amazing 与 surprising的区别

When I watched this I didn’t even realize that she was missing an arm because I was focusing on the man with only one leg. Really quite ____!

A. surprising   B. amazing   C. exciting    D. interesting

《高中同步学习讲义优化方案》北师大版必修1Unit2，该题答案为B，为什么不选A?

解释：

上题选自一篇短文，叙述一对残疾人克服常人难以想象的困难完成舞蹈并获得大奖。此题目中的amazing意为“■(informal)startlingly impressive (非正式)给人印象深刻的”《新牛津英汉双解大词典》。

另：surprising“使人惊讶的”侧重“出人意料”。amazing “令人惊异的”，侧重“令人惊叹的，很了不起”。