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