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