Lying comfortably upon a sofa, Harker Brayton smiled as he read an interesting book: Marvels of Science．He unconsciously  1  the book without changing the  2  of his eyes．As soon as the book had gone  3  the line of sight, something in a dark place of the room attracted his  4  ．In the shadow under the  5  he noticed two points of light about an inch apart．They might have been  6  by the lamp above him shining on bits of metal,  7  he did not think about them and continued his reading．

A moment later, something caused him to move down his book again and  8  for what he had  9  before．The points of light were  10  there．They seemed to have become  11  , shining with greenish glow that he had not at  12  observed．He thought, too, that they might have moved a little, or were  13  nearer．They were still too much in the shadow, however, to reveal（暴露） their  14  , and again he turned to his reading．

Suddenly something he read gave him a  15  that made him drop the book to the floor．Brayton, half  16  from the sofa, was staring into the  17  below his bed．His attention was now  18  to points glowing in the shadow．There, almost directly under the foot rail of the bed, he saw the  19  of a large snake．The points of light were its eyes! Its ugly head was turned in his direction．The eyes were  20  merely  meaningless points of light．They looked into his eyes with evil strength and hate．

1．A．raised                   B．closed                 C．lowered               D．dropped

2．A．position               B．direction              C．height                 D．size

3．A．beneath                 B．away                 C．from                   D．up

4．A．reading                 B．attitude                C．thinking               D．attention

5．A．desk                     B．sofa                   C．chair                   D．bed

6．A．brought                 B．made                 C．caused                D．given

7．A．so                      B．and                     C．but                     D．for

8．A．care                      B．ask                     C．look                    D．seek

9．A．read                    B．searched              C．seen                  D．met

10．A．not                    B．no more              C．yet                      D．still

11．A．larger                 B．wider                  C．nearer                D．brighter

12．A．all                     B．first                    C．most                   D．last

13．A．far                    B．much                  C．a bit                    D．a lot

14．A．nature                 B．secret                C．character             D．state

15．A．plan                   B．meaning              C．thought               D．mind

16．A．rising                  B．raising               C．standing              D．sitting

17．A．snake                  B．darkness              C．ugly head           D．points of light

18．A．drawn                 B．made                 C．pointed                D．carried

19．A．eyes                    B．tongue               C．body                   D．head

20．A．not only              B．nothing but          C．no longer             D．not any