1 Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
1 In spite / Despite of the convenience,
we rarely order things online.
2 Although / Despite the price was
reduced, I decided not to buy it.
3 Even though / In spite of it's only
October, Emma's already done her
Christmas shopping.
4 Despite / Even though complaining to
the manager, I still couldn't get a refund.
5 Despite the fact that/ In spite of it was
Sunday, most of the shops were open.
6 I bought the top in spite of/ although
the price.

1. The phone rang eight times before anybody answered it.
2. “Oh my gosh! Call the police! Someone stole my car.”
3. The architectural firm that I worked for designed this building. My brother’s construction company built it. It took them two years to complete it.
4. The children played baseball until dark and didn’t want to stop for dinner.
5. After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they went to separate corners of the backyard and dug holes to bury their bones.
6. A: Why isn’t Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to give the weekly report. B: I talked to him last night on the phone, and he said he’d be here.
7. After looking at all the chairs in the furniture store, I finally chose the red one. It was a difficult decision.
8. A: How are you getting along in your relationship with Ann? B: Not bad. Last night I asked her again to marry me, and she said “maybe.” 9. The players are depressed because they lost the game last weekend. Next time they’ll play better.
10. A: How can you take a three-month vocation? What about your job? B: I won’t be going back to that job again. I quitted yesterday.
11. I can’t afford a new car because I spent all my money on new furniture for my apartment.
12. A: Is Maggy still angry with you? B: No, she forgave me for what I did, and she’s speaking to me again

The climate in Great Britain is generally mild and temperate due to the influence of the Gulf Stream. The south-western winds carry the warmth and moisture into Britain. The climate in Britain is usually described as cool, temperate and humid.British people say: "Other countries have a climate, in England we have weather."The weather in Britain changes very quickly. One day may be fine and the next day may be wet. The morning may be warm and the evening may be cool. Therefore it is natural for the people to use the comparison "as changeable as the weather" of a person who often changes his mood or opinion about something. The weather is the favourite topic of conversation in Britain. When two Englishmen are introduced to each other, if they can't think of any thing else to talk about, they talk about weather. When two people meet in the street they will often say something about weather as they pass, just to show their friendliness.Every daily paper publishes a weather forecast. Both the radio and television give the weather forecast several times each day.The English also say that they have three variants of weather: when it rains in the morning, when it rains in the afternoon or when in rains all day long. Sometimes it rains so heavily that they say "It's raining cats and dogs".Rainfall is more or less even throughout the year. In the mountains there is heavier rainfall then in the plains of the south and east