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）

问题：

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.

小题1:．

A．Before

B．Since

C．Although

D．While小题2:．

A．pain

B．loneliness

C．sadness

D．fear小题3:．

A．because

B．when

C．until

D．unless小题4:．

A．home

B．world

C．Net

D．Café小题5:．

A．sleeping

B．laughing

C．sitting

D．learning小题6:．

A．busy

B．thirsty

C．tired

D．sick小题7:．

A．first of all

B．just then

C．at the same time

D．by that time小题8:．

A．surprised

B．delighted

C．moved

D．frightened小题9:．

A．once

B．again

C．first

D．even小题10:．

A．but

B．so

C．if

D．or小题11:．

A．excited

B．respected

C．afraid

D．unhappy小题12:．

A．Shut up

B．Enjoy yourself

C．Leave me alone

D．Help me out小题13:．

A．walked about

B．walked out

C．raised my hand

D．raised my head小题14:．

A．From then on

B．At that moment

C．In all

D．Above all小题15:．

A．interested in

B．tired of

C．careful about

D．troubled by小题16:．

A．computer

B．soul

C．shop

D．geek小题17:．

A．tell

B．plan

C．imagine

D．design小题18:．

A．other than

B．instead of

C．except for

D．as well as小题19:．

A．pretend

B．understand

C．insist

D．realize小题20:．

A．as if

B．just as

C．just after

D．even though