As petrol prices continue to ________, many people are looking for ways to slow the inevitable.
accelerate
fly
crash
escalate
15
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
occurrence
danger
20
_________ are some suggestions which could give you some ideas.
Below
Later
Coming
After
25
These suggestions will save you a ________ amount of money on petrol.
negotiable
considerable
measurable
negligible
15
Ask yourself every time you ________ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, "ls this trip really necessary?"
plan
arrange
need
think
15
Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an _________ of 36 cents.
amount
average
increase
equivalent
20
Drive at a ________ speed on the motorway.
mild
substantial
considerate
conservative
25
Consider _______ an automobile which gets the best petrol mileage.
inquiring
purchasing
trading
preferring
15
Check the "fuel economy" labels ________ to the windows of new automobiles to find the lowest average estimated miles per gallon.
selected
held
stretched
attached
20
Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips _________ reduce petrol mileage.
intensively
extensively
drastically
exclusively
15
On a yearly _______, the United States is afflicted by numerous natural disasters.
foundation
basis
theory
institution
15
Historically, the weather has ________ as harsh a chord in people's lives as any we feel today.
punched
played
struck
pinched
20
These disasters provide a(n) _______ of the havoc nature's storms have wrecked on humanity, and our reactions to them.
recipe
scent
ingredient
flavour
25
Galveston, Texas with its over 30,000 citizens in the early 1900s were generally economically successful and comfortable with _______ conditions.
existing
remaining
enduring
staying
15
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.
predicted
anticipated
estimated
forecast
20
Chicago's ´storm‘ of 1871, although _______ to the hurricanes of the southeastern coast, was described by poet John Greenleaf Whittier as a 'fiery hurricane.'