Choose the best answer:
1. Mr. Watson retired from his job early ___ his ill health.
A. because of B. as C. although D. because
2. In spite _______, the baseball game was not cancelled.
A. the rain B. of the rain C. it was raining D. there was a rain
3._______ they are brothers, they do not look alike.
A. Although B. Even C. Despite D. In spite of
4. Despite _______, we knew that he was guilty.
A. denied B. denying C. he denied D. his denial
5. 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
6. The schoolboys are in a hurry ______ they will not be late for school.
A. so as to B. to C. for D. in order that
7. ______ learn how to use a computer, he decides to take lessons.
A. To B. In order to C. So as D. A & B are correct
8. He walked silently ______ wake the other people up.
A. to not B. to avoid C. so as to not D. in order not to
9. I’ll give you my telephone number ______ phone me.
A. so that you can B. to C. want to D. A & B are correct
10. I will stand here and wait for you you come back.
A. because B. though C. so D. until
11. My sister won't go to the party tonight and .
A. so will I B. I will too
C. neither will I D. I will neither
12. When he came to the counter of pay, he found that he had cash his credit card with him.
A. either/or B. neither/nor C. both/and D. not/neither
13. The discussion was quite short; , we gained a lot of useful information from it.
A. however B. therefore C. so D. moreover
14. You can come here either on Monday Thursday.
A. or B. besides C. so D. but
15. Nam had a terrible headache. , he still went to work.
A. Nevertheless B. Or C. Therefore D. But
16. My car had broken down on the way. , I was late for my interview.
A. So B. Therefore C. However D. Furthermore
17. Could I have rice ______beef, please?
A. moreover B. yet C. and D. but
18. The lecture was very interesting. , it was also informative.
A. Beside B. However C. Besides D. Yet
19. My father was out of the city, he was unable to attend the meeting.
A. nevertheless B. so C. moreover D. therefore
20. Let's talk about our project ________we're walking.
A. or B. and C. while D. because
1.Mr phong was absent from the meeting because he was ill
-> Mr phong was absent from the meeting because of his illness
-> Mr phong didn't go to the meeting because he was ill
2.the heavy rain prevented us from walking to school on time
-> We didn't walk to school on time because of the heavy rain
-> The rain was so heavy that we can't walk to school on time
-> It rained heavily, so we can't walk to school on time
-> It was such heavy rain that we can't walk to school on time
3. Lan learns Geography very well
-> Lan is good at geography
-> Geography is learned very well by lan
1. Mr phong was absent from the meeting because he was ill.
=> Mr phong was absent from the meeting because of his illness.
=> Mr phong didn't go to the meeting because he was ill.2. The heavy rain prevented us from walking to school on time.
=> We didn't walk to school on time because of the heavy rain.
=> The rain was so heavy that we couldn't walk to school on time.
=> It rained heavily, so we couldn't walk to school on time.
=> It was such heavy rain that we couldn't walk to school on time.
3. Lan learns Geography very well.
=> Lan is very good at geography.
=> Geography is learned very well by Lan.