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