Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:He met me with the bird in his hand. It _____ curiously at me. A. looks B. was looking C. has been looking D. would look

The correct answer is: B. was looking

The sentence is in the past tense, so the verb must also be in the past tense. The other options are not in the past tense.

• A. looks is in the present tense.
• C. has been looking is in the present perfect tense.
• D. would look is in the conditional tense.

The bird was looking at the speaker curiously because it was new to the situation. The speaker was meeting the bird for the first time, and the bird was trying to figure out what was going on.