题目内容
Lying comfortably upon a sofa. Harker Brayton smiled as he read that book “Marvels of Science”. Suddenly something in a dark corner of the room___________ his attention. In the shadow,___________ the bed, he noticed two _________of light about an inch apart, shining with a greenish glow. His ___________ was now directed fully to those shining points. There, almost ___________under the foot-rail of the bed he saw the body of a large ___________. The points of light were its ____________! Its ugly head was turned ___________ his direction. The eyes were no longer merely meaningless points of light; they looked into his eyes with evil strength and hate.
Brayton rose to his feet and prepared to back softly away from the snake. At that moment,__________, he felt strangely unwilling to do so. Instead of moving backward as planned, he took a step___________ and then another! The man cried out. The snake made neither sound nor motion, but its evil eyes were shining as if electrified, sending needles of light through the shadows. Something struck his face and chest. He had ___________ to the floor. Brayton lay upon his stomach.
When the doctor was pulling Brayton away, he chanced to look under the ___________. “Good God!” he cried. “A snake!”
He _________out his hands and pulled out the snake, and ___________it to the centre of the room, where it lay without motion. It was a snake made of cloth and filled with cotton. Its eyes were two __________.
1.A.paid B.realized C.attracted D.followed
2.A.on B.in C.by D.under
3.A.points B.rays C.shadows D.room
4.A.way B.attention C.hands D.feet
5.A.right B.left C.very D.much
6.A.mouse B.cat C.dog D.snake
7.A.heads B.eyes C.legs D.hands
8.A.to B.in C.of D.by
9.A.but B.and C.however D.therefore
10.A.forward B.leftward C.rightward D.toward
11.A.dropped B.fallen C.put D.threw
12.A.shoes B.bed C.quilt D.roof
13.A.went B.got C.arrived D.reached
14.A.moved B.carried C.threw D.followed
15.A.bottoms B.buttons C.needles D.rolls
