anxious(ly); eager(ly) 1. They are getting very ______ because the world market is getting more and more competitive. 2. I waited ______ outside the emergency room during my mother’s operation. 3. Young people are usually ______ to try out new things. 4. When I looked at the ______ faces of the children, I said to myself, “I can’t leave them to their own devices. They need me.” 5. Naturally we are all ______ to know the result of the test.