阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—60题各题所给的四个选

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—60题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。
It was raining．I went into a café and asked for a coffee． 41 I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed   42 ．I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls   43  their souls belonged to the   44 .
I stood up and walked between the tables．When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man   45  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   46 ,”he said．He was chatting online and,   47 , he was playing a computer game—a war game．I was   48 .
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried   49  to speak to that computer geek(怪人),   50  not a word came out of his mouth．I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应)．I was   51 ．I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “   52 !”
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me．I   53 , and saw nobody showed any interest.
54 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people．They were more   55  having a relationship with the   56 , particularly Steve．I wouldn’t want to   57  the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines   58  with people.
I was worried and sank in my thoughts．I didn’t even   59  that the coffee was bad,   60  Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.
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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．sleeping B．laughing C．sitting D．learning

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．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．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．just after D．even though

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