第二节完形填空 (共20小题, 满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项       
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.
36. A. Before             B.While          C. Although                     D. Since 
37. A. pain                   B. fear           C. sadness                     D. loneliness  
38. A. until                     B. when                  C. because                    D. unless
39. A. Net                      B. world                        C. home                D. Café
40. A. sleeping                B. laughing               C. sitting                      D. learning
41. A. tired                 B. thirsty                     C.    busy                      D. sick
42. A. at the same time  B. just then                   C. first of all          D. by that time
43. A. delighted            B. surprised                  C. moved                     D. frightened
44. A. again                  B. once                        C. first                         D. even
45. A. but                        B. so                            C. if                             D. or
46. A. excited           B. respected                  C. unhappy    D afraid              .
47. A. Shut up                B. Enjoy yourself            C. Help me out      D. Leave me alone
48. A. walked about         B. raised my head   C. raised my hand D. walked out     
49. A. From then on        B. Above all            C. In all                D. At that moment
50. A. interested in      B. tired of                   C. careful about            D. troubled by
51. A. computer            B. soul                       C. shop                        D. geek
52.A. tell                      B. plan                       C. design               D. imagine
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