问题
选择题
It was ____terrible earthquake and _____number of people who were killed reached more than 20,000.
A．a; the
B．the; a
C．the; the
D．a; a
答案
答案：A
题目分析：第一空泛指“一次严重的地震”；第二空特指“遇难人的数量”。句意：那是一次很严重的地震，在地震中遇难的人数2万多人。