It was terrible earthquake and number of people who were killed reached more than 20,000.
A. the, a
B. a, the
C. the, the
D. a, a
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A. the, a
(答案→)B. a, the
C. the, the
D. a, a
解析：考查冠词：句意为：这是一场很可怕的地震，在地震中伤亡人数的总数二万还要多。第一个空是一次泛指的大地震，第二个空是the number of 短语的考查，意为---的总数a number of 意为许多---这里应是指伤亡人数的总数。故答案应为B。