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