1. _______ some German and British management styles are similar, there are many differences between them.

      a. In spite                          b. In spite of                            c. Despite the fact that            d. Despite

2.      I could not eat _______ I was very hungry.

      a. even though                   b. in spite                                 c. despite                                 d. in spite the fact that

3. In spite _______, the baseball game was not cancelled.

      a. the rain                          b. of the rain                            c. it was raining                       d. there was a rain

4._______ he had enough money, he refused to buy a new car.

      a. In spite                          b. In spite of                            c. Despite                                d. Although

5._______, he walked to the station.

      a. Despite being tired        b. Although to be tired           c. In spite being tired              d. Despite tired

6. The children slept well, despite _______.

      a. it was noise                    b. the noise                              c. of the noise                          d. noisy

7. She left him _______ she still loved him.

      a. even if                           b. even though                        c. in spite of                            d. despite

8._______ her lack of hard work, she was promoted.

      a. In spite                          b. Even though                        c. In spite of                            d. Despite of

9._______ they are brothers, they do not look like.

      a. Although                       b. Even                                    c. Despite                                d. In spite of

10. We are concerned with the problem of energy resources _______ we must also think of our environment.

      a. despite                           b. though                                 c. as though                             d. but

11.  _____ some Japanese women are successful in business, the majority of Japanese companies are run by men

      a. But                                b. Even if                                c. If                                         d. As though

12.  _________ who you are, I still love you.

      a. No matter                      b. However                             c. whomever                            d. If

13. __________ others may say, you are certainly right.

      A. However                      B. whomever                           C. If                                        D. Whatever

14. They decided to go ______ the danger.

      A. because                         B. in spite of                           C. although                             D. so

15. ______ they lost, their fans gave them a big cheer.

      A. However                      B. In spite of                           C. Although                            D. if

16. Everyone thought she would accept a new job________ it was difficult.

      A. despite                          B. even though                        C. Too                                     D. Moreover

17. ______ the bad weather, the plan landed safely.

      A. in spite                          B. in spite of                           C. despite the fact that           D. though

18. _______ it was raining hard, he went out without a raincoat.

      A. Despite                         B. In spite of                           C. However                             D. Although

19. ______ I meet her, she always wears a blue dress.

      A. Whatever                      B. However                                      C. Whoever                    D. Whenever

20. Our new neighbors are quite nice _______ they are sometimes talkative.

      a. despite                           b. in spite of the fact               c. though                                 d. as though

21._______ of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the mountain.

      a. In spite                          b. Despite                                c. But                                      d. Although

22. Despite _______, we knew that he was guilty.

      a. denied                           b. denying                               c. he denied                             d. his denial

23. 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

24. Julie failed the exam _______ of working very hard.

      a. despite                           b. in spite                                 c. even if                                 d. though

25. 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

26. _______ his exhaustion, he won the marathon by nearly three minutes.

      A. In spite                         B. Despite                               C. Although                            D. However

27. ______ the bad weather, the plan landed safely.

      A. in spite                           B. in spite of                           C. despite the fact that          D. though

28. _______ it was raining hard, he went out without a raincoat.

      A. Despite                         B. In spite of                           C. However                             D. Although

29. They were sacked _____ their carelessness.

      A. because                         B. because of                          C. although                            D. despite

30. Some workers are so poor that they don’t want to quit their job _______ they are ill- treated

      A. as though                      B. since                                   C. although                             D. if

31. 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

32. Despite _______, we arrived on time.

      a. the traffic                      b. of the traffic          c. there was heavy traffic         d. of there was heavy traffic

33. John rarely sees Paul _______ they live in the same town.

      a. notwithstanding            b. despite                                 c. in spite of                            d. although

34. It was very cold _______ she did not put on her coat.

      a. in case                            b. but                                       c. even if                                 d. even though

35. Gannon was a high-performing midfield linkman in spite _______.

      a. of he was at his age       b. he was at his old age           c. of his age                             d. his age

36. _______ the increase in their salaries, many French employees spend Saturday at work.

      a. Despite                          b. Even if                                c. Even though                        d. In spite

37. _____ he is the boss, he does not find solutions to problems very easily.

      a. Although                       b. In spite of                            c. Notwithstanding                 d. Despite

38. Even if _______, they had to continue practicing.

      a. the players' soreness                                                      b. the players were sore

      c. the fact that the players were sore                                d. it was the players' soreness

39. _______ what I said last night, I still love you.

      a. In spite                          b. Despite                                c. Even though                        d. Even if

40. ____________ jobs you do, you should do it devotedly.

      A. However                               B. Whoever                    C. Whenever                           D. Whatever

41. ______________ you are, I still love you.  

      A. Whatever                      B. However                             C. Whoever                             D. Whenever

42. _______ we have worked overtime for weeks, we have not completed the project.

a. In spite of                      b. Even though the fact that   c. Despite     d. Despite the fact that

43. In spite _______ his did not get the highest grade in the final exam.

a. of his intelligence          b. he was intelligent                c. his intelligence    d. of he was intelligent

44. _______ the plane took off late, we still reached our destination on time.

a. Though                          b. In spite                                c. Despite                                d. As though

45. He had a terrible cold ____ he insisted on going swimming. a. despite b. although        c. in spite of    d. but