Share C1 Reading and Use of English Part 1 (Game 3)
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As petrol prices continue to ________, many people are looking for ways to slow the inevitable.
fly
accelerate
escalate
crash
Many people are looking for ways to reduce the _________ of higher prices while still doing the driving necessary to their work and other activities.
chance
occurrence
burden
danger
_________ are some suggestions which could give you some ideas.
Coming
Later
Below
After
These suggestions will save you a ________ amount of money on petrol.
negotiable
measurable
considerable
negligible
Ask yourself every time you ________ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, "ls this trip really necessary?"
arrange
think
plan
need
Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an _________ of 36 cents.
average
equivalent
increase
amount
Drive at a ________ speed on the motorway.
mild
conservative
substantial
considerate
Consider _______ an automobile which gets the best petrol mileage.
preferring
purchasing
inquiring
trading
Check the "fuel economy" labels ________ to the windows of new automobiles to find the lowest average estimated miles per gallon.
stretched
held
attached
selected
Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips _________ reduce petrol mileage.
extensively
drastically
exclusively
intensively
On a yearly _______, the United States is afflicted by numerous natural disasters.
basis
institution
foundation
theory
Historically, the weather has ________ as harsh a chord in people's lives as any we feel today.
played
pinched
punched
struck
These disasters provide a(n) _______ of the havoc nature's storms have wrecked on humanity, and our reactions to them.
recipe
scent
flavour
ingredient
Galveston, Texas with its over 30,000 citizens in the early 1900s were generally economically successful and comfortable with _______ conditions.
remaining
enduring
staying
existing
It is ________ that over 8,000 people and most of the animals died that day, victims of one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history.
anticipated
estimated
predicted
forecast
Chicago's ´storm‘ of 1871, although _______ to the hurricanes of the southeastern coast, was described by poet John Greenleaf Whittier as a 'fiery hurricane.'
discredited
disconnected
unrelated
unaccustomed
