Question

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. __21__ I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed __22__. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls(灵魂)  __23__ their souls belonged to the __24__.

I stood up and walked ___25____the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man __26___ in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he ___27___ answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m __28__,” he said. He was chatting online and, __29__, he was playing a computer game – a war game. I was ___30___.

Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried __31__ to speak to that computer geek （怪人），__32__ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应).I was __33___. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “__34__!”

I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I raised my head, and saw nobody showed any interest.

__35__, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more interested in having a relationship with the __36__, particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to __37__ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines __38____ with people.

I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even __39__ that the coffee was bad, __40__ Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.

21. A. Before        B.Since              C.Although       D. While

22. A. pain                   B. loneliness                  C. sadness                    D. fear

23. A. because             B. when                       C. until                     D. unless

24. A. home                 B. world             C. Net                          D. café

25. A. beside         B.among          C.between         D. on

26. A. sleeping             B. laughing                   C. sitting                  D. learning

27. A. finally         B. quickly                     C.patiently         D.loudly

28. A. busy                  B. thirsty            C. tired                     D. sick

29. A. first of all                               B. just then

   C. at the same time                D. by that time

30. A. surprised            B. delighted                   C. moved                     D. frightened

31. A. once                  B. again                        C. first                     D. even

32. A. but                    B. so                            C. if              D. or

33. A. excited        B. respected                  C. afraid                   D. unhappy

34. A. Shut up              B. Enjoy yourself    C. Leave me alone  D. Help me out

35. A. From then on     B. At that moment   C. In all                         D. Above all

36. A. computer           B. soul                         C. shop                     D. geek

37. A. tell                     B. plan                         C. imagine                    D. design

38. A. other than       B. instead of       C. except for         D. as well as

39. A. pretend              B. understand         C. insist           D. realize

40. A. as if                   B. just as               C. so that          D. even though

Answer 1

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