English » Cloze Test
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
New cycle routes have been built in and around the centre of Birmingham and speed limits have been (1) ______ on selected roads. The scheme has now been in (2) ______ for a year and has been hailed as a (3) ______ success. Since the new speed limits were (4) ______, the number of accidents in the area have fallen (5) ______.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.4.
dictated
exacted
compelled
enforced
option D enforced is the correct answer here,
as we enforce some kind of law or protocol( which is the same that has been described in passage about new speed limits)
other options:
dictated- state or order authoritatively
exacted- demand and obtain from someone
compelled- force or oblige to do something.