Question

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ___21___ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that 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___”, he said. He was chatting online with somebody — probably someone he didn’t know—and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was surprised. 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 I 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. Cafe

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

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解析:

文章主要講作者在一家咖啡店里所看到的一種很奇怪的現(xiàn)象——人們都熱衷于上網(wǎng)聊天和玩游戲，而對周圍的人卻視不見。這種現(xiàn)象令作者很擔心，但也很無奈。

21. D。while 意為“當……的時候”，指當作者在等飲料送來的時候。

22. B。根據(jù)下文可知，咖啡屋里雖然有很多人，作者卻找不到一個人可以交流，因為他們都在忙于與電腦交流，所以此處填loneliness較合適。

23. A。此處表因果關(guān)系。即我感覺不到他們的souls，是因為他們的souls都已完全屬于電腦和網(wǎng)絡。

24. C。根據(jù)下文可知，人們都在忙于上網(wǎng)聊天或玩游戲，所以此處以填空 computer 最為適合，但選項中沒有此詞，所以選與之同類的詞語 net(網(wǎng)絡)。

25. C。根據(jù)常識，人們通常是坐(sitting)在電腦前上網(wǎng)或玩游戲。

26. A。根據(jù)空格前后的內(nèi)容可知，那個人既在網(wǎng)上聊天，同時還玩游戲，開始作者問了他幾次，他才回答，所以此處的意思是“我很忙，我沒空與你講話”。

27. C。at the same time 意為“同時”，指那個人既在網(wǎng)上聊天，同時還玩游戲。

28. A。指作者對此感到很吃驚，因為人們寧可在網(wǎng)上聊天，而不愿搭理身邊的人。

29. B。again 指“再”“又”。指作者再一次想跟那人說話。

30. A。此處用but 表轉(zhuǎn)折。因為作者想找他說話，但他一句也不說。

31. D。因為那人不愿搭理作者，即使作者摸他的肩膀，他也沒反應，所以作者感到不高興(unhappy)。注意不要選afraid，否則他就不敢把手放在電腦顯示器前了。

32. C。比較：Shut up 住嘴；Enjoy yourself 玩得開心；Leave me alone 別管我，別打擾我；Help me out 請幫幫我。根據(jù)四個選項的意思，顯然只有C最合語境。

33. D。作者抬頭看了看周圍的情況，沒有一個人對此有反應。

34. B。比較：From then on從那時起；At that moment在那時；In all總計；Above all首先，最重要的是。選B最合適，指作者當時的感受。

35. A。因為那兒的人寧可在網(wǎng)上與人聊天，也不愿搭理身邊的人。這說明他們對計算機更感興趣。

36. A。比較四個選項的意思，只有computer 在此最符合全文的語境。

37.C。此處指作者根據(jù)目前的情況想像將來的情況。

38. B。前面說有的人寧可在網(wǎng)上聊天，也不愿搭理身邊的人。此處作者是假設人們更愿與電腦分享生活而不是與其他人分享生活。

39. D。指作者當時陷入沉思，并沒有意識到咖啡的味道不好。

40. B。此處作者打了一個比方，他說他沒意識到咖啡的味道不好就像Steve沒有注意到其身邊有人一樣。