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PROVES D’ACCÉS A FACULTATS, ESCOLES TÈCNIQUES SUPERIORS I COL·LEGIS UNIVERSITARIS

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Part A. Reading Comprehension.

Read the following text: The Guardian, 18/04/20

MEAT AND VEG VENDING MACHINES

DO ROARING TRADE IN CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Vending machines for the Sunday roast, fish to your door and salads grown in car parks – British
food producers are finding new ways to sell their food during lockdown, changes that may lead to benefits a- F
long after lockdown ends. Many UK farmers have been hard hit by the Coronavirus crisis, despite the b- F
strong demand for fresh food. Before the lockdown, half of all food and drink was eaten outside people’s
homes, and changing from supplying big companies to selling to individuals has been difficult.

But some farmers and food entrepreneurs are finding different ways to be successful, and the
environmental benefits – and the profits – may encourage more people to copy them. In 2018, Neil
Stephen, from Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, bought self-service vending machines to dispense everything
from farmhouse cheese and shortbread to joints of meat, whole chickens and fresh fruit and vegetables.

Now Stephen’s investment is paying off, as people are attracted to a hygienic system where the food
is neatly packaged in portions and kept in a refrigerated machine, behind glass doors. They put in the
number, pay by card and the windows open for them to collect the food. Sales at his Thorneybank Farm
Shop have increased by five times, Stephen reports. “We were rushed off our feet. It’s worked really c- T
well.” The shop sells produce from neighbouring farmers, too – asparagus and strawberries come from
six miles away and eggs and dairy from three miles down the road. They can make better profit margins
than they would selling to a big supermarket, without the hassle of door-to-door deliveries. The shop has a
strong social-media presence, and shoppers come from nearby towns.

Sebastien Sainsbury has a London-based company called Crate to Plate, which grows lettuce and d- F
other leafy greens in air-conditioned shipping containers, under heat lamps. The containers seem more
like labs than farms – workers are kitted out in protective gear, to prevent pests getting in. As a result, the
lettuce, kale, pak choi and herbs are free from pesticides, insecticides and herbicides, and 96% less water
is used than in fields. Once all of the units are fully up and running, there could be 12 harvests a year,
producing 15 to 18 tonnes of green vegetables.

Sainsbury believes this is the future of fresh produce for Londoners. “Younger people are more
focused on where their food comes from, how fresh it is, what’s in it. This coronavirus crisis is an e- T
opportunity for us all to become aware of what we are eating.”
 COMISSIÓ ORGANITZADORA DE LES PROVES D’ACCÉS A LA UNIVERSITAT
COMISIÓN ORGANIZADORA DE LAS PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD

PROVES D’ACCÉS A FACULTATS, ESCOLES TÈCNIQUES SUPERIORS I COL·LEGIS UNIVERSITARIS

PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A FACULTADES, ESCUELAS TÉCNICAS SUPERIORES Y COLEGIOS UNIVERSITARIOS

I. Answer the following questions using your own words but taking into account the information
in the text
a) Why have farmers been hard hit by the COVID crisis?
b) Why has Stephen’s investment become a success?

II. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? Identify the part of the text that supports
your answer by copying the exact words on the answer sheet

a) Vending machines will be profitable only during the confining period F

b) Farmers had problems during COVID crisis because people stopped buying fresh food. F

c) Stephen says that at his Farm Shop they were very busy and successful. T

d) In Crate to Plate, vegetables are grown in a laboratory. F

e) This crisis will let us learn more about the food we consume. T
III. Find a synonym for each of the words below from these options:
lockdown entrepreneurs paying off produce hassle
kitted out gear up and running focused on

a) inconvenience hassle d) equipped kitted out g) bringing benefits paying off

b) agricultural products produce e) equipment gear h) starting to work correctly up and running
c) concentrated/interested in focused on f) business persons entrepreneurs
i) requirement to remain confined lockdown

IV. Choose a, b, or c, in each question below. Only one choice is correct.

1. Vending machines do roaring trade because they...
a. make a strong noise
b. sell a lot of products
c. are a fake
2. Vending machines …
a. are a healthful system.
b. are a dangerous system.
c. are expensive
3. Shipping containers…,
a. are a sustainable method
b. pollute the environment.
c. are good for pests.

Part B. Composition (150-200 words approximately).

1)OPINION: do you think this COVID crisis has brought changes in hygiene, eating, shopping
and food preparation habits? Do you think the pandemic will change the way we live?
2) FOR&AGAINST: What are the main advantages and disadvantages of selling food from
vending machines?
(USE: CONDITIONALS, RELATIVES, PASSIVE, INFINITIVE PASSIVE, GERUNDS & INFINITIVES, VOCABULARY -
PARAGRAPHS, LINKING WORDS/CONNECTORS OPINION WORDS,...)