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
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(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。