Question

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文后给出的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入文中空白处的最佳选项。

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. _______ 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 _______ 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 ________ ", 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(反应). 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 _______, 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 ________ 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 I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even ________ that the coffee was cold, ________ 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】

试题分析：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.D考查连词辨析A. Before之前；B.Since自从；C.Although虽然；D. While当。。时候；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”，故选D项。

2.2】B考查名词辨析A. pain疼痛；B. loneliness 孤独；C. sadness悲伤；D. fear恐惧；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，故选B项。

3.3】A考查连词辨析A. because因为；B. when当。。时候；C. until直到；D. unless除非；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，故选A项。

4.4】C考查名词辨析A. home家；B. world世界；C. net网络；D. café咖啡；根据下文中的computer可推断出人们沉溺于网络中，他们的灵魂属于网络，故选C项。

5.5】C考查动词辨析A. sleeping睡觉；B. laughing笑；C. sitting坐；D. learning学会；根据上文中的computer可判断出这个人坐在电脑前，故选C项。

6.6】A考查形容词辨析A. busy繁忙的；B. thirsty 渴的；C. tired 累的；D. sick生病的；从下文中“He was chatting online”和“he was playing a computer game”可以看出这个人在忙着，故选A项。

7.7】C考查短语辨析A. first of all首先；B. just then当时；C. at the same time同时；D. by that time到那时；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，故选C项。

8.8】A考查形容词辨析A. surprised 吃惊的；B. delighted高兴的；C. moved感动的；D. frightened害怕的；看到那人一边聊天，一边打电脑游戏，自然会令人吃惊，故选A项。

9.9】B考查副词辨析A. once曾经；B. again再次；C. first 第一；D. even甚至；再一次与Steve交谈，故选B项。

10.0】A考查连词辨析A. but但是；B. so因此；C. if如果；D. or否则；to speak to that computer geek与not a word came out of his mouth是转折关系，故选A项。

11.1】D考查形容词辨析A. excited 兴奋的；B. respected尊敬的；C. afraid害怕的；D. unhappy不高兴的；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，故选D项。

12.2】C考查动词短语辨析A. Shut up闭嘴；B. Enjoy yourself玩得高兴；C. Leave me alone让我单独呆会；D. Help me out帮我摆脱困境；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，故选C项。

13.3】D考查动词短语辨析A. walked about 散步；B. walked out 走出去；C. raised my hand举手；D. raised my head抬头；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，故选D项。

14.4】B考查短语辨析 A. From then on 从那里起；B. At that moment 此时；C. In all总共；D. Above all毕竟；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，故选B项。

15.5】A考查形容词短语辨析A. interested in 对，，感兴趣；B. tired of对，，厌烦；C. careful about对。。小心；D. troubled by对。。感到麻烦。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，故选A项。

16.6】A考查名词辨析A. computer电脑；B. soul 灵魂；C. shop商店；D. geek笨蛋；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，故选A项。

17.7】C考查动词辨析A. tell告诉；B. plan计划；C. imagine想象；D. design设计；宾语为the future of human beings，对未来常常是一种想像，故选C项。

18.8】B考查短语辨析A. other than而不是；B. instead of代替；C. except for除了；D. as well as和。。；与机器分享生活代替了与人们分享生活，故选B项。

19.9】D考查动词辨析A. pretend假装；B. understand理解；C. insist 坚持；D. 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，故选D项。

20.20】B考查连词辨析A. as if好象；B. just as正好；C. just after 之后；D. even though即使；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，故选B项。