C1 Reading and Use of English Part 1 (Game 3)

According to ______, however, responsibility was placed on one slovenly cow who kicked over a lantern in her barn somewhere in the southwest corner of Chicago.

As petrol prices continue to ________, many people are looking for ways to slow the inevitable.

Historically, the weather has ________ as harsh a chord in people's lives as any we feel today.

These suggestions will save you a ________ amount of money on petrol.

Check the "fuel economy" labels ________ to the windows of new automobiles to find the lowest average estimated miles per gallon.

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.

Chicago´s 'fiery hurricane' struck the great city with such ________ that two days later, half of the city had been destroyed and 300 lives lost.

Soon new buildings were ________ the burned, and the lifeblood of the ravaged city was beating.

These disasters provide a(n) _______ of the havoc nature's storms have wrecked on humanity, and our reactions to them.

Many people are looking for ways to reduce the _________ of higher prices while still doing the driving necessary to their work and other activities.

On a yearly _______, the United States is afflicted by numerous natural disasters.

Galveston, Texas with its over 30,000 citizens in the early 1900s were generally economically successful and comfortable with _______ conditions.

Signs that the city was beginning to heal became ________ everywhere.

Drive at a ________ speed on the motorway.

Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an _________ of 36 cents.

_________ are some suggestions which could give you some ideas.

Chicago's ´storm‘ of 1871, although _______ to the hurricanes of the southeastern coast, was described by poet John Greenleaf Whittier as a 'fiery hurricane.'

Ask yourself every time you ________ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, "ls this trip really necessary?"

Consider _______ an automobile which gets the best petrol mileage.

Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips _________ reduce petrol mileage.