It was terrible earthquake and number of people who were killed reached more than 20 000.

问题补充：

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

答案：

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。