Question

. ---I heard that more than 500 people were killed in ten days during that Cholera outbreak.
---Yes, ______ news came as ______ shock to us.

A．the; /

B．the; a

C．/; a

D．/; /

Answer 1

B

本题考查冠词。news前加定冠词the，特指的上面所提及的消息。shock这里指“使人震惊的事”，为可数名词，选B。