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   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  ,” hw 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 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 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. 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

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.

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.

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.   1   I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed   2  . I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls   3   their souls belonged to the   4  .

I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man   5   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   6  ", he said. He was chatting online and,   7  , he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was   8  .

Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried   9   to speak to that computer geek (怪人),  10   not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction (反应). I was   11  . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, "  12  !"

I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I _ 13  , and saw nobody showed any interest.

  14  , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more   15   having a relationship with the   16  , particularly Steve. I wouldn't want to   17   the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines   18   with people.

I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even   19   that the coffee was bad,   20  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. 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.

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

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

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

39. A. home　　 　　 　 B. world　　　 　　　　　 　 C. Net　　　　　 　　 　　　　　　 D. Cafe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

55. A. as if B. just as C. just after　　　 　　 　 D. even though