Professor Li has ______ interest in history, especially in _____ history of Ming Dynasty. 

Professor Li has      interest in history, especially in       history of Ming Dynasty.

_____ Chinese basketball player Yao Ming will probably return to the NBA if he can recover from _____ earlier injury.

第二节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
6．  Mike owns ____ larger collection of ____ books than any other students in the class.
A． the; /      B． a; /  C． a ; the     D． /; the

This is__ most interesting story in this book and I plan to read it ___ second time.

22．In many places in China, ______ bicycle is still ______ popular means of transportation.

4.In English ,certain nouns are spelt with _______ capital letter at the beginning of _____ word.

22．— Is there anything special in today’s newspaper ?
— Yes, the report says that ______ car went out ______ of control on a highway north of the city.

Let’s go to        cinema— that’ll take your mind off the problem
for      while.

16. This experiment turned out to be____failure, but, as we know, success often comes after___failure.