（北京市八一中學2010屆高三月考）
It was raining．I went in to a cafe and asked for a coffee． 36 I was waiting for my drink，I realized that there were other people in the place，but I sensed 37 ．I saw their bodies，but I couldn't feel their souls 38 their souls belonged to the 39 ．
I stood up and walked between the tables．When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin．small man 40 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 41 ”，he said．He was chatting online with somebody-probably someone he didn't know-and， 42 he was playing a computer game—a
War game. I was 43 ．
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried 44 to speak to that computer geek(怪人)，
45 not a word carne out of his mouth．I touched his shoulder but no reaction．I was 46．I put
my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout．” 47 !”
I took a few steps back，wondering if all those people in the caf6 were looking at me．I 48 ，and saw nobody showed any interest．
49 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines
not with people. They were more 50 having a relationship with the 51 ，particularly Steve．I
wouldn't want to 52 the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 53 with people．
I was worried and I sank in my thoughts．I didn’t even 54 that the coffee was bad， 55
Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him．
36．A．Before B．Since C．Although D．While
37．A．pain B．fear C．sadness D．loneliness
38．A．because B．when C．until D．unless
39．A．home B．Net C．Care D．world
40．A．sitting B．sleeping C．laughing D．learning
41．A．busy B．thirsty C．tired D．sick
42．A．first of all B．just then C．at the same time D．by that time
43．A．moved B．delighted C．surprised D．frightened
44．A．once B．again C．first D．even
45．A．but B．so C．if D．or
46．A．excited B．respected C．afraid D．unhappy
47．A．Shut up B．Enjoy yourself C．Leave me alone D．Help me out
48．A．walked about B．walked out C．raised my hand D．raised my head
49．A．In all B．Above all C．From the non D．At that moment
50．A．interested in B．tired of C．careful about D．troubled by
51．A．soul B．shop C．geek D computer
52．A．tell B．plan C．imagine D．design
53．A．other than B．instead of C．except for D．as well as
54．A．pretend B．understand C．insist D．realize
55．A．as if B．just as C．just after D．even though
