72.His unfortunate appearance was （offset） by an attractive personality. The underlined part means all the following EXCEPT（ ）.

53.She would have been more agreeable if she had changed a little bit,（ ）?

52.He is quite worn out from years of hard work. He is not the man（ ）he was twenty years ago.

51.They overcame all the difficulties and completed the project two months ahead of time,（ ）is something we had not expected.

50.It is futile to discuss the matter further, because（ ）going to agree upon anything today.

49.（ ）I like economics, I like sociology much better.

48.Time（ ）, the celebration will be held as scheduled.

47.The opening ceremony is a great occasion. It is essential（ ）for that.

46.Your ideas,（ ）, seem unusual to me.

45.–— Does Alan like hamburgers?—— Yes. So much（ ）that he eats them almost every day.

44.Who（ ）was coming to see me in my office this afternoon?