TASK 5: ADVERB CLAUSES

1.      _____B______ they are tropical birds, parrots can live in temperate or even cold climates.

A. Despite

B. Even though

C. Nevertheless

D. But

2.     Natural silk is still highly prized ___B____ similar artificial fabrics.

A. although is available

B. despite there are available

C. in spite of the availability of

D. even though an availability of

3.     The president of the United States appoints the cabinet members, ___D___ appointments are subject to Senate approval.

A. their

B. with their

C. because their

D. but their

4.     The prisoners were prevented from speaking to reporters because ___D___.

A. not wanting the story in the papers

B. the story in the papers the superintenddn did not want

C. the public to hear the story

D. the superintendent did not want the story in the papers

5.     _____A_____ towards shore, its shape is changed by its collision with the shallow sea bottom.

A. During a wave rolls

B. As a wave rolls

C. A wave rolls

D. A wave's rolling

6.     ______A______ are increasingly linked over long distances by electronic communications, but many of them still prefer face-to-face encounters.

A. Although people

B. Despite people

C. Today people

D. The fact that people

7.     Cattle ranches are found almost ___B___ in Utah.

A. wherever

B. everywhere

C. overall

D. somewhere

8.     If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth's atmosphere, __B___ generally blocked by the ozone concentrated in the atmosphere.

A. it

B. it is

C. so it is

D. then it

9.     ____B____ show the relations among neurons, they do not preclude the possibility that other aspects are important.

A. Neural theories

B. A neural theory

C. Although neural theories

D. However neural theories

10.  ____A_____ together in one place, they form a community.

A. When people live

B. When people living

C. Whenever people who live

D. Whenever living people 

11.   ____B_____ managed by an independent governor and board of directors, the Bank of Canada is owned by the Canadian government.

A. And yet

B. In spite of it

C. Although

D. It is

12.  ____D___ pieces of rope are of different thickness, the weaver's knot can be used to join them.

A. Two of

B. What two

C. Two such

D. If two

13.  ____A_____ the seeds of the Kentucky coffee plant are poisonous.

A. Until they have been cooked

B. Cooking them

C. They have been cooked

D. Cooked until

14.  _____A_____ through a prism, a beam of white light breaks into all the colors of the rainbow.

A. When shines

B. It shines

C. It is shone

D. When shone

15.  ____D____ most people think of freezing as a relatively modern method of food preservation, it is actually one of the oldest.

A. Even

B. As though

C. However

D. Even though

16.  ____C____  large bodies of water never freeze solid is that the sheet of ice on the surface protects the water below it from the cold air.

A. Because

B. Why do

C. The reason that

D. For the reason

17.  ____A_____ granted by the Patent Office, it becomes the inventor's property and he or she can keep it, sell it, or license it to someone else.

A. Once a patent is

B. When a patent

C. A patent, once

D. A patent, whenever it

18.  Owls can hunt in total darkness ___B___ their remarkably keen sense of smell.

A. since

B. because of

C. the result

D. that

19.  ____C_____ most bamboo blooms every year, there are some species that flower only two or three times a century.

A. Whenever

B. That

C. While

D. However

20. ____B____ advertising is so widespread in the United States, it has had an enormous effect on American life.

A. Why

B. The reason

C. On account of

D. Since