Question

It is believed that if an event is _______, it will surely _

Answer 1

C

考查动词astonish的词形变化，astonished修饰人，感到吃惊的astonishing修饰物，令人吃惊的，astonish 动词，使某人吃惊为astonish sb，句意：人们相信如果一件事情令人吃惊，它将一定会使这个报纸的读者们吃惊。所以选C。