____ finishing his homework, he went to play basketball.

He tried to invite some famous pop stars to sing in the concert ______, but failed.

—— How was she ?
—— Terrible. She was shocked ______ what happened to her son.

The 40-somethings found themselves in an embarrassing situation _____ rapid changes in all aspects of society.

I like to put everything            so that I can find it easily.

I believe we could face delays if we travel by bus,_____traffic jams.
A. thanks to                 B. despite                       C. regardless of                   D in spite of

You needn’t take a taxi to go to the station, because it is____walking distance here.

It’s a good habit to keep everything ________ in your study.

_________ being efficient and reliable, the newly arranged system even made no sense about the development of Chinese Football Association.

I’m afraid that your arrival at present is not quite _________, depending on the embarrassed situation here.