Parking restrictions will be strictly_______ throughout the whole country. A) persecuted B) followed C) enforced D) applied for 2. Tim waited a moment to_______ himself that he was not being followed. A) assure B) ensure C) insure D) sure 3. I had lain in the grass and impotently watched the enemy_____ before me. A) pulling off B) pulling away C) pulling out D) pulling down 4. The police have____ down their list of suspects after several days' investigation. A) reduced B) put C) drawn D) narrowed 5. Susan____ between Rotterdam and London for her new job. A) commutes B) changes C) moves D) shuttles 6. The area does not_______entirely of rich people, despite popular belief. A) compose B) consist C) contain D) comprise 7. Statistics show that only 27% of the paper we_____ is recycled. A)resume B) presume C) consume D) assume 8. Each of us might________ the concept of freedom in a slightly different way. A)devise B) define C) design D) derive 9. She was so_____ in her job that she didn't hear anybody knocking at the door. A) attracted B) absorbed C) drawn D) concentrated 10. A wave of dizziness_____ me, which let me fall over to the ground. A) came in B) came off C) came over D) came out 11. There are several people, who are new comers, ___ to me in my company. A) lower B) junior C) superior D) higher 12. College officials were_____ about the investigation for a whole month. A) kept in the bay B) kept in the dark C) kept in suspense D) kept quiet 13. The amount of money that the government spends on ______has halved in the past decade. A) farewell B) advantage C) welfare D)wages 14. The ring was______ to her from her great great grandmother. A) handed down B) handed out C) handed around D ) handed over 15. He felt that his experiences had____ him from society. A) alienated B) excluded C) refused D)rejected 16. They always give the vacant seats to____ comes first. A) whoever B) whomever C) who D)whom 17.You _____her in her office last Friday ; she's been out of town for two weeks. A) needn't have seen C) might have seen B) must have seen D) can't have seen 18. All faculty members____ present before four o'clock yesterday afternoon. A)are B) have been C) were D) had been 19.___ I admire David as a poet, I do not like him as a man. A) Much as B) Only if C) If only D) As much 20._____ Mansfield was sitting almost in the dark, reading some poems by a young and unknown writer. A) Only then did they notice that B) Only then they noticed that C) Only did they notice that D) Only when they noticed that 21.It is politely requested by the hotel management that radios________ after 11 o'clock at night. A) were not played B) not to play C) not be played D) did not play 22.Such crimes may be so complex that months or years go by before anyone ________ . them. A) discovered B) will discover C) would have discovered D) discovers 23.When I go out in the evening, I use the bike_______ the car if I can. A) rather than B) regardless of C) in spite of D) other than 24.We booked rooms at the hotel_______ we should find no vacancies on our arrival. A) whenever B) if C) since D) lest 25. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates , _____ was to be expected. A) that B) what C) so D) as 26. If I had remembered_______ the window, the thief would not have got in. A) to close B) closing C)to have closed D)having closed 27.Small as it is, the ant is as much a creature as ______all other animals on earth. A) are B) do C) is D) have 28.Jean doesn't want to work right away because she thinks that if she ___ a job , she probably wouldn't be able to see her friends very often. A) has to get B) were to get C) had got D) could have got 29.________ in the United States, St. Louis has now become the 24th largest city. A) Being the fourth biggest city B) It was once the fourth biggest city C) Once the fourth biggest city D) The fourth biggest city it was 30. The ability to store knowledge makes computers different from any other machine ________invented. A) ever B) thus C) yet D) as