通常过去分词(以 -ed 结尾)用来谈论某人的感受,现在分词(以-ing结尾)用来谈论引起这种感觉的人、事或情况等,也即意为“令人怎么样的(-ing)”多用于形容词物,“怎么样的(-ed)”多用于形容词人,但这不是绝对的。一、从括号中选择正确的分词来完成句子 1. My nephew was _____ (amusing / amused) by the clown.2. It’s so _____ (frustrating / frustrated)! No matter how much I study I can’t seem to remember this vocabulary.3. This lesson is so _____ (boring / bored)!4. I’m feeling _____ (depressed / depressing), so I’m going to go home, eat some chocolate, and go to bed early with a good book.5. I thought her new idea was absolutely _____ (fascinated / fascinating).6. This maths problem is so _____ (confusing / confused). Can you help me?7. The teacher was really _____ (amusing / amused) so the lesson passed quickly.8. The journey was _____ (exhausting / exhausted)! Twelve hours by bus.9. The plane began to move in a rather _____ (alarming / alarmed) way.10. He was _____ (frightening / frightened) when he saw the spider.11. I was really _____ (embarrassing / embarrassed) when I fell over in the street.12. That film was so _____ (depressing / depressed)! There was no happy ending for any of the characters.13. I’m sorry, I can’t come tonight. I’m completely _____ (exhausting / exhausted).14. We are going in a helicopter? How _____ (exciting / excited)!15. Don’t show my baby photos to people, Mum! It’s so _____ (embarrassing / embarrassed)!16. It’s okay, it’s only me. Don’t be _____ (alarming / alarmed).17. My sister is so _____ (exciting / excited) because she is going on holiday tomorrow.18. I hate long flights, I’m always really _____ (boring / bored).19. She looked very _____ (confusing / confused) when I told her we had to change the plan.20. John was _____ (fascinated / fascinating) by Mandarin when he first started learning languages. He decided to study more and now he can speak it fluently.二、答案、参考翻译及解析1. amused我侄子被小丑逗乐了。解析:amusing 和 amused 都可以用来形容人或物,但 amused 后面常接 at 或 by,而 amusing 没有这个用法,因此选 amused.2. frustrating太令人沮丧了!不管我学了多少,我似乎都记不住这些词汇了。解析:frustrated 意为”沮丧的“,只用来形容人,主语 It 指物,因此选 frustrating.3. boring这课太无聊了!解析:boring 意为”令人厌倦(或厌烦)的“,bored 意为”(对某人 / 事物)厌倦的;烦闷的“,它们既可以形容词物,也可以形容词人,但是 bored 形容物时常做前置定语,如 a bored expression,因此选 boring.4. depressed我感到很沮丧,所以我要回家,吃点巧克力,带着一本好书早睡。解析:depressing 意为”令人抑郁的;令人沮丧的;令人消沉的“,只形容物;depressed 意为“抑郁的;沮丧的;意志消沉的;患抑郁症的”时,只形容人,因此选 depressed.5. fascinating我觉得她的新想法非常吸引人。解析:fascinating 意为”极有吸引力的;迷人的“,既可以形容物,也可以形容人,而 fascinated 意为”入迷的;极感兴趣的“,相当于 insterested,只形容人;主语 her new idea 指物,因此只能选 fascinating.6. confusing这道数学题太令人困惑了。你能帮助我吗?解析:confusing 意为”难以理解的;不清楚的“等,只形容物;confused 意为”糊涂的;迷惑的“等,既可以形容物,也可以形容人,形容物时作前置定语,如 a confused state 一个混乱的状态;主语 This maths problem 指物,因此选 confusing.7. amusing老师很有趣,所以课很快就过去了。解析:amusing 和 amused 都可以用来形容人或物,amusing 意为”逗人笑的;有乐趣的;好笑的“,而 amused 意为”逗乐的;觉得好笑的“,根据句意判断是老师”很有趣“,因此选 amusing;换句话理解,若用 amused,前半句的句意跟后面的 so 就构不成因果关系了。8. exhausting旅途太累了!坐公共汽车12小时。解析:exhausted 意为“筋疲力尽的;疲惫不堪的”时,只形容人;exhausting 意为“使人疲惫不堪的,令人筋疲力尽的”,可以形容人或物;exhausting 形容人时,通常涉及到两个人,就是某人让某人感到很累,因此选 exhausting.9. alarming飞机开始以相当惊人的方式飞行。解析:alarmed 意为“担心,害怕”,只形容人;alarming 意为“使人惊恐的;令人惊慌的;引起恐慌的”,只形容物,因此选 alarming.10. frightened他看到蜘蛛时很害怕。解析:frightening 意为“引起恐惧的;使惊恐的;骇人的”,只形容物;frightened 可以形容人或物,因此选 frightened.11. embarrassed我在街上摔倒时真的很尴尬。解析:embarrassing 意为“使人害羞的(或难堪的、惭愧的)”时,只形容物;embarrassed 意为“窘迫的,尴尬的,害羞的”时,可以形容人或物,因此选 embarrassed.解析:12. depressing那部电影太令人沮丧了!任何一个角色都没有幸福的结局。解析:同题4,depressed 形容物时作前置定语,因此选 depressing.13. exhausted对不起,我今晚不能来。我累坏了。解析:同题8,exhausting 形容人时,通常表示某人让某人感到累,句中只有 I,因此句子描述的是我自己太累了,因此选 exhausted.14. exciting我们乘直升机去?多刺激啊!解析:excited 意为“激动的;兴奋的”时,可以形容人或物,形容物时作前置定语,如 an excited crowd 一群激动的人;exciting 意为“令人激动的;使人兴奋的”,只形容物,因此用 exciting.15. embarrassing别把我的宝宝照片给别人看,妈妈!太尴尬了!解析:同题11,embarrassed 形容物时作前置定语,如 an embarrassed silence 难堪的沉默,因此选 embarrassing.16. alarmed没关系,只有我。别惊慌。解析:alarmed 意为“担心,害怕”,只形容人;alarming 意为“使人惊恐的;令人惊慌的;引起恐慌的”,只形容物,因此选 alarmed.17. excited我妹妹很兴奋,因为她明天要去度假。解析:同题14.18. bored我讨厌长途飞行,我总是很无聊。解析:同题3类似,若用 boring,则表示我让别人感到无趣,但上下文中只有我一个人,因此用 bored.19. confused当我告诉她我们必须改变计划时,她看起来很困惑。解析:confusing 意为”难以理解的;不清楚的“等,只形容物;主语 She 指人,因此选 confused.20. fascinated约翰刚开始学语言时就对普通话着迷。他决定多学习,现在他能流利地说了。解析:同题5类似,fascinating 形容物时作前置定语,如 a fascinating person 一个魅力十足的人,因此选 fascinated.