Question

IV. Reading Comprehension:

A. Read the passage, decide whether the statements mentioned below are T or F:

Britain is now a highly industrialized country and there are only 238,000 farms in the UK. More and more farmers leave the land because they cannot earn enough money to survive. Only large farms are economic and because of the most British farms are big. The small family farms often have to earn more money by offering bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists.

Farming methods in Britain have also changed. Fields used to be quite small, divided by hedges which were sometimes a thousand years old and full of wild flowers and birds. Many hedges were pulled up to allow farmers to use modern machinery. Now most fields in England are large by European standards.

Decide whether the following statements are True or False.	True	False
1.  There are more 200,000 farms in England.
2.  All farms are economic.
3.  Fields are quite small.
4.  Farming methods in Britain have also changed.
5.  A lot of hedges were pulled up to allow farmers to use modern machinery.

Answer 1

1 True

2 F

3 F

4 T

5 T

Answer 2

1 F
2 F
3 F
4 T
5 T