They were           when they heard the           news.A excited; exciting  B ex

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They were           when they heard the           news.
A excited; exciting  B excited; excited
C exciting; exciting  D exciting; excited

答案

A

解析

试题分析:此题重点考查exciting和excited的区别，前者是现在分词，表示主动意义，常用来修饰物，表示令人兴奋的事或物；后者是过去分词，表示被动意义，常用来修饰人，表示某人非常兴奋。此句的含义是他们听到这个令人振奋的消息非常的振奋，故选A。
点评：正确区分两词的用法，必须要理解题干的含义，这是做题的关键。类似的单词很多，interesting和interested；boring和bored等。