As petrol prices continue to ________, many people are looking for ways to slow the inevitable.
crash
escalate
fly
accelerate
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
occurrence
chance
danger
20
_________ are some suggestions which could give you some ideas.
After
Below
Coming
Later
25
These suggestions will save you a ________ amount of money on petrol.
negligible
negotiable
measurable
considerable
15
Ask yourself every time you ________ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, "ls this trip really necessary?"
arrange
plan
think
need
15
Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an _________ of 36 cents.
increase
average
equivalent
amount
20
Drive at a ________ speed on the motorway.
substantial
conservative
mild
considerate
25
Consider _______ an automobile which gets the best petrol mileage.
purchasing
trading
preferring
inquiring
15
Check the "fuel economy" labels ________ to the windows of new automobiles to find the lowest average estimated miles per gallon.
held
stretched
attached
selected
20
Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips _________ reduce petrol mileage.
exclusively
extensively
intensively
drastically
15
On a yearly _______, the United States is afflicted by numerous natural disasters.
basis
theory
foundation
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.
flavour
recipe
scent
ingredient
25
Galveston, Texas with its over 30,000 citizens in the early 1900s were generally economically successful and comfortable with _______ conditions.
enduring
existing
remaining
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.
estimated
predicted
anticipated
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.'
