. ---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. /; /
网友回答
A. the; /
(答案→)B. the; a
C. /; a
D. /; /
解析：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。