— I heard that one of the middle school students died from overwork.— Yes news came as

问题补充：

— I heard that one of the middle school students died from overwork.

— Yes, news came as great shock.

A. the; /

B. the; a

C. /; a

D. /; /

答案：

A. the; /

(答案→)B. the; a

C. /; a

D. /; /

解析：句意：---我听说一个中学生由于过度工作而死。---是的，这个消息使我很震惊。第一空填the特指上面提到的中学生由于过度工作而死的那个消息，第二空填a，因为shock表示震惊是可数名词，as a great shock意为极大震惊，故选B。