CARS - III

Complete the passage with the words below:

(Rear-view) mirror / glove compartment / gear lever / handbrake / seat belt / steering / wheel / brake / horn / speedometer / petrol gauge / accelerator / clutch

She looked at the map one more time before putting it back in the a).......... It was ten past nine. She should make it just in time. She checked the b).......... Yes, she had plenty of petrol for the drive. She released the c).........., put the car in gear, and pressed down on the d).......... The car moved smoothly from the kerb.

Half an hour later, when she looked in the e).......... and saw the police car she suddenly realized that she was going far too fast. The f)........... Registered 95 miles an hour. But she had to get to his house in time or a terrible wrong would be done. She gripped the g).........., forcing herself to be calm; in a practiced routine her left foot depressed the h)........... while her left hand enveloped the i).......... as she changed from fourth to third in faultless synchronization. Maybe the police would leave her alone.

The car slowed, but not enough as, just ahead of her, a deer suddenly sprang up in the headlights. Her foot hit the j)........... At the same moment as she sounded the k)........... Then, suddenly, she was fighting desperately to control the car on the oily surface of the road -and the police were closing fast. It was at that moment that she realized she wasn't wearing her l)............