The correct answer is Option (1) → It is strange that we should meet here.
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Option 1: It is strange that we should meet here. (Correct)
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The exclamatory sentence expresses surprise at the unexpected meeting.
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Using "should" conveys a sense of unexpectedness or improbability, making it the best transformation of the exclamatory sentence.
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Option 2: It is strange that we meet here. (Incorrect)
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This sentence suggests that meeting here is regularly or habitually strange, rather than an unexpected occurrence.
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It does not fully capture the element of surprise in the original sentence.
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Option 3: It is strange that we must meet here. (Incorrect)
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"Must" indicates necessity rather than surprise.
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The original sentence expresses amazement, not obligation.
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Option 4: It is strange that we have to meet here. (Incorrect)
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"Have to" implies compulsion or requirement, not unexpectedness.
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The exclamatory sentence does not imply that meeting here is a necessity but rather an astonishing event.
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