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. 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．Cafe 小题5: A．sleeping B．sitting C．laughing D．learning 小题6: A．tired B．thirsty C．busy D．sick 小题7: A．first of all B．just then C．by that time D．at the same time 小题8: A．delighted B．surprised C．moved D．frightened 小题9: A．once B．first C．again D．even 小题10: A．or B．so C．if D．but 小题11: A．excited B．respected C．unhappy D．afraid 小题12: A．Shut up B．Leave me alone C．Enjoy yourself 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．careful about B．tired of C．interested in D．troubled by 小题16: A．shop B．soul C．geek D．computer 小题17: A．tell B．imagine C．plan D．design 小题18: A．other than B．except for C．instead of 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