Tom likes playing basketball very much but he doesn’t like basketball I bought him yes

问题补充：

Tom likes playing basketball very much, but he doesn’t like basketball I bought him yesterday.

A. /; the

B. the; the

C. the; a

D. the; /

答案：

(答案→)A. /; the

B. the; the

C. the; a

D. the; /

解析：句意为：汤姆非常喜欢打篮球，但是他不喜欢我昨天给他买的篮球。定冠词的最基本的用法是“特指”， 表示某个或某些特定的人或物。在表示踢、打某种球类运动的名词前不用定冠词。根据语境可知应选A。