In spite _______, the baseball game was not cancelled.
A.of the rain
B.there was a rain
C.the rain
D.it was raining

_______ he had enough money, he could buy a new car.
A.in spite of
B.because of
C.
D.despite

_______, he walked to the station.
A.Despite being tired
B.Despite tired
C.In spite being tired
D.Although to be tired

The children slept well, despite _______.
A.it was noise
B.the noise
C.noisy
D.of the noise

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences._____ everything looked so in order, we didn't clean anything else.
A.because of
B.seeing
C.due to
D.since

_____ he knew he was in the wrong, he had to apologize.
A.nevertheless
B.due to
C.
D.seeing as

Go down on your hands and knees ____ cut the chances of falling and hurting yourself.
A.so as to
B.in order that
C.owning to
D.so as

This is a machine _____ polishing wooden floors. We use it in the school.
A.to
B.used to
C.for
D.used

I decided to do a Swedish course _____ I was going to live in Sweden for a year.
A.since
B.owning to
C.due to
D.because of

We couldn't sleep last night at all -------- the noise downstairs.
A.due
B.because
C.owning to
D.as