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 puter, 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 puter game—a war game．I was 48 .
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried 49 to speak to that puter 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．BeforeB．SinceC．AlthoughD．While【小题2】．A．painB．lonelinessC．sadnessD．fear【小题3】．A．becauseB．whenC．untilD．unless【小题4】．A．homeB．worldC．NetD．Café【小题5】．A．sleepingB．laughingC．sittingD．learning【小题6】．A．busyB．thirstyC．tiredD．sick【小题7】．A．first of allB．just thenC．at the same timeD．by that time【小题8】．A．surprisedB．delightedC．movedD．frightened【小题9】．A．onceB．againC．firstD．even【小题10】．A．butB．soC．ifD．or【小题11】．A．excitedB．respectedC．afraidD．unhappy【小题12】．A．Shut upB．Enjoy yourselfC．Leave me aloneD．Help me out【小题13】．A．walked aboutB．walked outC．raised my handD．raised my head【小题14】．A．From then onB．At that momentC．In allD．Above all【小题15】．A．interested inB．tired ofC．careful aboutD．troubled by【小题16】．A．puterB．soulC．shopD．geek【小题17】．A．tellB．planC．imagineD．design【小题18】．A．other thanB．instead ofC．except forD．as well as【小题19】．A．pretendB．understandC．insistD．realize【小题20】．A．as ifB．just asC．just afterD．even thoughD
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解析：
【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puter chatting online, playing a puter game, puter 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 puter 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。