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

试题分析：考查冠词，，包括定冠词the和不定冠词a/an，第一个空表示一个可怕的地震，所以用不定冠词，第二个空固定词组，表示…的数量，句子意思“一个可怕的地震死亡人数多于2000人”，所以选A
点评：冠词是高考常考内容，做有关冠词的题型可以从两方面入手，一是习惯搭配，二是固定短语。对于固定短语平时应多读多记
即学即练：Mr.Bill Clinton was elected ____ President of the United States in ____ 1990s.
A.the; the             B.a; the              C.the; 不填             D.不填; the
选D