Short Questions
According to Text 1 Paragraph 1, What are TWO outcomes of replacing manual agricultural labor with robots? (Literal)
i.
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ii.
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(i) Increased efficiencies
(ii) Elimination of physically demanding tasks
GPS technology is used by farmers to directly treat diseased crops. (Literal) - Set by Group 2
False
According to Text 1, what is a 'farmbot' (line 4)? (Literal)
a robot that works on a farm
What is the primary goal of the UK government’s "agri-tech strategy"? (Literal) - Set by Group 4
A) Replace farm workers with robots
B) Fund £160 million for agricultural innovation
C) Ban traditional farming
D) Export farmbots to Africa
B) Fund £160 million for agricultural innovation
Which task is NOT performed by farmbots, according to Text 1? (Literal) - Set by Group 1
A) Pruning vines
B) Mapping crops
C) Hoe weeds
D) Changing the DNAs of crops
D) Changing the DNAs of crops
According to Text 1 Paragraph 6, How does South America use or plan to use drones on farms? Give TWO examples. (Literal)
i. ____________________________________
ii. ____________________________________
(i) Surveillance (of herds)
(ii) Crop monitoring
Emma Hockridge believes farm robots are widely available commercially. (Literal) - Set by Group 6
False.
According to Text 1 Paragraph 2, what are farmbots capable of doing? (Literal)
They are capable of undertaking finicky and complex tasks. (Text 1, line 4-5)
According to Text 1 Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 6, what aspects of farming have robots NOT been involved in? (Literal)
a) surveillance
b) crop maintenance
c) inventory sorting
d) crop monitoring
c) inventory sorting
Surveillance, crop monitoring, spraying pesticides, herding… (para. 6);
hoeing away ground seeds, pruning vines (crop maintenance), checking crops for their growth (crop monitoring)… (para. 3).
Which of the following is the best alternative title for Text 1? (Reorganization)
a) Our society's obsession to automate
b) Agriculture shock: robots will replace farmers
c) Who needs farm hands when you can have farmbots?
d) Advanced robotic farmers
c) Who needs farm hands when you can have farmbots?
The title reflects the idea that robots are being developed to perform traditional labor carried out by farm workers, highlighting the steps taken towards automation.
According to Text 1 Paragraph 6, How does farms in America use or plan to use unmanned air vehicles to facilitate their operation? Give TWO examples. (Literal)
i. ____________________________________
ii. ____________________________________
(i) Surveillance
(ii) Herding
According to Text 1 Paragraphs 6-8, Kendall believes in the possibility of using robots in farms. (Inference)
True.
Kendall’s quote in paragraph 8 mentions the development of robot farming.
Which of the following is NOT true about Owen Paterson? (Inference)
a) He is a civil servant.
b) He supports the use of farmbots.
c) He supports the use of technology in farming.
d) He develops farming technologies.
d) He develops farming technologies.
What is the purpose of paragraph 3? (Reorganization) - Set by Group 3
a) to demonstrate the long-term potential of farmbots
b) to illustrate the amount of farmbots currently under development.
c) to show that lettuce bots are superior to wine bots.
d) to give examples of different jobs that farmbots can perform.
b) to illustrate the amount of farmbots currently under development.
Which of the following is the best alternative title for Text 2? (Reorganization)
a) Robots: The Unstoppable Future of Farming
b) Dreams vs Reality: The Slow March of Agricultural Automation
c) How Robots Improve Crop Yields
d) Government Policies for Farm Innovation
b) Dreams vs Reality: The Slow March of Agricultural Automation
Text 2 questions the feasibility/timeline of robot adoption ("take years...decades", line 10).
Summarize the UK government’s two-part “agri-tech strategy” mentioned in Text 1. (Reorganization)
i.
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ii.
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(i) £70m to commercialize new technologies (e.g., robots)
(ii) £90m to establish innovation centers for export-focused farm tech.
According to Text 1 Paragraphs 6-8, drones are considered safe and practical for widespread use on UK farms. (Inference)
False.
UK farms are smaller, and drone use raises safety concerns. See lines 20-22.
Which of the following is most likely the job duty of the 'agri-tech business ambassador' (Text 1, line 16)? (Inference)
a) to develop new agricultural technologies
b) to introduce farmbots to farmers
c) to encourage farmers to use the latest agricultural technologies on their farms
d) to promote the agricultural technologies developed in the UK to other countries
d) to promote the agricultural technologies developed in the UK to other countries
What does Peter Kendall suggest is the long-term impact of implementing GPS and yield monitoring systems in agriculture? (Inference)
a) Quick cash bonuses for using new tools
b) Fewer workers needed
c) Better farming choices to make more money long-term
d) More government praise for tech farms
c) Better farming choices to make more money long-term.
a) monetary returns
b) a higher yield
c) greater satisfaction
d) a larger harvest
c) greater satisfaction
The term "greater satisfaction" is not a tangible reward or a kind of 'real rewards' as stated in the text.
In text 2, why will farmers be less keen on robot farming? (Inference) - Set by Group 5
Farmers will most likely lose their jobs and sources of income once robots take over.
According to Text 1 Paragraphs 6-8, drones are operated by remote control. (Inference)
Not given.
The idea of who is responsible for operating the drones is not mentioned in the text.
In Text 2, Professor Simon Blackmore thinks that using robots on farms is... (Inference)
a) unethical
b) impractical
c) feasible given time
d) impossible
c) feasible given time
Using information from Text 1, sort the following stages of the UK’s agri-tech development into a timeline, from earliest to latest. (Reorganization)
① Allocating £160m to fund research and development in agricultural technologies
② Using drones to conduct surveillance activities on a large scale
③ Collaborating with professionals from UK Trade and Investment
④ Rolling out GPS-based crop monitoring systems
④ → ① → ③ → ②
Pay close attention to the use of tenses.
According to Text 2, why do farm owners support robot adoption? (Inference)
a) To reduce the negative impact on the environment
b) To cut labor costs and scale operations
c) To improve crop diversity
d) To boost global exports of farm technology
b) To cut labor costs and scale operations