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CLAUSES of CONTRAST

I/ Choose the correct comletion:

1/ (Even though / Despite) her doctor warned her, Carol has continued to smoke nearly three packs of cigarettes a day

2/ (Even though / Despite) her doctor’s warnings, Carol has continued to smoke nearly three packs of cigarettes a day

3/ (Even though / Despite) the warnings her doctor gave her, Carol has continued

to smoke nearly three packs of cigarettes a day

4/ (Even though / Despite) the fact that her doctor warned her of dangers to her health, Carol continues to smoke

5/ (Even though / Despite) she has been warned about the danger of smoking by her doctor, Carol continues to smoke

6/ (Although / In spite of) an approaching storm, the two climbers continued their trek up the mountain

7/ (Although / In spite of) a storm was approaching, the two climbers continued their trek

8/ (Even though / In spite of) the storm that was approaching the mountain area,

the two climbers continues their trek

9/ (Although / Despite)his many hours of practice, George failed his driving test for the third time

10/ (Although / Despite)he had practised for many hours, George failed his

driving test for the third time

11/ (Although / Despite) practising for many hours, George failed his driving test again

12/ (Although / Despite) his mother and his father’s efforts to teach him how to drive, George failed his driving test

II/ Complete the following sentences with although, despite, because, because

of

1/ _ it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday

2/ A _all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong

B _we had planned everything carefully, a lot of things went wrong 3/ A I went home early I was feeling unwell

B I went to work the next day I was still feeling unwell

4/ A She only accepted the job the salary, which was very high

B She accepted the job _the salary, which was rather low

5/ A I managed to get to sleep there was a lot of noise

B I couldn’t get to sleep _the noise

III/ Choose the best answer:

1/ _ having the best qualifications among all the applicants, Justin was not offered the job

A Although

B While

C In spite of

D Despite of

2/ the internet is very popular, many older people do not know how

to use it

A However

B Nevertheless

C Even though

D Despite

3/ _ he wasn’t feeling very well, David was determined to take part

in the inter-university athletics meet

A Although

B While

C Where as

D yet

4/ They were brave and persistent. _, they had no chance of winning

A However

B While

C Although

D Whereas

5/ Bob has been working very hard these days , he can’t afford to buy a new car

A While

B Even though

C.Though

D Nevertheless

6/ what she prepared for the job interview, Megan didn’t pass it

A Despite of

B In spite of

C Though

D However

7/ Josh is one of the best student of the school. _, he can’t pass the national chemistry exam

A.However

B.Although

C In spite of the fact that

D Despite of the fact that

8/ Bruce was not praised _ he was a hard worker

A.despite

B in spite of

C although

D despite of

9/ It looks like they are going to succeed _ their present difficulties

A.despite

B although

C in spite

D even though

10/ Mery usually goes to parties She likes meeting people and crowded places she is rather shy

A.In spite of

B Even though

C On the contrary

D In other words

11/ Ann: Have you decided to get the job?

Terry: Yes, I’ve just decided I’ll accept that job _ it is not suitable with my major It is not an interesting job, the salary is very good

A although / but

B despite / and

C but / though

D yet / however

12/ he has continued to work on his thesis

A Although all these problems

B Even though there are problems

C Despite all these problems

D In spite of there are problems

17/ In spite of , he was determined to finish his work

A was seriously ill

B be seriously ill

C his serious illness

D he was seriously ill

13 _ some German and British management styles are similar, there

are many differences between them

A In spite

B In spite of

C although

D Despite

14 I could not eat _ I was very hungry

A even though

B in spite

C despite

D despite of

15 In spite _, the baseball game was not cancelled

A the rain

B of the rain

C it was raining

D there was a rain

16 _ he had enough money, he refused to buy a new car

A In spite

B In spite of

C Despite

D Although

17 _, he walked to the station

A Despite being tired

B Although to be tired

C In spite being tired

D Despite tired

18 The children slept well, despite _

A it was noise

B the noise

C of the noise

D noisy

19 She left him _ she still loved him

A even if

B even though

C in spite of

D despite

20 _ her lack of hard work, she was promoted

A In spite

B Even though

C In spite of

D Despite of

21 _ they are brothers, they do not look like

A Although

B Even

C Despite

D In spite of

22/ Our new neighbors are quite nice _ they are sometimes talkative

A despite

B in spite of

C though

D as though

23/ _ of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the

mountain

A In spite

B Despite

C But

D Although

24/ _, he could not finish the job

A As hard as he work

B Despite he worked hard

C Though he worked hard

D Although hard work

25/ He went to work _ his headache

A despite

B although

C because

D because of

26/ Despite _, we knew that he was guilty

A denied

B of denying

C he denied

D his denial

27/ Despite the fact that _, we enjoyed our trip

A the weather is bad

B it is a bad weather

C the bad weather

D the weather was bad

28/ Julie failed the exam _ of working very hard

A despite

B in spite

C even if

D though

29/ Tom went to work despite _

A that he did not feel very well

B of the fact not feeling well

C he did not feel very well

D not feeling very well

30/ Though _, they are good friends

A their sometimes quarrel

B to have a quarrel sometimes

C they sometimes have a quarrel

D of having a quarrel sometimes

31/ Despite _, we arrived on time

A the traffic

B of the traffic

C there was heavy traffic

D of there was heavy traffic

32/ _it was very cold, she did not put on her coat

A In case

B But

C Even if

D Although

IV/ Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one 1/ Mary tried to keep calm although she was very disappointed

A Mary was too disappointed to keep calm

B Despite her disappointment, Mary tried to keep calm

C Mary lost her temper because of her disappointment

D Feeling disappointed, Mary tried to keep calm, but she failed

2/ Even though it was raining heavily, the explorers decided to continue their journey

A It rained so heavily that the explorers could not continue their journey

B The explorers put off their journey due to the heavy rain

C The heavy rain could not prevent the explorers from continuing their journey

D If it had rained heavily, the explorers would not have continued their journey

3/ Despite his ability to do the job, he was not offered the position

A It was his ability that helped him do the job and get the position

B Although he was able to do the job, but he was not offered the position

C He was not offered the position, regardless of his ability to do the job

D If he had enough ability todo the job, he would be offered the position

4/ He had worked very hard but he failed

A Hard as he worked, he failed

B Thanks to his hard work, he failed

C He did not succeeded because of his being hard working

D Even though being hard-working, he failed

V/ Error identification:

1/ I didn’t get the job offered despite I had all necessary qualifications

A B C D

2/ Despite of his age, he works very hard

A B C D

3/ Although he was badly ill, but he still kept his dental appointment

A B C D

4/ Althoughit has been raining heavily for hours, the whole village is flooded

A B C D