71. Language, culture and personality may be considered _____ of each other in though, but they are inseparable in fact.+ Z3 r2 ?+ n9 w y
A. indistinctly
" ]5 H, |5 C6 D/ |8 B0 o+ G( ]8 s B. separately
" R5 N+ L- D/ d C. irrelevantly
6 r( S- @& \6 T* `" }" l7 t D. independently
. S+ M# w5 M& h) d7 r6 s9 W 72. Last night I _____ my mother on the phone.! v! r4 a+ h: X& ]" v7 C! p9 E% L
A. spoke5 [" `& }; B4 N4 H
B. talked
9 a' O( L! R! t- m3 f% W$ w1 K6 }" U C. said; j+ ?+ S! R5 F1 a6 x5 d
D. called
- u# q1 h g# h0 x" ^. G( a 73. Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply ______.6 {6 C: @& T' ]2 T" D$ u3 B
A. declined# h1 e2 V. z* y3 b0 O7 p$ N
B. lessened
6 j& _6 Y: `$ Z$ P4 i. v C. descended
w" p' D5 e1 o% U! x( b3 L9 W D. slipped
5 A5 o" G+ x# }6 d" ] 74. Life is a candle _____ to burn ever brighter.
3 x% D0 S4 e" Z) c$ p+ G' l8 b A. being meant* C1 `8 g: t! k2 u7 Y
B. meaning+ o7 u6 e! s: ]' R
C. to mean
1 `; }( ~4 ?5 i" C D. meant
: {7 T; S+ n5 ^ 75. Liquids are like solids _____ they have a definite volume.
' B6 D* k; G( L0 U# j A. with that
+ a1 Z( T" a: S* ]+ {! U8 T1 a B. for that& ~8 ]: G, J, \! c" U6 G a
C. in that
0 g7 s) `1 F# b D. at that |