It was raining. I went into a cafe and asked for a coffee.  36  I was waiting for my drink, I realized 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 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 came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction（反应）. 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 cafe 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 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.

A．Before B．Since C．Although D．While

A．pain B．loneliness C．sadness D．fear

A．because B．when C．until D．unless

A．home B．world C．Net D．Cafe

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

A．tired B．thirsty C．busy D．sick

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

A．delighted B．surprised C．moved D．frightened

A．once B．first C．again D．even

A．or B．so C．if D．but

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

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

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

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

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

A．shop B．soul C．geek D．computer

A．tell B．imagine C．plan D．design

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

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

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