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

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.

Consider _______ an automobile which gets the best petrol mileage.

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

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

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

Drive at a ________ speed on the motorway.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

_________ are some suggestions which could give you some ideas.

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