问题
选择题
It was ______terrible earthquake and ______ number of people who were killed reached more than 20,000.
A．the, a
B．a, the
C．the, the
D．a, a
答案
答案：B
题目分析：考查冠词：句意为：这是一场很可怕的地震，在地震中伤亡人数的总数二万还要多。第一个空是一次泛指的大地震，第二个空是the number of 短语的考查，意为"---的总数"a number of 意为"许多---"这里应是指伤亡人数的总数。故答案应为B。