问题补充:
His brother likes history very much. He knows a lot about Chinese history, especially history of social development.
A. /; / ; the
B. / ; the ; /
C. the ; / ; /
D. the ; / ; the
答案:
(答案→)A. /; / ; the
B. / ; the ; /
C. the ; / ; /
D. the ; / ; the
解析:考查定冠词的用法。在学科前面一般不用定冠词,如chemistry, physics, history, geography等,第二空“中国历史”,是泛指,不是特指某段中国历史,因此也不用定冠词,第三个空history后面有of social development来修饰,因此是特指,要加定冠词。