Question

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

Answer 1

A

解析试题分析：句意为：这是一场很可怕的地震，在地震中伤亡人数的总数二千还要多。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A。
考点：考查冠词的用法。