TÀI LIỆU ÔN TẬP THI TỐT NGHIỆP MÔN TIẾNG ANH
Năm học 2010- 2011
Part 10
I/. Choose the correct comletion:
1/. (Even though / Despite) her doctor warned her, Carol has continued to smoke
nearly three packs of cigarettes a day.
2/. (Even though / Despite) her doctor’s warnings, Carol has continued to smoke
nearly three packs of cigarettes a day.
3/. (Even though / Despite) the warnings her doctor gave her, Carol has continued
to smoke nearly three packs of cigarettes a day.
4/. (Even though / Despite) the fact that her doctor warned her of dangers to her
health, Carol continues to smoke.
5/. (Even though / Despite) she has been warned about the danger of smoking by
her doctor, Carol continues to smoke.
6/. (Although / In spite of) an approaching storm, the two climbers continued their
trek up the mountain.
7/. (Although / In spite of) a storm was approaching, the two climbers continued
their trek.
8/. (Even though / In spite of) the storm that was approaching the mountain area,
the two climbers continues their trek.
9/. (Although / Despite) his many hours of practice, George failed his driving test
for the third time.
10/. (Although / Despite) he had practised for many hours, George failed his
driving test for the third time.
11/. (Although / Despite) practising for many hours, George failed his driving test
again.
12/. (Although / Despite) his mother and his father’s efforts to teach him how to
drive, George failed his driving test.

II/. Complete the following sentences with although, despite, because, because
of

national chemistry exam.
A.However B.Although
C. In spite of the fact that D. Despite of the fact that
8/. Bruce was not praised_________ he was a hard worker.
A.despite B. in spite of C. although D. despite of
9/. It looks like they are going to succeed_________ their present difficulties.
A.despite B. although C. in spite D. even
though
10/. Mery usually goes to parties. She likes meeting people and crowded places
________she is rather shy.
A.In spite of B. Even though C. On the contrary D. In other
words
11/. Ann: Have you decided to get the job?
Terry: Yes, I’ve just decided. I’ll accept that job_________ it is not suitable
with my major. It is not an interesting job,________ the salary is very good.
A. although / but B. despite / and C. but / though D. yet /
however
12/. ________ he has continued to work on his thesis.
A. Although all these problems B. Even though there are
problems
C. Despite all these problems D. In spite of there are problems
17/. In spite of ____________, he was determined to finish his work.
A. was seriously ill. B. be seriously ill
C. his serious illness D. he was seriously ill
13. _______ some German and British management styles are similar, there are
many differences between them.
A. In spite B. In spite of C. although D. Despite
14. I could not eat _______ I was very hungry.
A. even though B. in spite C. despite D. despite of
15. In spite _______, the baseball game was not cancelled.

A. despite B. in spite C. even if D. though
29/. 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
30/. 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
31/. Despite _______, we arrived on time.
A. the traffic B. of the traffic
C there was heavy traffic D. of there was heavy traffic
32/. ___________it was very cold, she did not put on her coat.
A. In case B. But C. Even if D. Although

IV/. Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
1/. Mary tried to keep calm although she was very disappointed.
A. Mary was too disappointed to keep calm.
B. Despite her disappointment, Mary tried to keep calm.
C. Mary lost her temper because of her disappointment.
D. Feeling disappointed, Mary tried to keep calm, but she failed.
2/. Even though it was raining heavily, the explorers decided to continue their
journey.
A. It rained so heavily that the explorers could not continue their journey.
B. The explorers put off their journey due to the heavy rain.
C. The heavy rain could not prevent the explorers from continuing their journey.
D. If it had rained heavily, the explorers would not have continued their journey.
3/. Despite his ability to do the job, he was not offered the position.
A. It was his ability that helped him do the job and get the position.
B. Although he was able to do the job, but he was not offered the position.
C. He was not offered the position, regardless of his ability to do the job.
D. If he had enough ability to do the job, he would be offered the position.