【题目】Of these two basketball teams，the former comes from the US；the________ comes from England.
A.late
B.later
C.latter
D.lately

【答案】C
【解析】A．late晚了，迟到了；B ．later...以后，较晚时候；C．latter后者； D．lately最近，近来；句意：这两只篮球队，前者来自美国，后者来自英国。根据句意，故选C。