They were verywhen they heard thenews that he would come back in two days.A. surprising; s

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。