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

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
_____, I hope these wishes will reach you and you have a smile when you read them.
A.When are you
B.When you are
C.Where are you
D.Wherever you are

A.vegetables
B.apartment
C.company
D.exercise

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
The expedition had to be postponed because there was a typhoon.
A.so as to
B.with a view to
C.as long as
D.on account of the fact that