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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—60题各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

   It was raining．I went into a café and asked for a coffee．  41  I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed   42  ．I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls   43   their souls belonged to the   44  .

    I stood up and walked between the tables．When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man   45   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   46  ,”he said．He was chatting online and,   47  , he was playing a computer game—a war game．I was   48  .

    Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried   49   to speak to that computer geek(怪人),   50   not a word came out of his mouth．I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应)．I was   51  ．I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “   52  !”

    I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me．I   53  , and saw nobody showed any interest.

     54  , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people．They were more   55   having a relationship with the   56  , particularly Steve．I wouldn’t want to   57   the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines   58   with people.

I was worried and sank in my thoughts．I didn’t even   59   that the coffee was bad,   60   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．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

 

It was raining. I went into a cafe and asked for a coffee.  36 I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed   37 . I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls 38  their souls belonged to the  39  .

I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man   40  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  41 ,” he said. He was chatting online and,  42  , he was playing a computer game –a war game. I was  43  .

Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried  44 to speak to that computer geek（怪人）,  45   not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction（反应）. I was   46  . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout “ 47 ! ”

I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the cafe were looking at me. I   48  , and saw nobody showed any interest.

49  , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more   50  having a relationship with the   51  , particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to  52  the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines   53  with people.

I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even   54  that the coffee was bad,  55  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．sitting C．laughing D．learning

 

6.	A．tired B．thirsty C．busy D．sick

 

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

 

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

 

9.	A．once B．first C．again D．even

 

10.	A．or B．so C．if D．but

 

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

 

12.	A．Shut up B．Leave me alone C．Enjoy yourself 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．careful about B．tired of C．interested in D．troubled by

 

16.	A．shop B．soul C．geek D．computer

 

17.	A．tell B．imagine C．plan D．design

 

18.	A．other than B．except for C．instead of 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