Question

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ___21___ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that 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 with somebody — probably someone he didn’t know—and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was surprised. 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 café 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 I 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. Cafe

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

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

27. A. first of all    B. just then     C. at the same time D. by that time

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

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

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

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

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

33. A. walked about      B. walked out        C. raised my hand  D. raised my head

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

35. A. interested in B. tired of      C. careful about     D. troubled by

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. just after    D. even though

Answer 1

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解析:

文章主要讲作者在一家咖啡店里所看到的一种很奇怪的现象——人们都热衷于上网聊天和玩游戏，而对周围的人却视不见。这种现象令作者很担心，但也很无奈。

21. D。while 意为“当……的时候”，指当作者在等饮料送来的时候。

22. B。根据下文可知，咖啡屋里虽然有很多人，作者却找不到一个人可以交流，因为他们都在忙于与电脑交流，所以此处填loneliness较合适。

23. A。此处表因果关系。即我感觉不到他们的souls，是因为他们的souls都已完全属于电脑和网络。

24. C。根据下文可知，人们都在忙于上网聊天或玩游戏，所以此处以填空 computer 最为适合，但选项中没有此词，所以选与之同类的词语 net(网络)。

25. C。根据常识，人们通常是坐(sitting)在电脑前上网或玩游戏。

26. A。根据空格前后的内容可知，那个人既在网上聊天，同时还玩游戏，开始作者问了他几次，他才回答，所以此处的意思是“我很忙，我没空与你讲话”。

27. C。at the same time 意为“同时”，指那个人既在网上聊天，同时还玩游戏。

28. A。指作者对此感到很吃惊，因为人们宁可在网上聊天，而不愿搭理身边的人。

29. B。again 指“再”“又”。指作者再一次想跟那人说话。

30. A。此处用but 表转折。因为作者想找他说话，但他一句也不说。

31. D。因为那人不愿搭理作者，即使作者摸他的肩膀，他也没反应，所以作者感到不高兴(unhappy)。注意不要选afraid，否则他就不敢把手放在电脑显示器前了。

32. C。比较：Shut up 住嘴；Enjoy yourself 玩得开心；Leave me alone 别管我，别打扰我；Help me out 请帮帮我。根据四个选项的意思，显然只有C最合语境。

33. D。作者抬头看了看周围的情况，没有一个人对此有反应。

34. B。比较：From then on从那时起；At that moment在那时；In all总计；Above all首先，最重要的是。选B最合适，指作者当时的感受。

35. A。因为那儿的人宁可在网上与人聊天，也不愿搭理身边的人。这说明他们对计算机更感兴趣。

36. A。比较四个选项的意思，只有computer 在此最符合全文的语境。

37.C。此处指作者根据目前的情况想像将来的情况。

38. B。前面说有的人宁可在网上聊天，也不愿搭理身边的人。此处作者是假设人们更愿与电脑分享生活而不是与其他人分享生活。

39. D。指作者当时陷入沉思，并没有意识到咖啡的味道不好。

40. B。此处作者打了一个比方，他说他没意识到咖啡的味道不好就像Steve没有注意到其身边有人一样。