问题补充:
They were verywhen they heard thenews that he would come back in two days.
A. surprising; surprised
B. surprising; surprising
C. surprised; surprising
D. surprised; surprised
答案:
A. surprising; surprised
B. surprising; surprising
(答案→)C. surprised; surprising
D. surprised; surprised
解析:考查形容词辨析。surprised和surprising都是形容词,但用法不同,前者意为“吃惊的”,修饰人;后者意为“令人吃惊的”,修饰的是物。这里的they指的是人,第一空用surprised,排除A、B;第二空修饰news用surprising,排除D,故选C。