Read the sentences.
My cousin has read every book in the library about large, poisonous reptiles, and she spends hours staring at them in their
glass cages at the zoo. She even dreams of keeping one as a pet someday. I will never understand her unusual interest in
these creatures.
Which word best defines the word unusual in this context?
strange
special
surprising
significant

Strange

Explanation:

If you substitute unusual for the other words, the only one that actually makes sense is strange.

strange

Explanation:

because she read a book about poisonous reptiles and she stares at the animal in the zoo

the right ones are in bold.

daintly refers to the fact she was reaching for what she ate, not necessarily what she is like.

greatest charm as in she possessed (=had) the greatest charm.

pleasant (her demeanor)

speaking (of her sensibility)

dead refers to the hypothetical mouse.

bleeding refers to the hypothetical mouse.