阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.  ______ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed ______. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls (灵魂) ______ their souls belonged to the ______ .
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man ______ 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 ______”, he said. He was chatting online with somebody—probably someone he didn’t know---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(电脑玩家)，______ 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 ______ , 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 ______ 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 I 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．While D．Although

A．loneliness B．pain C．sadness D．fear

A．until B．when C．because D．unless

A．home B．world C．café D．net

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

A．thirsty B．busy C．tired D．sick

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

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

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

A．geek B．soul C．shop D．computer

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．realize D．insist

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