It was terrible earthquake and number of people who were killed reached more than 20 00

问题补充：

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

答案：

(答案→)A. a; the

B. the; a

C. the; the

D. a; a

解析：考查冠词。第一空泛指一个可怕的地震。第二空是固定词组the number of…的数量；句意：这是一次可怕的地震。在地震中死亡的人数达到了2万。根据句意说明A正确。