1. The appeal of eBay
Reading Unit 10

2. The history of the Internet is 1) l_____ed w_____ tales or businesses that were set to take over the world…
1) containing a lot of
1) littered with
A 2) st______ing success story that just keeps on growing.
2) shocking, surprising
2) staggering

3. Major corporations use eBay to 3) sh____ unwanted stock.
3) to get rid of
3) shed
It was launched in 1995 and was the 4) br_____d of Pierre Omidyar.
4) a clever and original idea, plan or invention.
4) brainchild. Also brainwave, though with a slightly different connotation: a SUDDEN clever idea.

4. Seeking to answer that question turned Omidyar into one of today’s most successful 5) ent________urs.
5) someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity
5) entrepreneurs
As one 6) in_____te observer of social trends put it (…)
6) someone who does something very often and cannot stop doing it
6) inveterate

5. She was an 7) a____d collector of sweet dispensers.
7) extremely eager or interested
7) avid
I was quickly 8) h_____ed.
8) to become addicted to something
8) hooked

6. After a while I began 9) s____ing through a category of interest to me – cycling 10) m______lia.
9) to move text or other information on a computer screen in order to view a different part of it
10) objects that are collected because they are connected with a person or event which is thought to be very interesting
9) scrolling
10) memorabilia

7. There was a day and a half to go until the conclusion of the sale and I started 11) b____ing
11) to offer a particular amount of money for something which is for sale and compete against other people to buy it, especially at a public sale of goods or property
11) bidding
When I got the news that I had won the auction, I was 12) e____ed
12) extremely happy and excited, often because something has happened or been achieved
12) elated

8. You probably wouldn’t find any of those people standing next to you at a ) car-____ s_____ on a Sunday morning…
13) an event in a public place where people sell their unwanted possessions, often from the backs of their cars
13) car-boot sale