Question

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a cup of 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(灵魂) because their souls belonged to the _____.

I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man _____in front of it . “I’m Steve ,” he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “ I _____ talk with you. I’m busy.” he said. He was chatting online and at the same time, he was playing a computer game – a war game. I was ____.

_____ didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried again to speak to that computer geek（电脑迷）,   ____not a word came out of _____ mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应). I was unhappy. I put my hand in front of the monitor , and he started to shout, “Leave me alone!”I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me . I ____and nobody showed any interest .

_____, I realized that people they were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more interested in having a relationship with the computer, _____ Steve. I wouldn’t want to ____ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines _____ people. I was worried and sank（沉浸）_____ my thoughts. I didn’t even notice that the coffee was bad , just as 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. pleased

3.A. home          B. world          C. Net            D.Café

4.A. sleeping      B. laughing       C. sitting        D. learning

5.A. can’t        B. mustn’t        C. couldn’t      D. needn’t

6.A. surprised    B. happy         C. moved          D.worried

7.A. What          B. Why             C. How           D. Who

8.A. but          B. so             C. if            D. or

9.A. my            B. her            C. their         D. his

10.A. went out     B. shook my shoulder  C. nodded my head    D. raised my head

11.A. From then on B. At that moment C. In all         D. Above all

12.A. especially   B. usually         C. really         D. nicely

13.A. tell         B. plan           C. imagine(想像) D. design

14.A. other than  B. instead of      C. except for     D. as well as

15.A. on           B. between         C. for            D. in

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：本篇短文主要讲述的是作者在一家咖啡店遇到的情景。作者看见一个人坐在电脑旁专心致志的玩电脑，全然不知旁人的存在。这让作者感到了现在人们更感兴趣的是人与电脑之间的关系而不是人与人之间的关系的社会现象。

1.D考查连词及语境理解。Before:在……之前；Since：从……以来；Although：尽管、虽然；While：当……时候。根据前后文的信息可知，这里指的是作者在等饮料的时候意识到还要另外一个人在那里。故选D。

2.B考查名词及语境理解。pain：痛；loneliness：孤单；sadness：伤心；pleased：高兴的。根据“I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls ”以及“I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people”的描述可知，这里指的是作者感觉很孤单。故选B。

3.C考查名词及语境理解。home：家；world：世界；net：网络；Café：咖啡店。联系下文多次提及computer chatting online, playing a computer game, computer geek可知，本题与net 形成呼应。故应选C。

4.C考查动词及语境理解。sleeping：睡觉；laughing：笑；sitting：坐；learning：学。根据下文“I’m busy.”he said. 以及“He was chatting online”的描述可知，那个人是坐着玩电脑。故应选C。

5.A考查动情态词及语境理解。根据后句的“he was chatting online and…he was playing a computer game---a war game.”的描述可知，那个人很忙，不能和作者说话。故应选A。

6.A考查形容词及语境理解。surprised：惊讶的；happy：高兴的；moved：感动的；worried：担心的。根据下文作者和他说话他也不作声，拍他肩膀也没有反应，可知作者很惊讶。故选A。

7.B考查疑问词及语境理解。What：什么；Why：为什么；How：怎样；Who：谁。联系前文那个人说很忙，不能和作者说话。由此可知，这里指的是作者想知道他为什么不想和自己说话。故应选B。

8.A考查连词及语境理解。but表示转折；so表示顺承；if 表示假设；or表示选择。根据语境可知，这里表示转折，指的是作者多次主动和他交谈，但是他一句话也不说。故应选A。

9.D考查动词及语境理解。my：我的；her：她的；their：他们的；his：他的。根据语境可知，这里指的是他一句话也不说。故应选D。

10.考查动词短语及语境理解。went out：出去，shook my shoulder：摇我的肩膀；nodded my head：点头；raised my head：抬头。联系下文“and saw nobody showed any interest ”的描述可知，这里指的应该是抬头看。

故应选D。

11.B考查介词短语及语境理解。From then on：从那时起；At that moment：那时；In all：总共； Above all：总之。根据语境可知，这里承上启下，指就在那时，作者发现他们和机器而不是和人进行很好的交流。故选B。

12.A考查副词及语境理解。especially：特别地、尤其；usually：通常；really：真正地；nicely：很好地。根据语境可知，这里指的是人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，尤其是史蒂夫。故选A。

13.C考查动词及语境理解。tell：告诉；plan：计划；imagine：想象；design：设计。根据语境可知，这里是真正发出感慨，无法想象人类的未来会怎么样的。故应选C。

14.B考查动词固定短语及语境理解。other than：此外；instead of：而不是；except for除……外；as well as：也。根据语境可知，这里指的是很多人选择了和机器交流而不是与别人交流。故应选B。

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考点：人生百味类短文。