Share C1 Reading and Use of English Part 1 (Game 3)
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As petrol prices continue to ________, many people are looking for ways to slow the inevitable.
accelerate
crash
fly
escalate
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
_________ are some suggestions which could give you some ideas.
Below
Coming
After
Later
These suggestions will save you a ________ amount of money on petrol.
negotiable
negligible
considerable
measurable
Ask yourself every time you ________ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, "ls this trip really necessary?"
plan
think
need
arrange
Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an _________ of 36 cents.
amount
increase
average
equivalent
Drive at a ________ speed on the motorway.
considerate
conservative
mild
substantial
Consider _______ an automobile which gets the best petrol mileage.
trading
inquiring
preferring
purchasing
Check the "fuel economy" labels ________ to the windows of new automobiles to find the lowest average estimated miles per gallon.
stretched
attached
selected
held
Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips _________ reduce petrol mileage.
exclusively
extensively
drastically
intensively
On a yearly _______, the United States is afflicted by numerous natural disasters.
foundation
theory
basis
institution
Historically, the weather has ________ as harsh a chord in people's lives as any we feel today.
pinched
punched
struck
played
These disasters provide a(n) _______ of the havoc nature's storms have wrecked on humanity, and our reactions to them.
ingredient
flavour
recipe
scent
Galveston, Texas with its over 30,000 citizens in the early 1900s were generally economically successful and comfortable with _______ conditions.
enduring
existing
remaining
staying
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
forecast
predicted
Chicago's ´storm‘ of 1871, although _______ to the hurricanes of the southeastern coast, was described by poet John Greenleaf Whittier as a 'fiery hurricane.'
unaccustomed
discredited
disconnected
unrelated
