1 . 选择填空：in spite of, despite, though, although, as
1. ________ it may appear simple, it requires a lot of ideas and efforts.
2. Old and worn ________ they are, his clothes looked clean and of good quality.
3. She is still very active, ________ her advancing years.

2 . 选词填空

eventually     be set in     despite     pull up     suffer from     give up     get along     on the other hand look around     all the way

1. We’ve just moved ______ across country to begin a new life.
2. She ______ her job to join her husband’s project.
3. The story ______ a small village in Hubei.
4. I studied hard and ______ I got a place at university.
5. ______ a number of failures, they continued the experiment without flagging.
6. ______ the lung cancer for many years, he has decided to give up smoking.
7. He is so mean that it’s impossible to ______ with him.
8. On the one hand, they wanted very much to visit their teacher; ______, they didn’t want to disturb his rest.
9. We had not gone many miles when we ______ by the police.
10. He stood there, ______ for a nice place to eat.