Question

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.     36    I was waiting for my drink, I realized that 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 with somebody--probably someone he didn't know--and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game--a war game. I was surprised. 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 café 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 I 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.

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

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.B

【解析】从“我”遇见的一件事情说明现实社会中很多年轻人沉迷于网络，让“我”思考未来的世界会是什么样的。

1.while表示“当…的时候；在…期间”，后接进行时态。

2.根据上下文可知，作者身处人人沉迷于网络的网吧里所体会到的孤独感。

3.上下文有因果关系。

4.由上下文可知，作者之所以感到孤独，是因为其它人的灵魂都属于网络。

5.从下文可知，Steve是坐在电脑前面，而不是睡在电脑前。

6.从作者叫他很多声才答应可知他正忙于上网，无暇顾及其它。

7.“busy”是因为他边在线聊天，“同时”还打电脑游戏。

8.用排除法可知作者当时十分的惊讶，而不是害怕。

9.作者试图再次与Steve交谈，again或once again/more再一次；once一次；曾经。

10.but表示转折。“但是”他任不理会作者。

11.用unhappy表达作者被冷落的不满情绪。

12.当“我”用手遮住电脑屏幕的时候，Steve受不了了，大叫“让我一个人呆着/离我远点”。

13.“我”“抬起头”看到，与下文连贯。

14.at that moment表示“这时，我意识到了…”

15.表示“对电脑比对人更感兴趣”，本题容易误选C项，be careful about小心，当心；而care about关心，在乎。

16.由上题可知。

17.我不愿意去想象那会是一个怎么样的世界“如果人们更喜欢与机器交往，而不是和人”

18.由上题可知。

19.我陷入沉思中，甚至没有意识到咖啡味道很差，就如同Steve没有注意到有个人在他旁边一样。

20.由上题可知。