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