Question

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

It was raining. I went ______ a cafe and asked for a coffee. While I was waiting for my drink, I realized that 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 can't talk with you. I'm busy", he said. He was ______ 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 ______ . Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried ______ to speak to that computer geek(电脑玩家), but not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction I was ______ unhappy. 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 cafe were looking at me. I raised my ______ and saw nobody showed any interest.

At that moment, I realized that the people there were having a ______ conversation with their machines, not with people. They were ______ in having a relationship with the computer, particularly Steve. I wouldn't want to ______ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines instead of with people.

I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even ______ that the coffee was bad, ______ Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him.

1.A.towards B.in C.into D.out of

2.A.loneliness B.pain C.sadness D.fear

3.A.home B.world C.café D.net

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

5.A.chatting B.drawing C.singing D.watching

6.A.frightened B.delighted C.moved D.surprised

7.A.once B.again C.first D.even

8.A.mainly B.suddenly C.certainly D.quite

9.A.shut up B.enjoy yourself C.leave me alone D.help me out

10.A.foot B.coffee C.head D.hand

11.A.boring B.nice C.sad D.pleased

12.A.more interested B.more tired C.more careful D.happier

13.A.tell B.plan C.imagine D.design

14.A.pretend B.understand C.realize D.insist

15.A.as if B.just as C.just after D.even though

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.B

【解析】

本篇讲述作者在一次下雨进入咖啡馆喝咖啡，发现咖啡馆里的人都沉迷在自己的网络世界，对身边的人与事都漠不关心，作者对人与机器的关系超越人与人之间的关系表示担忧。

1.句意：我走进一家咖啡馆，要了一杯咖啡。

towards朝、对着；in在……里面，静态介词，强调位置；into往……里面，是动态介词，指物体从外部到内部的动作；out of越出……之外；根据上文“It was raining.”推断空格指走进咖啡馆，表动作的趋向；故选C。

2.句意：当我在等我的饮料时，我意识到里面还有其他人，但我感到孤独。

loneliness孤独；pain痛苦；sadness悲伤；fear害怕；根据下文“I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls because their souls belonged to the net”推断所有人都沉浸在网络中，作者感觉到如进无人之境，感到孤独；故选A。

3.句意：我看到他们的身体，但我感觉不到他们的灵魂，因为他们的灵魂属于网络。

home家；world；世界；café咖啡；net网络；根据下文“When I came to the biggest computer”推断空格指他们都沉浸在网络中；故选D。

4.句意：当我来到最大的电脑前，我看见一个瘦小的男人坐在电脑前。

sleeping睡觉；sitting坐；laughing笑；learning学习；根据下文“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”可知这人是坐在电脑前边和人聊天边打游戏；故选B。

5.句意：他在网上和一个或许他不认识的人聊天，同时，他正在玩一个电脑游戏，一个战争游戏。

chatting聊天；drawing画画；singing唱歌；watching观看；根据“at the same time, he was playing a computer game—a war game”推断这人是边和人聊天边打游戏；故选A。

6.句意：我很惊讶为什么史蒂夫不想和我说话？

frightened害怕的；delighted高兴的；moved感动的；surprised惊讶的；由上文可知Steve正在网上和人聊天，对作者的打招呼置之不理，推断作者感到惊讶，为什么他愿意和网络上的人聊天也不搭理作者；故选D。

7.句意：我尽力又想和那个电脑玩家说话，但他没说出来一句话。

once曾经；again又、再；first首先；even甚至；由上文“he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was”可知作者这是再一次想和他交流，故选B。

8.句意：我很不高兴。

mainly主要地；suddenly突然地；certainly当然；quite很、相当；根据上文“I touched his shoulder, but no reaction”可知作者再一次试图要和交流，他没有做反应，推断这让作者很不高兴；故选D。

9.句意：我把手放在显示器前，他开始喊道：“离开我！”

shut up闭嘴；enjoy yourself玩得开心；leave me alone离开我；help me out帮我摆脱困境；由上文可知作者的2次要和他说话，他都沉浸在网络中，对作者置之不理，由此推断空格处指请作者离开；故选C。

10.句意：我抬起头，看到没有人对我感兴趣。

foot脚；coffee咖啡；head头；hand手；从文字的表层意思推断空格指抬起头；故选C。

11.句意：在那时，我意识到那里的人和他们与他们的机器进行愉快的交谈，而不是与人。

boring无聊的；nice美好的；sad伤心的；pleased高兴的；根据上文“I raised my head and saw nobody showed any interest”可知人们毫不关心身边发生的事情，推断下文指人们和他们与他们的机器进行愉快的交谈；故选B。

12.句意：他们对和电脑有关系更感兴趣，尤其是Steve。

more interested更感兴趣；more tired更劳累；more careful更仔细；happier更高兴；由上文可知人们毫不关心身边发生的事情，更热衷于与机器进行愉快的交谈，由此判断空格指他们对和电脑有关系更感兴趣；故选A。

13.句意：如果人类宁愿和机器而不是人分享生活，我不想想象他们的未来。

tell告诉；plan计划；imagine想象；design设计；由上文可知作者对人们毫不关心身边发生的事情，更热衷于与机器的交流表示担忧，推断空格指不想想象他们的未来，故选C。

14.句意：我甚至没有意识到咖啡不好，就像史蒂夫没注意到旁边有个人一样。

pretend假装；understand理解；realize意识到；insist坚持；根据上文“I was worried and I sank in my thoughts”可知作者陷入沉思，由此判断作者在思考时没有注意到咖啡不好喝；故选C。

15.句意：我甚至没有意识到咖啡不好，就像史蒂夫没注意到旁边有个人一样。

as if好像；just as就如；just after刚刚……之后；even though甚至；由上文可知Steve沉迷网络，没有注意到身边想要和交流的作者，由此推断作者陷入沉思的忘我状态就如Steve沉迷网络的状态是一样的；故选B。