Question

【题目】They were very ___ when they heard the ___ news.
A.excite; exciting
B.excited; exciting
C.exciting; excite

Answer 1

【答案】B
【解析】考查形容词辨析。Excited和exciting都是形容词，但用法不同，前者意为“激动的”，修饰人；后者意为“令人激动的”，修饰的是物。这里的they指的是人，第一空用excited；第二空修饰news用exciting，故选B。