Test 1 Passage 2: Driverless Cars

driverless

• used to refer to a vehicle that drives itself
• a situation that exists, especially as it affects a particular person or group
• an arrangement in which a group of people travel together in one car to work or school
• a driverless vehicle is controlled by equipment in the vehicle, rather than by a human driver

automotive

• motorized, locomotive, relating to cars
• show, reveal, display #conceal
• in a way that involves a lot of activity, effort, or careful attention in a short period of time
• react, act in, response #ignore

sector

• area, part, division
• if someone or something is efficient, they work well without wasting time, money, or energy
• development, growth, improvement #regression
• when products are made in large numbers by machines so that they can be sold cheaply

adapt to

• acclimatize, adjust, modify
• release, set free, liberate
• a driverless vehicle is controlled by equipment in the vehicle, rather than by a human driver
• to spend time with other people in a friendly way

automation

• area, part, division
• made or done with another person, organization etc
• social, shared, public, community
• the use of computers and machines instead of people to do a job

manufacture

• controlling, supervisory, monitoring
• production, making, construction
• crash, accident
• happen more quickly

implementation

• obligation, responsibility, accountability
• fit match, go well with, be appropriate
• application, execution, enactment
• the rate at which a particular kind of goods is sold

onwards

• forwards, ahead, straight on #backwards
• suppleness, elasticity
• the use of computers and machines instead of people to do a job
• stimulate, encourage , motivate #prevent

significant

• social, shared, public, community
• aimed, pointed
• considerable, large, major #paltry
• automatic, robotic, computerized, programmed #manual

cost saving

• goal, purpose, objective, target, intention
• money that a company has saved by deliberately spending less
• dependability, consistency
• improve, develop, enhance