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