Not a single book is allowed _______ out of the reading room according to the new rule.
| A．to take | B．taking |
| C．to be taken | D．being taken |
The police asked him to _________what he had seen.
| A．set about | B．set down | C．set up | D．set out |
The number of people in the party _____fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.
| A．were; was | B．was; was |
| C．was; were | D．were; were |
He asked us ________ we saw the lost cat or not.
| A．that | B．what | C．which | D．whether |
After the exam, my teacher told me that failure ____ the mother of success.
| A．was | B．is | C．be | D．been |
The shop assistant finds it hard to satisfy the girl, for she is too ________ about clothes.
| A．particular | B．special | C．especial | D．curious |