Question

      It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.   21   I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed   22  . I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls   23   their souls belonged to the   24  .

      I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man   25   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   26  ,” hw said. He was chatting online and,   27  , he was playing a computer game-a war game. I was   28  .

       Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried   29   to speak to that computer

 geek（怪人）,  30   not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction（反應）. I was   31  . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “  32  !”

      I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I   33  , and saw nobody showed any interest.

        34  , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more   35   having a relationship with the   36  , particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to   37   the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines   38  with people.

      I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even   39   that the coffee was bad,   40  Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.

21. A. Before              B. Since                      C. Although                 D. While

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

23. A. because              B. when                       C. until                        D. unless

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

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

26. A. busy                  B. thirsty                     C. tired                        D. sick

27. A. first of all           B. just then                  C. at the same time D. by that time

28. A. Surprised           B. delighted                  C. moved                     D. frightened

29. A. once                  B. again                       C. first                        D. even

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

31. A. excited               B. respected                  C. afraid                       D. unhappy

32. A. Shut up              B. Enjoy yourself     C. Leave me alone       D. Help me out

33. A. walked about      B. walked out               C. raised my hand  D. raised my head

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

35. A. interested in       B. tired of                    C. careful about            D. troubled by

36. A. computer           B. soul                    C. shop                      D. geek

37. A. tell                   B. plan                         C. imagine                    D. design

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

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

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

Answer 1

21.D   22.B   23.A   24.C   25.C   26.A   27.C   28.A   29.B   30.A

31.D      32.C     33.D     34.B     35.A     36.A      37.C     38.B     39.D 40.B

解析:

21.解析：根據下文“I was waiting for my drink”可確定用while引導時間狀語從句，表示“在……的時候”。

22.解析：loneliness孤獨。根據下文“I saw their bodies， but couldn’t feel their souls”可判斷出作者當時的心情是孤獨的。pain痛苦；sadness悲傷；fear害怕。

23.解析：根據前面兩個句子的意思可判斷出后一句表示原因，解釋為什么只看見他們的身體，感覺不到他們的靈魂的原因。

24.解析：Net網絡。根據下文中的computer可推斷出人們沉溺于網絡中，他們的靈魂屬于網絡。

25.解析：根據上文中的computer可判斷出這個人坐在電腦前。

26.解析：從下文中“He was chatting online”和“he was playing a computer game”可以看出這個人在忙著。

27.解析：at the same time同時。根據并列連詞and可判斷出這個人一邊網上聊天，一邊打電腦游戲。first of all首先；just then就在這時；by that time到那時為止。

28.解析：surprised吃驚。看到那人一邊聊天，一邊打電腦游戲，自然會令人吃驚。delighted欣喜；frightened害怕。

29.解析：again再一次。再一次與Steve交談。

30.解析：to speak to that computer geek與not a word came out of his mouth是轉折關系。

31.解析：三番兩次地與別人談話而沒有反應，自然會引起不愉快的情緒。

32.解析：leave sb. alone的意思是“別打擾（管、理、惹）某人”。因為Steve沉溺于網絡中，當作者把手放在電腦屏幕上時，他非常惱火。

33.解析：raise one’s head抬起頭。根據下文“saw nobody showed any interest”可判斷出作者抬起頭來向四周看了看。

34.解析：from then on從那時起。上文講述了作者試圖與別人交談，但沒有得到別人的反應，這時，他意識到人們都沉溺于網絡中。at that moment那時；in all總共；above all最重要地。

35.解析：be interested in對……感興趣。tired of厭煩；careful about對……仔細；trouble by被……煩惱。

36.解析：從上文“I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines， not with people”可知，人們對與電腦建立關系感興趣。

37.解析：imagine想像。賓語為the future of human beings，對未來常常是一種想像。

38.解析：instead of代替。與機器分享生活代替了與人們分享生活。

39.解析：realize意識到。由于作者陷入對未來的擔憂中，沒有意識到咖啡是壞的。

40.解析：just as就像……一樣。Steve沒有注意到靠近他的人與作者沒有意識到咖啡是壞的，都是因為沉浸在別的事上，兩件事是非常相像的。