When he opened the door, he was 29 by what he saw.
答案：(B) shocked
語意「他被他所看到的景象嚇到」，shocked（震驚的）符合後文「他不敢相信自己的眼睛和耳朵」；worried（擔心的）、delighted（高興的）、blinded（弄瞎的）都不符合這個「震驚」的語意。
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四個選項都是描述反應的形容詞，而故事到這裡氣氛緊張，worried（擔心的）看起來也合理——畢竟他前一晚把鸚鵡丟進雞舍。這一格的依據在下一句。
四個選項都是形容詞，可見這一格考的是語意，那就往後讀一句。下一句是 He could not believe his eyes and ears!（他簡直不敢相信自己的眼睛和耳朵！）——「不敢相信」是被眼前的景象震住了，所以填 shocked（震驚的）。再往後讀更確定：地上躺著三隻死掉的雞，鸚鵡正對著第四隻大吼——這個畫面完全出乎他的意料，是震驚不是擔心。
worried（擔心的）：擔心是對還沒發生的事不安，而他看到的是已經發生的事，而且下一句講的是「不敢相信」不是「放心不下」。delighted（高興的）：方向不對，滿地死雞不會讓人高興。blinded（被弄瞎的）：be blinded by 通常指被強光刺得看不見（be blinded by the sunlight），不是「被嚇到」的意思；而且他明明看見了，還聽見了。
be shocked by（被……震驚）、can’t believe one’s eyes（不敢相信自己的眼睛）、be worried about（擔心）、be delighted with（對……感到高興）、be blinded by（被……刺得看不見）、the next morning（隔天早上）。
There was once a man in Puerto Rico who had a wonderful parrot. The parrot was 21, there was no other bird like him in the whole world. He could learn to say any word-- 22 one. He could not say the name of his native town, Catano.
The man 23 everything he could to teach the parrot to say "Catano," but he never 24. At first he was very gentle with the bird, but gradually he lost his 25. "You stupid bird! 26 can't you learn to say that one word? Say 'Catano' or I'll kill you!" But the parrot would not say it. Many times the man screamed, "Say 'Catano' or I'll kill you!" But the bird would not 27 the name. Finally the man gave up. He picked up the parrot and threw the bird into the chicken house.
In the chicken house, there were four old chickens, waiting to be killed 28 Sunday's dinner. "You are even more stupid than the chickens," the man said as he was leaving. The next morning, the man went out to the chicken house. When he opened the door, he was 29 by what he saw. He could not believe his eyes and ears! On the floor 30 three dead chickens. The parrot was screaming at the fourth, "Say 'Catano' or I'll kill you!"