问题
选择题
They were _________ when they heard the _______ news.
A．excited, exciting
B．exciting, excited
C．excited, excited
D．exciting, exciting
答案
答案：A
此题重点考查exciting和excited之间的区别。在形式上两者都是分词，都可以做定语。前者是现在分词，表示主动意义常用来修饰物；后者是过去分词，表示被动意义常用来修饰人。