[求助]885-18-19

19.   In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade the public to use public transportation, mass transit has been steadily losing patronage to the private automobile for the past thirty years.

(A) In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade

(B) In spite of massive federal subsidizing of public transportation systems and major efforts locally at persuading

(C) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and the making of major efforts locally to persuade

(D) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade（D）

(E) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and making major local efforts at persuading

答案D，我选择C，错哪里？in spite of 和despite后面各接什么，怎么用？

谢谢，像这题一看到三个in spite of 和两个despite能够直接判断despite吗，依据什么判断？