Great efforts are made by the British banks to improve certain service.

They made great efforts to throw______the chains of tradition.

A．over

B．away

C．off

D．down

A．will be

B．can be

C．are to be

D．were to be

_____great efforts, we failed to carry our plans through.

A．As a result of

B．Apart from

C．Owing to

D．In spite of

The author quotes the example of Straus in Para. 4 to show

A．the whole process of applying for the non-GMO certification.

B．the great efforts for getting the certified non-GMO certification.

C．the efforts Straus making to earn the non-GMO label.

D．the great efforts Straus making to get certified organic.

A. run into

B. run through

C. run out

5：Which of the following is not true？

A.Several leaders in education made great efforts to promote the educational innovations.

B.Church leaders influenced education a lot before the progressive changed.

C.College entrance requirements were elevated in the late 1800s.

D.The sense of public duty was neglected in the late 1800s.

A．though

B．before

C．for

D．but

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？

A．Champollion was linguistically gifted.

B．Champollion became great for what he did.

C．Champollion made great efforts to decipher the dead language.

D．Champollion died of hard working at 40.