--I heard that as many as 4 000 people were killed in 9Yesnews came as shock to us.A

问题补充：

--I heard that as many as 4 000 people were killed in 9

--Yes. news came as shock to us.

A. the; the B. the; a C, /; / D. / ; a

答案：

解析：本题是冠词的考查。News特指前面一个人所说的话，所以加上the；后一个空为固定用法，a shock t0 sb．表示“给某人震惊”。