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 puter, 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 puter game-a war game. I was 28 .
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried 29 to speak to that puter
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. puter 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 though21.D 22.B 23.A 24.C 25.C 26.A 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.A
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(答案→)21.D 22.B 23.A 24.C 25.C 26.A 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.A
解析：
21.解析：根据下文“I was waiting for my drink”可确定用while引导时间状语从句，表示“在……的时候”。
22.解析：loneliness孤独。根据下文“I saw their bodies， but couldn’t feel their souls”可判断出作者当时的心情是孤独的。pain痛苦；sadness悲伤；fear害怕。
23.解析：根据前面两个句子的意思可判断出后一句表示原因，解释为什么只看见他们的身体，感觉不到他们的灵魂的原因。
24.解析：Net网络。根据下文中的puter可推断出人们沉溺于网络中，他们的灵魂属于网络。
25.解析：根据上文中的puter可判断出这个人坐在电脑前。
26.解析：从下文中“He was chatting online”和“he was playing a puter game”可以看出这个人在忙着。
27.解析：at the same time同时。根据并列连词and可判断出这个人一边网上聊天，一边打电脑游戏。first of all首先；just then就在这时；by that time到那时为止。
28.解析：surprised吃惊。看到那人一边聊天，一边打电脑游戏，自然会令人吃惊。delighted欣喜；frightened害怕。
29.解析：again再一次。再一次与Steve交谈。
30.解析：to speak to that puter geek与not a word came out of his mouth是转折关系。
31.解析：三番两次地与别人谈话而没有反应，自然会引起不愉快的情绪。
32.解析：leave sb. alone的意思是“别打扰（管、理、惹）某人”。因为Steve沉溺于网络中，当作者把手放在电脑屏幕上时，他非常恼火。
33.解析：raise one’s head抬起头。根据下文“saw nobody showed any interest”可判断出作者抬起头来向四周看了看。
34.解析：from then on从那时起。上文讲述了作者试图与别人交谈，但没有得到别人的反应，这时，他意识到人们都沉溺于网络中。at that moment那时；in all总共；above all最重要地。
35.解析：be interested in对……感兴趣。tired of厌烦；careful about对……仔细；trouble by被……烦恼。
36.解析：从上文“I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines， not with people”可知，人们对与电脑建立关系感兴趣。
37.解析：imagine想像。宾语为the future of human beings，对未来常常是一种想像。
38.解析：instead of代替。与机器分享生活代替了与人们分享生活。
39.解析：realize意识到。由于作者陷入对未来的担忧中，没有意识到咖啡是坏的。
40.解析：just as就像……一样。Steve没有注意到靠近他的人与作者没有意识到咖啡是坏的，都是因为沉浸在别的事上，两件事是非常相像的。