_______ her lack of hard work, she wasn’t promoted.
A.Even though
B.In spite of
C.Because
D.Because of

Our new neighbors are quite nice ______ they are sometimes talkative.
A.though
B.despite of
C.despite
D.in spite of

_____ of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the mountain.
A.although
B.despite
C.In spite
D.

Because _______, we arrived late.
A.the traffic
B.of there was heavy traffic
C.the heavy traffic
D.of the traffic

The price of oil has gone down ______ the increase in production.
A.since
B.due to
C.because
D.for

_____ a lot has been done, we need to continue working hard.
A.in spite of
B.despite
C.
D.therefore

You need to find a more user-friendly name ­­­­­_______ people can access it more quickly.
A.so that
B.because
C.for
D.in order to

­­­_____ the weather conditions, the fire could not be contained.
A.since
B.
C.owning to
D.

I'm going to say only a few words ­­______ take too much of your time.
A.so as not to
B.so as to
C.so not to
D.for not to

Julie passed the exam _______ of working very hard.
A.though
B.despite
C.in spite
D.because