----I heard that as many as 24 people were killed in the big fire.----Yes news came as sur

问题补充：

----I heard that as many as 24 people were killed in the big fire.

----Yes,news came as surprise to us.

A. a; a

B. the; /

C. /; a

D. the; a

答案：

A. a; a

B. the; /

C. /; a

(答案→)D. the; a

解析：考查冠词。News是指上文所提到的内容，所以是特指，用the修饰；surprise前用a修饰，表示一件具体的令人吃惊的事。所以选D。