As petrol prices continue to ________, many people are looking for ways to slow the inevitable.
escalate
fly
crash
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.
occurrence
chance
burden
danger
20
_________ are some suggestions which could give you some ideas.
Below
Later
After
Coming
25
These suggestions will save you a ________ amount of money on petrol.
negligible
considerable
measurable
negotiable
15
Ask yourself every time you ________ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, "ls this trip really necessary?"
plan
arrange
think
need
15
Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an _________ of 36 cents.
increase
equivalent
average
amount
20
Drive at a ________ speed on the motorway.
mild
substantial
considerate
conservative
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.
attached
selected
held
stretched
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.
basis
institution
theory
foundation
15
Historically, the weather has ________ as harsh a chord in people's lives as any we feel today.
pinched
struck
played
punched
20
These disasters provide a(n) _______ of the havoc nature's storms have wrecked on humanity, and our reactions to them.
ingredient
flavour
recipe
scent
25
Galveston, Texas with its over 30,000 citizens in the early 1900s were generally economically successful and comfortable with _______ conditions.
enduring
staying
remaining
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.
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.'
