单选题 The American basketball team announced that they would not ______ first place to any team.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[分析] 词义辨析 A．yoke把……套上轭，结合，连接；B．yell大叫，叫着说，忍不住笑；C．yield出产，生长，(...to)屈服，屈从；D．yearn渴望，想念，向往；因表：他们不会将第一的位子让给任何队，因此C为答案。