How ___ Tom was to hear of his failure in the examination

问题描述:

How ___ Tom was to hear of his failure in the examination
A.disappointed B.disappointing C.disappoint D.to disappoint

A
解析:disappoint v.失望,使.失望
disappointed 表示某人失望
例:I was disappointed when hearing the bad news.
disappointing 使人失望的
例:What a disappointing book it is!We can learn nothing from it.