[单项选择]Despite an overlay of quasi-literary French vocabulary stemming from the Norman Invasion of 1066, the daily vocabulary of English remained Germanic, ______ its grammatical structure.
A. the same as
B. and so are
C. as did
D. and so were

[单项选择]Despite an overlay of quasi-literary French vocabulary stemming from thc Norman Invasion of 1066, the daily vocabulary of English remained Germanic, ______ its grammatical structure.
A. the same are
B. and so are
C. as did
D. and so were

[单项选择]Despite tremendous achievement, formidable obstacles to development will persist.（）
A. difficult
B. sustainable
C. external 
D. unpredictable

[填空题]Despite almost universal acknowledgement of the vital importance of women’s literacy___________________(但对于很多国家的许许多多妇女来说，接受教育还是一个梦想)

[单选题]下列选项中，不属于 Overlay VPN 模型的技术有：()
A.GRE
B.IPSec VPN
C.SSL VPN
D.L2TP VPN

[单项选择]Despite the delayed release of their digital video recorders, Vibrant Electronics' share ______ to grow.
A. continue
B. continues
C. continuing
D. to continue

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Text 4
Despite their many differences of temperament and of literary perspective, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman share certain beliefs. Common to all these writers is their humanistic perspective. Its basic premises are that humans are the spiritual center of the universe and that in them alone is the clue to nature, history, and ultimately the cosmos itself. Without completely denying the existence either of a deity (the God) or of irrational matter, this perspective nevertheless rejects them as exclusive principles of interpretation and prefers to explain humans and the world in terms of humanity itself. This preference is expressed most clearly in the Transcendentalist principle that the structure of the universe literally duplicates the structure of the individual self; therefore, all knowledge begins with self-knowledge.
This common perspective is almost always universalized. Its emphasis is not upon the individual as a particular E
A. the relationship of humans to the external nature.
B. the immense difficulties involved in self-realization.
C. the emphasis upon the individual as an universal one.
D. the human nature and its dependency on the world and universe.

[简答题]Despite the mountains of information warning us of the danger of smoking, teenager smoking is on the rise. In this section, you are asked to write an essay on the consequences of teenage smoking. You can provide specific reasons and examples to support your idea. You should write at least 150 words.

[填空题]Despite the great achievements made by China over the past decade, ______ (还有许多问题亟待解决).

[填空题]Wal-Mart is optimistic about 2006 despite

[单项选择]Despite their good service provided, most inns are less expensive than hotels of ______ standards.
A. equivalent
B. likely
C. alike
D. uniform

[单项选择]Despite all the evidence to the contrary the witness ______ that the story was true.
A. stuck out
B. stood out
C. kept down
D. held up

[单项选择]Despite the Clear-cut technological advantages, the railroad didn’t become the primary means of transportation for nearly 20 years after the first pioneering American railroads were introduced in the early 1830s. Besides the stiff competition of water transport, an important hindrance to railroad development was public antipathy, which had its roots in ignorance, conservatism, and vested interest. People thought that speeds of 20 to 30 miles per hour would be physically harmful to passengers. Many honestly believed that the railroad would prove to be impractical and uneconomical and would not provide service as dependable as that of the waterways.
Unsurprisingly, the most vigorous opposition to railroads came from groups whose economic interests suffered from the competition of the new industry. Millions of dollars had been spent on canals, rivers, highways, and plank roads, and thousands of people depended on these transportation enterprises for their livelihood. Tavern keepers f
A. people were repugnant to it
B. people were ignorant of it
C. people were afraid of it
D. people were doubtful of it

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A. Three people can both use the computer and speak French.B. Three people are experienced and can use the computer.C. Two people are experienced and can take shorthand.

[单项选择]Despite Denmark’s manifest virtues, Danes never talk about how proud they are to be Danes. This would sound weird in Danish. When Danes talk to foreigners about Denmark, they always begin by commenting on its tininess, its unimportance, the difficulty of its language, the general small-mindedness and self-indulgence of their countrymen and the high taxes. No Dane would look you in the eye and say, "Denmark is a great country. " You’re supposed to figure this out for yourself.
It is the land of the silk safety net, where almost half the national budget goes toward smoothing out life’s inequalities, and there is plenty of money for schools, day care, retraining programs, job seminars--Danes love seminars: Three days at a study center hearing about waste management is almost as good as a ski trip. It is a culture bombarded by English, in advertising, pop music, the Internet, and despite all the English that Danish absorbs--there is no Danish Academy to defend against it--old dialects
A. Danes are clearly informed of their social benefits
B. Danes take for granted what is given to them
C. the open system helps to tide the country over
D. orderliness has alleviated unemployment