Safe from careless driving

The number of road deaths and serious injuries among car users has fallen by twenty-three per cent in recent years thanks to the increased use of seatbelts. At the same time, the number of slight injuries has risen by fifty per cent, which indicates that the number of road accidents in general is in fact going up. The main reason for the fall in road deaths in Britain is that more people are choosing to travel by car rather than risk cycling or walking along busy roads. Because people in cars are more protected from the force of any impact, they are less likely to be seriously injured than people on foot. It seems, then, that as long as drivers continue to be careless, self-protection is the key to surviving today's traffic.

Look at the words in bold in the extracts and try to explain them.

Choose the correct item.

1). The_______ statement reported the survival of fifty people.

A high B official C legal D top

2). His yacht and mansion have been ________at £6 million.

A valued B cost C prized D counted

3). She nearly _________ on her sandwich as she was eating very fast.

A suffocated B drowned C fainted D choked

4). The secretary corrected all the_________ in the computer printout.

A errors B drawbacks C gaps D prints

5). Fortunately, he suffered no________ in the accident.