It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ____ I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed ____. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls ____ their souls belonged to the ____.
I stood up and walked _______the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man _____ in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he ______ 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 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 （怪人），____ 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 raised my head, 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 interested in 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 sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even ____ that the coffee was bad, ____ 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．café

A．beside B．among C．between D．on

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

A．finally B．quickly C．patiently D．loudly

A．busy B．thirsty C．tired D．sick

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

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

A．once B．again C．first D．even

A．but B．so C．if D．or

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

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

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

A．computer B．soul C．shop D．geek

A．tell B．plan C．imagine D．design

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

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

A．as if B．just as C．so that D．even though