Checkpoint A2 Unit 6 reading - Svalbard Seed Vault

Choose the correct alternative.

1 Countries pay/don't pay to keep their seeds there.

• pay

• don't pay

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2 If there is an electrical problem at the Seed Vault, the temperature will/won't be a problem.

• will

• won't

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3 The most important thing about the location of the Seed Vault is that it is easy to protect from attacks / the altitude will keep the seeds dry.

• protect from attacks

• the altitude will keep the seeds dry

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4 In the case of a future catastrophe, the important thing is to have a lot/wide variety of seeds.

• a lot

• wide variety

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5 The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has/doesn't have millions of types of seeds.

• has

• doesn't have

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6 Norway built the Svalbard Global Seed Vault because of global warming/possible environmental disasters.

• global warming

• possible environmental disasters

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7 People believe droughts and floods might/will never make it difficult to find food in the future.

• might

• will never