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.
小题1:．
A．Before
B．Since
C．Although
D．While小题2:．
A．pain
B．loneliness
C．sadness
D．fear小题3:．
A．because
B．when
C．until
D．unless小题4:．
A．home
B．world
C．Net
D．Café小题5:．
A．sleeping
B．laughing
C．sitting
D．learning小题6:．
A．busy
B．thirsty
C．tired
D．sick小题7:．
A．first of all
B．just then
C．at the same time
D．by that time小题8:．
A．surprised
B．delighted
C．moved
D．frightened小题9:．
A．once
B．again
C．first
D．even小题10:．
A．but
B．so
C．if
D．or小题11:．
A．excited
B．respected
C．afraid
D．unhappy小题12:．
A．Shut up
B．Enjoy yourself
C．Leave me alone
D．Help me out小题13:．
A．walked about
B．walked out
C．raised my hand
D．raised my head小题14:．
A．From then on
B．At that moment
C．In all
D．Above all小题15:．
A．interested in
B．tired of
C．careful about
D．troubled by小题16:．
A．computer
B．soul
C．shop
D．geek小题17:．
A．tell
B．plan
C．imagine
D．design小题18:．
A．other than
B．instead of
C．except for
D．as well as小题19:．
A．pretend
B．understand
C．insist
D．realize小题20:．
A．as if
B．just as
C．just after
D．even though
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:D
小题20:B
题目分析：
小题1:D 根据前后文的信息，可知我在等饮料的过程中发生后面的事情。
小题2:.B 转折连词but前后的句意，还有54空后的那句I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people 都说明我的感觉的孤单loneliness.
小题3:.A 前后句的因果关系。I couldn’t feel their souls是因为their souls全放在了电脑上。
小题4:. C 后文多次提及computer chatting online, playing a computer game, computer geek说明本题与net 形成呼应。
小题5:.C 前文的I stood up and waked between the table提示该是坐在那儿聊天打游戏。
小题6:A 后句的he was chatting online and…he was playing a computer game---a war game.说明他很忙。
小题7:.C 一边聊天，一边打游戏，所有用at the same time。
小题8:.A 下文的why didn’t Steve want to talk with me?说明我很惊讶。
小题9:.B 呼应上段多次主动交谈，所有这里选择再一次。
小题10:.A后句的转折关系。我多次主动和他交谈，但是他一句话也不说。
小题11:.D 呼应上文多次闻讯没有结果。所以后文采取的行动，说明我很不高兴。
小题12:C 根据上下文的情景应用leave me along别打扰我，走开。符合语境。
小题13:.D 呼应后半句and saw nobody showed any interest 应该是抬头看。
小题14: B 承上启下。就在那时，我发现他们和机器而不是和人进行很好的交流。
小题15:A 前句的I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people.
小题16:A 呼应全文信息。他们更感兴趣的是人于电脑之间的关系而不是人于人之间的关系。
小题17:.C 呼应全文，我发出感慨，无法想象人类的未来会怎么样？
小题18:.B 与本段的前两句照样。选择了和机器交流而不是与别人交流。
小题19:.D 我陷入了沉思，没有意识到coffee was bad。正如Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.
小题20:.B 前后句呼应。正如Steve没有注意到边上有人一样。
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