He was ------------to leave as soon as he heard the news.

这里应该填的是in a (great) hurry.因为hurry的词性是动词或名词,而在hurry up 和hurry to do sth 中hurry都是动词,在本题选项中还是动词原形,而在句子中所缺部分前面是个系动词was,它同时也是整个句子的谓语动词,一个句子中不能有两个谓语动词,根据语法结构这儿也不能填动词原形,所以应该选in a （great）hurry这个介词短语放在was后充当表语.