问题
选择题
----I heard that as many as 24 people were killed in the big fire.
----Yes, news came as surprise to us.
A．a; a
B．the; /
C．/; a
D．the; a
答案
答案：D
考查冠词。News是指上文所提到的内容，所以是特指，用the修饰；surprise前用a修饰，表示一件具体的令人吃惊的事。所以选D。