It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ____ I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed ____. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls ____ their souls belonged to the ____. I stood up and walked _______the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man _____ in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he ______ answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m ____,” he said. He was chatting online and, ____, he was playing a computer game – a war game. I was ______. Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried ____ to speak to that computer geek （怪人），____ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction. I was _____. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “____!” I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I raised my head, and saw nobody showed any interest. , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more interested in having a relationship with the , particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines with people. I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even ____ that the coffee was bad, ____ 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．beside B．among C．between D．on 小题6: A．sleeping B．laughing C．sitting D．learning 小题7: A．finally B．quickly C．patiently D．loudly 小题8: A．busy B．thirsty C．tired D．sick 小题9: A．first of all B．just then C．at the same time D．by that time 小题10: A．surprised B．delighted C．moved D．frightened 小题11: A．once B．again C．first D．even 小题12: A．but B．so C．if D．or 小题13: A．excited B．respected C．afraid D．unhappy 小题14: A．Shut up B．Enjoy yourself C．Leave me alone D．Help me out 小题15: A．From then on B．At that moment C．In all D．Above all 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．so that D．even though