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