Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to drop out of school．He had been failing since his first grade．He was 1 until he met Miss White．
2 he liked this beautiful teacher, he still failed and never did his homework．So he was often punished．
One Friday, Miss White went over the test results of the seventh grade．“You all did pretty well,”she told the class,“except for one boy, and it 3 my heart to tell you this, but…”She 4 , staring at Steve．“The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!”All the other children looked at him．Steve dropped his eyes and carefully examined his 5 ．
After that, things were not better．Steve still 6 do his homework．Even as the 7 became more severe, he remained stubborn．
“Just try it!One week!”He was 8 ．
“You’re smart enough!You’ll see a change!”It didn’t matter to him．
“Give yourself a chance!Don’t 9 up on your life!” 10 happened．
“Steve!Please!I care about you!”Wow!Suddenly, Steve got it!!Someone cared about him?Someone, totally unattainable and perfect, CARED ABOUT HIM??!!From that moment on, he changed totally．He was always 11 a smile on his face, and became the first to hand in his homework!He discovered that not only could he 12 , but he was good at it!Steve began to excel(突出)!And he continued this course throughout his school life．
Later, Steve graduated from college Magna Cum Laude and had a successful career．
It was raining．I went into a care and asked for a coffee． 1 I was waiting for my drink,I realized there were other people in the place,but I sensed 2 ．I saw their bodies,but I couldn't feel their souls 3 their souls belonged to the 4 ．
I stood up and walked between the tables．When I came to the biggest computer,I saw a thin,small man 5 in front of it,“I'm Steve,”be finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was．“I can't talk with you．I'm 6 ,”he said．He was chatting online and, 7 ,he was playing a computer game a war game．I was 8 ．
Why didn't Steve want to talk with me?I tried 9 to speak to that computer geek（怪人）, 10 not a word came out of his mouth．I touched his shoulder,but no reaction（反应）．I was 11 ．I put my hand in front of the monitor,and he started to shout,“ 12 !”
I took a few steps back,wondering if all those people in the care were looking at me．I 13 ,and was nobody showed any interest．
14 ,I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines,not with people,They were more 15 having a relationship with the 16 ,particularly Steve．I wouldn't want to 17 the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 18 with people．
I was worried and sank in my thoughts．I didn't even 19 that the coffee was bad, 20 Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him．
(1)
[ ]
A．
Before
B．
Since
C．
Although
D．
While
(2)
[ ]
A．
pain
B．
loneliness
C．
sadness
D．
fear
(3)
[ ]
A．
because
B．
when
C．
until
D．
unless
(4)
[ ]
A．
home
B．
world
C．
net
D．
cafe
(5)
[ ]
A．
sleeping
B．
laughing
C．
sitting
D．
learning
(6)
[ ]
A．
busy
B．
thirsty
C．
tired
D．
sick
(7)
[ ]
A．
first of all
B．
just then
C．
at the same time
D．
by that time
(8)
[ ]
A．
surprised
B．
delighted
C．
moved
D．
frightened
(9)
[ ]
A．
once
B．
again
C．
first
D．
even
(10)
[ ]
A．
but
B．
so
C．
if
D．
or
(11)
[ ]
A．
excited
B．
respected
C．
afraid
D．
unhappy
(12)
[ ]
A．
Shut up
B．
Enjoy yourself
C．
Leave me alone
D．
Help me out
(13)
[ ]
A．
walked about
B．
walked out
C．
raised my hand
D．
raised my head
(14)
[ ]
A．
From then on
B．
At that moment
C．
In all
D．
Above all
(15)
[ ]
A．
interested in
B．
tried of
C．
careful about
D．
troubled by
(16)
[ ]
A．
computer
B．
soul
C．
shop
D．
geek
(17)
[ ]
A．
tell
B．
plan
C．
imagine
D．
design
(18)
[ ]
A．
other than
B．
instead of
C．
except for
D．
as well as
(19)
[ ]
A．
pretend
B．
understand
C．
insist
D．
realize
(20)
[ ]
A．
as if
B．
just as
C．
just after
D．
even though
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
It was raining．I went into a cafe and asked for a coffee． 1 I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed 2 ．I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls 3 their souls belonged to the 4 ．
I stood up and walked between the tables．When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man 5 in front of it．“ I'm Steve, ” he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was．“ I can't talk with you．I'm 6 , ” he said．He was chatting online and, 7 , he was playing a computer game –a war game．I was 8 ．
Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried 9 to speak to that computer geek(怪人), 10 not a word came out of his mouth．I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应)．I was 11 ．I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout “ 12 ! ”
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the cafe were looking at me．I 13 , and saw nobody showed any interest．
14 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people．They were more 15 having a relationship with the 16 , particularly Steve．I wouldn't want to 17 the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 18 with people．
I was worried and sank in my thoughts．I didn't even 19 that the coffee was bad, 20 Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him．
