It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a 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 ____ their souls belonged to the ____.
I stood up and walked _______the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man _____ in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he ______ answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m ____,” he said. He was chatting online and, ____, 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 （怪人），____ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction. I was _____. 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 café were looking at me. I raised my head, and saw nobody showed any interest.
, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more interested in having a relationship with the , particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines with people.
I was worried and 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. BeforeB. SinceC. AlthoughD. While
2.A. painB. lonelinessC. sadnessD. fear
3.A. becauseB. whenC. untilD. unless
4.A. homeB. worldC. netD. café
5.A. besideB. amongC. betweenD. on
6.A. sleepingB. laughingC. sitting D. learning
7.A. finallyB. quicklyC. patientlyD. loudly
8.A. busyB. thirstyC. tiredD. sick
9.A. first of allB. just thenC. at the same timeD. by that time
10.A. surprisedB. delightedC. movedD. frightened
11.A. onceB. againC. firstD. even
12.A. butB. soC. ifD. or
13.A. excitedB. respectedC. afraidD. unhappy
14.A. Shut upB. Enjoy yourselfC. Leave me aloneD. Help me out
15.A. From then onB. At that momentC. In allD. Above all
16.A. computerB. soulC. shopD. geek
17.A. tellB. planC. imagineD. design
18.A. other thanB. instead ofC. except forD. as well as
19.A. pretendB. understandC. insist D. realize
20.A. as ifB. just asC. so that D. even though
--Let’s have a game of tennis; the loser has to treat the other to an ice-cream.
-- _______.
A. I’m afraid soB. It’s a dealC. You’ve got a point D. I suppose not
The loss has not yet been _______ accurately, but it is believed to be well beyond a hundred million dollars.
A. calculated B. considered C. completed D. controlled
Teachers’ words and deeds ______ a great effect _____ their students.
A. have ; on B. give; to C. make ;in D. take; to
We give dogs time, pace and love we can spare, and______, dogs give us their all.
A. in turn B. in fact C. in short D. in return
What made her angry was not what he said but_____ he said it.
A. the way B. by the way C. in the way D. the way which
