UNIT 3

Question 1

overriding

Answer 1

more important than anything else

Question 2

gritty

Answer 2

showing the unpleasant or difficult features of something as they really are

Question 3

gripping

Answer 3

Something that is gripping is so interesting or exciting that it holds your attention completely

Question 4

running

Answer 4

happening on a particular number of regular occasions

Question 5

barometer

Answer 5

something that can show how a particular situation is developing, or how people’s opinions on a particular matter are changing

Question 6

classified ad

Answer 6

a small advertisement that you put in a newspaper or a magazine, usually because you want to sell or buy something or to find or offer a job

Question 7

quarterly

Answer 7

done or produced four times a year

Question 8

press officer

Answer 8

a person whose job is to give a person or organization advice on what to say to newspapers, or on television, etc., and who gives information about a person or organization to newspapers, etc.

Question 9

listing

Answer 9

a list of information that is published regularly, or an item on this list

Question 10

spur someone on

Answer 10

to encourage someone

Question 11

invasive

Answer 11

(of medical treatment) involving cutting the skin or putting something into one of the spaces in the body