湖北省高三英语经典补课材料（23）Lying comfortably upon a sofa, Harker Brayton smiled as he read an interesting book: Marvels of Science. He unconsciously 41 the book without changing the 42 of his eyes. As soon as the book had gone 43 the line of sight, something in a dark place of the room attracted his 44 . In the shadow under the 45 he noticed two points of light about an inch apart. They might have been 46 by the lamp above him shining on bits of metal, 47 he did not think about them and continued his reading. A moment later, something caused him to move down his book again and 48 for what he had 49 before. The points of light were 50 there. They seemed to have become 51 , shining with greenish glow that he had not at 52 observed. He thought, too, that they might have moved a little, or were 53 nearer. They were still too much in the shadow, however, to reveal(暴露) their 54 , and again he turned to his reading.Suddenly something he read gave him a 55 that made him drop the book to the floor. Brayton, half 56 from the sofa, was staring into the 57 below his bed. His attention was now 58 to points glowing in the shadow. There, almost directly under the foot rail of the bed, he saw the 59 of a large snake. The points of light were its eyes! Its ugly head was turned in his direction. The eyes were 60 merely meaningless points of light. They looked into his eyes with evil strength and hate.41. A. raisedB. closedC. loweredD. dropped42. A. position B. directionC. heightD. size43. A. beneathB. away C. fromD. up44. A. readingB. attitudeC. thinkingD. attention45. A. deskB. sofa C. chairD. bed46. A. broughtB. made C. causedD. given47. A. so B. andC. butD. for48. A. ...
