单选题 —Did you hear about the fire down the street?
—There______a lot of news about it on TV last night.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解题指要] 该题测试名词news的用法。news为不可数名词,a 1ot of news应与单数动词形式配合使用,时间状语last night暗示了应为过去时态。