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

问题补充：

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

A. 不填; an

B. The; 不填

C. A; an

D. The; the

答案：

(答案→)A. 不填; an

B. The; 不填

C. A; an

D. The; the

解析：考查冠词。表示泛指用不定冠词a/an；表示特指用零冠词或定冠词the。句意“中国篮球运动员姚明如果能从早期的伤中恢复的话，他很有可能返回NBA。”这里表示的是泛指，early首字母发音是元音，故用N。故选A。