II. Fill in the blank with although/in spite of/because/because of 1. ………….. it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday. 2. I went home early ………………………….. I was feeling unwell. 3. I went to work the next day ………………………….. I was still feeling unwell. 4. I managed to get to sleep …………………………. there was a lot of noise. 5. I couldn’t get to sleep ………………………. the noise. 6. …………………. all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong. 7. ………………….. we’d phoned everything carefully, a lot of things went wrong. 8. She only accepted the job ………………………. the salary, which was very high. 9. She accepted the job …………………………… the salary, which was rather low. 10. ………………….. the story of the film was good, I didn’t like the acting. 11. I really enjoyed the Water War…………………. most of my friends said it wasn’t a very good film. 12………………….. the film was gripping, Tom slept from beginning to end. 13. I went to see the film …………………. feeling really tired. 14. ………………….. careful preparation, they had a lot of difficulties in making the film.