Question

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 (灵魂) ______ 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 with somebody—probably someone he didn’t know---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(电脑玩家)，______ 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 ______ , 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 bad, _____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. Café

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：本文是一篇记叙文写了从“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考查副词辨析。A. Before 在...之前；B. Since自从；C. Although虽然；D. While然而；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”。在我等待我的咖啡时，故选D。

2.B考查名词辨析。A. pain 劳累；B. loneliness 孤独；C. sadness 伤心；D. fear害怕；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。

3.A考查副词辨析。A. because 因为；B. when 当；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。

4.C 考查名词辨析。A. home 家；B. world 世界；C. Net 网络；D. Café咖啡馆；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。

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

6.A考查形容词辨析。A. busy 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。

7.C考查短语辨析。A. first of all 首先；B. just then 然后；C. at the same time 同时；D. by that time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。

8.A考查形容词辨析A. surprised 惊喜的；B. delighted 高兴的；C. moved感动的；D. frightened害怕的；根据情理可知看到那人一边聊天，一边打电脑游戏，自然会令人吃惊。故选A。

9.B考查副词辨析。A. once 一旦；B. again 再一次；C. first 首先；D. even甚至；根据情理可知他再一次与Steve交谈，故选B。

10.A 考查连词辨析。A. but 但是；B. so 所以；C. if 如果；D. or或者；根据上下文to speak to that computer geek与not a word came out of his mouth可知我尝试着和他说话，但是他什么也不说，所以是转折关系。故选A。

11.D考查形容词辨析A. excited 激动的；B. respected 敬佩的；C. afraid 害怕的；D. unhappy不开心的；根据情理可知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。

12.C考查短语辨析。A. Shut up 闭嘴；B. Enjoy yourself 玩的开心；C. Leave me alone 不要打扰我；D. Help me out帮帮我；根据情理可知因为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。

13.D考查短语辨析。A. walked about来回走动； B. walked out 走出；C. raised my hand 举起我的手；D. raised my head抬头；根据上下文可知我抬头看了看，故选D。

14.B考查短语辨析。A. From then on从那时起；B. At that moment在那时；C. In all 总共；D. Above all最重要的；根据情理可知从那时起。上文讲述了作者试图与别人交谈，但没有得到别人的反应，故选B。

15.A考查短语辨析。A. interested in 对...有兴趣；B. tired of 对..劳累；C. careful about 对……仔细；D. troubled by被……烦恼；根据情理可知这时，他意识到人们都沉溺于网络中。故选A。

16.A考查名词辨析。A. computer 电脑；B. soul 灵魂；C. shop 商店；D. geek玩家；根据情理可知人们对与电脑建立关系产生兴趣，故选A。

17.C考查动词辨析。A. tell 告诉；B. plan计划；C. imagine 想象；D. design设计；根据情理可知人们对未来常常是一种想象，故选C。

18.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也；根据语境可知人类与机器分享生活代替了与人们分享生活。故选B。

19.D考查动词辨析。A. pretend 打算；B. understand 理解；C. insist 坚持；D. realize了解；根据情理可知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。

20.A. as if 好像；B. just as就像...一样；C. just after 在...之后；D. even though虽然；根据情理可知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。

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