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