Reading Test 1 NOCN Grivas

Question 1

products you sell and buy

Answer 1

merchantise

Question 2

something that is there to stay

Answer 2

permanent

Question 3

that is in danger

Answer 3

imperilled

Question 4

something that puts you off doing an activity

Answer 4

deterrent

Question 5

that produces more with less cost/effort

Answer 5

efficient

Question 6

another word for ‘car’

Answer 6

vehicle

Question 7

someone that strongly believes in and supports something

Answer 7

an ardent supporter

Question 8

the cost of keeping a car in a good condition

Answer 8

maintainance costs

Question 9

to be busy doing something else

Answer 9

to be otherwise engaged

Question 10

for a project or research to be at its early stage, not complete

Answer 10

to be some way off

Question 11

to stop using something gradually

Answer 11

to phase out something

Question 12

to publically praise a new machine

Answer 12

to hail it a great invention

Question 13

the power that makes something move forward…

Answer 13

driving force

Question 14

another word for ‘possible’ buyers

Answer 14

potential customers

Question 15

another word for ‘crossroads’

Answer 15

intersections

Question 16

another word for ‘usual’

Answer 16

commonplace

Question 17

to miss something, not to think of it or notice it

Answer 17

to overlook it

Question 18

places that are part of a city

Answer 18

urban settings