Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not (1)________ in the news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so (2)________ these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was (3)________. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images (4)________ birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far (5)________ all other animals.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: baffled
Option 2: overthrown
Option 3: encouraged
Option 4: crushed
Correct Answer: baffled
Solution : The first option is correct.
Baffled is a suitable word for this context. When something is baffling, it means it is perplexing or confusing. The world being baffled suggests that the discovery of the cave complex, with its ancient depictions, was something that puzzled or amazed people.
Therefore, the correct answer is baffled .
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