1. tom wakes his parents up ............ playing the guitar very softly

A. because / B. in spite of / C. because of / D . althought

2. many people believe him ............. he often tells a lie

A . because / B . in spite of / C. althought / D . because of

3 ................... she was very hard working ; she hardly earned enough to feed her

A . because / B . in spite of / C. althought / D . because of

4. ........... her poorness , she feels happy .

A .because / B . in spite of / C. althought / D. if

5. I want to the club last saturday ............ the heavy rain

A. because of / B. because / C . in spite of / D . thought

6.

1. by the time next week , my wife [ fast ] ........... for exactly 24 days

2. by the time tomorrow , he [ work ] ............ at his job for one week

3. I don't know what I [ do ] ........... when you come tomorrow , so give me a call if you cannot find me

4. dennis and I [ be ] ............. walking around a little later tonight

5. [ you / drive ] ........... to canada tomorrow around 5 o'clock

6. by the time they decide I [ be ] ........ taking care of their kids for centuries

7. this summer , Nadine [ reside ] ......... in detroit for 25 years

8. by the time you come back , jenna [ sing ] .......... for commercials for the whole summer

9. my mother [ probaly / be ] ............ cooking when we get home

1. before my trip to paris two years ago , I [ never be ] .......... to france

2. when we finally stopped him , the squirell [ already eat ] ......... five cookies

3. ben [ try ] ........... to open his own restaurant for the last few yeas . he [ just finish ] ............. the painting , but he [ not do ] ...... the decorating yet

4. you look tired . how long [ run ] ............ ?

1. the plane [ land ] ........ by the time we arrive at the airport in this slow traffice

2. don't worry . you and I [ cover ] .......... most of the distance buy noon

3. hopefully we [ finish ] ......... the construction work before the end of this month

4. erine and brooke and planning to set off in the afternoon .I hope the weather conditions [ improve ] ........ by them

5. my parents are going to london , so I [ stay ] .......... with my grandma for the next 2 weeeks

6. I [play ] .......... tennis all day long tomorrow

7. the band [ play ] ......... when the president enters

1. right now , I am watching tv . tomorrow at this time , I [ watch ] .......... tv as well

2. when you [get ] ......... off the plane ,I [ wait ] ......... for you

3. I am sick of rain and bad weather . when we [ wake ] ......... up tomorrow morning , the sun [ shine ] .......

4. when I [get ] ........ to the party , sally and dung [ dance ]........ john [make ] ........ drinks , and sue and frank [ dissuss] ......... something controversial

1. I love london . I [ probaly/ go ] ......... there next year

2. what [ wear/ you ] .......... at the party tonight

3. I completely forget about this . give me a moment , I [ do ] ........ it now

4. tonight ,I [ stay ] ........ home . I've rented a video

5. I feel dreadful .I [be] ....... sick

6. if you have any problem ,I [ help] ....... you

7. the weather forecast says it [ not/ snow ] ......... tomorrow

8. I promise that I [not/ come] .......... late

1. I never get up from the table before others [ finish ] ......

2 . it is already 9 : 30 pm and I [ wait ] ........ here for over an hour . if john does not get here in the next five minutes , I am going to leave

3. did you hear that ben was fired last month ? he [ work ] ........ for that import company for more than ten years and he [work] ......... in almost department

4. I [ see] ........ many pictures of the pyramids before I went to egypt last summer . pictures of the monuments are very misleading . the pyramids are actually quite small

5. sarah [ climb ] ...... mount everest [ sail ] ......... around the world and [ go ] ...... on safari in kenya . she is such an adventurous person

6. susan [ climb] ....... mount everest, [sail] ....... around the world and [go ] ..... on safari in kenya by the time she was twenty - five . she ........[ experience] more by that age than most people do in their entire lives

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1. I [ not hear ] ....... the thunder during the storm last night because I ..... [ sleep]

2. it [be] ...... beautiful yesterday when we [go] ...... for a walk in the park . the sun [ shine ] ...... the birds ...... [sing]

3. my brother and sister [ talk] .......... about something when I [ walk] .......... into the room

4. tom [go] .......... to his firend's house , but the boys [not be] ...... there.

they [ play] ....... soccer in the vacant lot down the street

5. the little boy [ fall ] ...... asleep while his mother [ read ] ........ him a story

6. I really [ enjoy ] ......... my holiday last january . while it [ snow ] ........ in Iowa , the sun [ shine ] ....... in frolida

7. while ted [ shovel ] .......... snow from his driveway yesterday , his wife [ bring ] ......... him a cup of hot chocolate

8. john [ have ] ........ a car accident last week . he [ drive ] ........ down the street when sunddenly a lorry [ hit ] ........ his car from behind

9. they [ wait ] ........ for me when I [ arrive ] ........ at the station