Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
____, he passed with the highest marks.
A.Even although the difficult course
B.Despite the course was difficult
C.In spite of the course was difficult
D.Although the course was difficult

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
_____, Rafael smokes 2 packs a day.
A.Despite of cigarettes are dangerous
B.Though the fact that cigarettes are dangerous
C.Despite the fact that cigarettes are dangerous
D.In spite that cigarettes are dangerous

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Although she has saved for a long time,____.
A.and she can afford that house
B.so she can afford that house
C.she is not able to afford that house
D.but she is not able to afford that house

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
_____ China has made great efforts to ensure the survival of the panda, it is still in danger of extinction.
A.In spite
B.In spite of
C.As though
D.Even if

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Some people are not convinced that there is a serious risk to their health from smoking ____ tobacco firms put a health warning on every packet of cigarettes.
A.even though
B.but
C.despite that
D.in spite of

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
___ my mother was cooking in the kitchen, my father was working in the garden.
A.While
B.As soon as
C.No sooner
D.After

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
My grandfather passed away_____.
A.as soon as I would be born
B.since I had been born
C.while I was born
D.before I was born

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
____, she often wears in red.
A.After I have met her
B.Whenever I meet her
C.By the time I meet her
D.Until I will meet her

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
____, Maria put the dishes away.
A.Since I have washed up
B.Until I was washing up
C.After I had washed up
D.While I had washed up

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Put the sign _____the students can read it.
A.as
B.where
C.while
D.when