71. Language, culture and personality may be considered _____ of each other in though, but they are inseparable in fact.

A. indistinctly

B. separately

C. irrelevantly

D. independently

72. Last night I _____ my mother on the phone.

A. spoke

B. talked

C. said

D. called

73. Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply ______.

A. declined

B. lessened

C. descended

D. slipped

74. Life is a candle _____ to burn ever brighter.

A. being meant

B. meaning

C. to mean

D. meant

75. Liquids are like solids _____ they have a definite volume.

A. with that

B. for that

C. in that

D. at that

76. Many artists predict that this brilliant young actor _____ to be a shining star.

A. destines

B. will be destined

C. is destined

D. has been destined

77. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.

A. rate

B. pace

C. speed

D. growth

78. Many people like to watch ______ film.

A. a pleasing

B. an exciting

C. a delighted

D. an interested

79. Mary wishes that she _____ law instead of history when she was in college.

A. had studied

B. has studied

C. studies

D. studied

80. Men’s never-ceasing ______ for knowledge continues to broaden our understanding of the earth’s atmosphere.

A. request

B. quest

C. investigation

D. research