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CLOZE TEST
Read the passage below and then fill in the blank spaces. Use only ONE word in each space.
We often hear people talk about organic food and see it on shop shelves but many of us do not know exactly what organic food is and why it is so expensive. Is it really better? And is eating organic _______healthier option? Organic food is food that has been produced naturally, using only natural substances ________as earth and water. No chemical fertilizers or poisons are used and the food is a hundred per cent ________.Modern farming involves a lot more than just hoping for rain-it is a science. Thanks to scientific developments during the past decades. Farmers _________now produce larger quantities of food. They can for example, feed animals hormones to make them healthier ______fatter. On chicken farms, fowls are kept in small enclosures and given special food to make them and _________eggs bigger. Crop farmers can use seeds that __________been specifically developed

Answer Text:
We often hear people talk about organic food and see it on shop shelves but many of us do not know exactly what organic food is and why it is so expensive. Is it really better? And is eating organic food healthier option? Organic food is food that has been produced naturally, using only natural substances such as earth and water. No chemical fertilizers or poisons are used and the food is a hundred per cent natural.Modern farming involves a lot more than just hoping for rain-it is a science. Thanks to scientific developments during the past decades. Farmers can now produce larger quantities of food. They can for example, feed animals hormones to make them healthier and/or fatter. On chicken farms, fowls are kept in small enclosures and given special food to make them and their eggs bigger. Crop farmers can use seeds that have been specifically developed to provide large harvests. To prevent their crops from being infected with pest and diseases, crop farmers spray insecticides and other chemicals on the fields. But for some time now researchers have been wondering what quantities of these substances land up in our food and how dangerous they are. They started at looking at farming methods and soon discovered that these were also harmful to the environment. Good soil contains minerals and very small creatures among the plants. This is just one of the miracles around us.