Question

 

       It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.   1I 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   3their 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   5in 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   9to speak to that computer geek(怪人),   10not 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 café 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   15having a relationship with the   16, particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to   17the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines   18with people.

    I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even   19that the coffee was bad,   20Steve 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. Café

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. tired 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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.C  

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.A   

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A  

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.B