwool: fibrous inorganic material used in hydroponics
compost: decayed organic material used as fertilizer
1 Fill in this table:
Today / 2050world population
percentage of people living in cities
2 Fill each gap with ONE word
“So with rising ...... and a lack of nearby ...... the big question is how will we feed the ...... masses?”
3 What is a possible solution? ......
......
......
4 What 2 things do New Yorkers increasingly care about as regards their food?
a) Where ......
b) How far ......
5 What is the Brooklyn Grange Farm doing and when was it set up ? ......
......
......
6 What main characteristic should the roof of the building have when selecting a site? ......
......
7 According to co-founder Anastasia Plakias, are the following statements TRUE or FALSE. Write T or F in the space
They supply dozens of restaurants all over New York ……….
Shoppers appreciate the delicious taste ……….
They are cheaper than the supermarkets ……….
The quality of their vegetables is higher than those of supermarkets ……….
Their vegetables are fresher than supermarket vegetables ……….
They have no plans for expansion ……….
8 Where does the compost come from? ......
......
9 How does Gotham Greens differ from Brooklyn Grange Farm in their use of space and technology?
......
10 According to Jennifer Nelkin, what does hydroponics use and what doesn’t it use? ......
......
11 Gotham Greens co-founder Viraj Puri mentions 7 of the following. Put YES or NO in the box.
water / ê / proximity to customersê / environmental damage / long-distance food transport
land / fossil fuel consumption
air / ê / carbon footprint
ê / renewable energy resources / carbon emissions
nuclear energy / global warming
12 What is aquaponics? ......
......
13 Apart from providing food what do the plants do in this process? ......
......
14 According to Mark Doherty these are some of the questions that customers ask. Put them in the order you hear them. Write a number 1 - 5 in each box.
Has it been on a diesel fuel truck for the last 2 weeks to get here? / How far did my food travel?How was it grown? Was it grown sustainably? / How were the workers treated when they harvested this product?
What’s in my food, is there e coli and salmonella?
15 What is Dr. Dickson Despommier’s vision? ......
......
......
16 According to Dr. Despommier and the presenter, Adam Shaw, are the following statements TRUE or FALSE?
The gravity of the food crisis depends on geographic location ……….
The food crises in Sub-Saharan African and in China are recent ……….
The cost of oil and the cost of food are directly related ……….
The results so far from the experimental building in South Korea have not been encouraging ……….
Deforestation and climate change are pushing world agriculture to crisis point ……….
17. Write a correctly laid out summary of 200 - 250 words on the changes in urban farming techniques.
KEY
1 Fill in this table:
Today / 2050world population / 7 billion + / 9 billion +
percentage of people living in cities / 50% / 70%
2 Fill each gap with ONE word
“So with rising ..fuel...... prices.. and a lack of nearby ....farmland.. the big question is how will we feed the growing urban masses?”
3 What is a possible solution? ...... Bring the farm into the city itself......
4 What 2 things do New Yorkers increasingly care about as regards their food?
a) Where ...... it comes from......
b) How far ....it’s travelled......
5 What is the Brooklyn Grange Farm doing and when was it set up ? ...... growing vegetables in the heart of NY set up Spring 2010......
6 What main characteristic should the roof of the building have when selecting a site? .....strength.....
7 According to co-founder Anastasia Plakias, are the following statements TRUE or FALSE. Write T or F in the space
They supply dozens of restaurants all over New York F
Shoppers appreciate the delicious taste T
They are cheaper than the supermarkets F
The quality of their vegetables is higher than those of supermarkets T
Their vegetables are fresher than supermarket vegetables T
They have no plans for expansion F
8 Where does the compost come from? ...... from the farm itself and refuse from the neighbourhood – cafes, markets......
9 How does Gotham Greens differ from Brooklyn Grange Farm in their use of space and technology?
...... uses much less space and uses latest technology to increase yields and grow all year round......
10 According to Jennifer Nelkin what do hydroponics use and what don’t they use?...... don’t use soil but use rockwool/a type of rock/a type of fibrous rock material to germinate the seeds......
11 Gotham Greens co-founder Viraj Puri mentions 7 of the following. Put YES or NO in the box.
ê / water / YES / ê / proximity to customers / YESenvironmental damage / NO / long-distance food transport / YES
ê / land / YES / ê / fossil fuel consumption / YES
air / NO / carbon footprint / NO
ê / renewable energy resources / YES / ê / carbon emissions / YES
nuclear energy / NO / global warming / NO
12 What is aquaponics?
...... combination of aquaculture or fish farming with hydroponics/growing plants without soil – (they feed the fish, the fish feed the plants and the plants clean the water)......
13 Apart from providing food what do the plants do in this process? ...... they act as a natural filter and clean the water in the fish tanks......
14 According to Mark Doherty these are some of the questions that customers ask. Put them in the order you hear them. Write a number 1-5 in the box.
Has it been on a diesel fuel truck for the last 2 weeks to get here? / 3 / How far did my food travel? / 2How was it grown? Was it grown sustainably / 4 / How were the workers treated when they harvested this product? / 5
What’s in my food, is there e coli and salmonella? / 1 / ?
15 What is Dr. Dickson Despommier’s vision? ...... Build tall skyscrapers with entire floors consisting of farms using and combining the latest agricultural technologies such as hydroponics, aquaponics etc......
16 According to Dr. Despommier and the presenter, Adam Shaw, are the following statements TRUE or FALSE?
The gravity of the food crisis depends on geographic location T
The food crises in Sub-Saharan African and in China are recent F
The cost of oil and the cost of food are directly related T
The results so far from the experimental building in South Korea have not been encouraging F
Deforestation and climate change are pushing world agriculture to crisis point F
17. Write a correctly laid out summary of 200 - 250 words on the changes in urban farming techniques.