224 Answer key
6 Electric cars: Greener, cleaner driving
6·1 Suggested answers: vehicle, miles, automobile, engine, gas/gasoline, acceleration, traic, highway, roads,
parking lots, shoulder belts, headrests, catalytic converters, air bag, economy cars, exhaust, driving range,
drivers, carmakers, trucks, internal combustion engine, taxis, delivery vehicles, buses, rental cars,
service station, hybrids, sedan, coupe, SUV, pickup
6·2 Consult a dictionary for denitions.- stable, stabilize
- legislative, legislate
- globe, globalize
- abandonment
- consideration, considerable
- consumption, consumable
- excess, excessive
- generation, generative
- maintenance/maintainability, maintainable
- registration
- termination/terminal, terminal
- contribution, contributory, contribute
- decline
- luctuation
- range
- vehicular
- —
- —
- —
- converse
6·3 1. consider 11. consume - annual 12. versions
- Conversely 13. vehicles
- terminate 14. generate
- declining 15. luctuate
- contributors 16. abandon
- maintain 17. legislation
- range 18. devices
- global 19. exceed
- stability 20. register
6·4 1. c (n.) 6. h (adj.) - g (v.) 7. d (n.)
- j (n.) 8. i (n.)
- f (n.) 9. e (n.)
- b (v.) 10. a (v.)
6·5 1. increasing, faster - major
- has not been
- he price of oil, government regulation
- were not, pressure from the automotive and oil industries
- are
- has proven
- making cars more energy-eicient and environmentally friendly
- unlikely