The girl was at loss when word came that she had been disqualified from the speech competition.A. a;\ B. a; the C. the; the D. \;\ 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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The girl was at ___ loss when ____ word came that she had been disqualified from the speech competition.

A. a;\ B. a; the C. the; the D. \;\

【解析】

试题分析：句意：那女孩很茫然当她被口语比赛取消资格的消息传来。at a loss 是固定搭配，意为：茫然；当word意为“消息”的意思时，是不可数名词。所以word前不能用冠词。故选A。

考点：考查冠词。

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