35. A. anxiously　　　　　 B. happily　　　　　　　　　 C. sadly　　　　　　　　 　　　 D. carefully

在接近胜利时，海浪的声音也变得动听了。

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It was raining. I went into a cafe 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 　23　 　their souls belonged to the 　24　 .

　　 I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man 　25　 　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 　26　 ,”he said. He was chatting online and, 　27　 , he was playing a computer game-a war game. I was 　28　 .

　　 Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried 　29　 　to speak to that computer geek(怪人), 　30　 　not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应). I was 　31　 . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “ 　32　 !”

　　 I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the cafe were looking at me. I 　33　 , and saw nobody showed any interest.

　　 　34　 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more 　35　 　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.

34. A. blow　　　　　 　　　 B. hit　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. pull　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. strike

pull拉。使劲划动船桨。

33. A. dreaming　　　　　 B. guessing　　　　　　　　　 C. inventing　　　　 　　　 D. expecting

dream梦。当女孩的船只离河岸越来越近时，她简直不相信眼前发生的一切。

32. A. destroyed　　　　　 B. threw　　　　　　　 　　　 C. repaired　　　　　　　　　 D. seized

seize抓住。她抓住船桨。

31. A. brighter　　　　　　 B. bigger　　　　　　　　　　 　　 C. closer　　　　　　　 　　　 D. smaller

船远离城镇，灯光变得越来越小了。

30. A. any more　　　　　 B. still more　　　　　 　　　 C. no more　　　　　　　　　 D. once more

not…any more不再。由于一切顺利，她的面颊也似乎不再感到发烧了。

29. A. difficult　　　　　　 B. serious　　　　　　　 　　 C. all right　　 　　　　　　　 D. certain enough

根据上文可判断出现在没有什么问题了。

28. A. got to　　　　　　　　 B. came to　　　　　　 　　　 C. sent for　　　　　　　　　 D. reached for

由于风向由西南转向东风，这给了她很大帮助，把她的船推向大山的方向。

27. A. saw　　　　　　　　　　 B. made　　　　　　　　　　　 C. heard　　　　　　　 　　　 D. felt

feel感觉，感觉到小船在海浪中晃动。

26. A. turned　　　　　　　 B. dropped　　　　　　　　　 C. cocked　　　　　　　　　　 D. raised

drop one’s head低头。根据下文helpessly 可判断出女孩很泄气。