The beautiful lady was at ____ loss when

问题选择题

The beautiful lady was at ____ loss when ____ word came that she was forbidden to drive for speeding too many times.

A．a; a

B．the; a

C．the; the

D．a; /

答案

答案：D

题目分析：句意：当她听到有消息传来说自己因为超速行驶太多次而被禁止开车时，这位漂亮的女士不知所措。第一个空，是固定用法at a loss意思是不知所措，故用不定冠词“a”；第二个空，word came that是固定用法，意思是有消息传来说，选D。