Itwasraining.Iwentintoacaféandaskedforacoffee. 36 IwaswaitingformydrinkIrealizedthattherewereotherpeopleintheplacebutIsensed 37 .IsawtheirbodiesbutIcouldn'tfeeltheirsouls 38 theirsoulsbelongedtothe 39 .

Istoodupandwalkedbetweenthetables.WhenIcametothebiggestcomputerIsawathinsmallman 40 infrontofit."I'mSteve"hefinallyansweredafterIaskedhimacoupleoftimeswhathisnamewas."Ican'ttalkwithyou.I'm 41 "hesaid.Hewaschattingonlinewithsomebody--probablysomeonehedidn'tknow--andatthesametimehewasplayingacomputergame--awargame.Iwassurprised.Hewaschattingonlineand 42 hewasplayingacomputergame—awargame.Iwas 43 .

Whydidn'tStevewanttotalkwithme?Itried 44 tospeaktothatcomputergeek(怪人) 45 notawordcameoutofhismouth.Itouchedhisshoulderbutnoreaction（反应）.Iwas 46 .Iputmyhandinfrontofthemonitorandhestartedtoshout" 47 !"

Itookafewstepsbackwonderingifallthosepeopleinthecaféwerelookingatme.I ___48 andsawnobodyshowedanyinterest.

49 Irealizedthatthepeopletherewerehavinganiceconversationwiththeirmachinesnotwithpeople.Theyweremore 50 havingarelationshipwiththe ___51 particularlySteve.Iwouldn'twantto 52 thefutureofhumanbeingsiftheypreferredsharingtheirliveswithmachines 53 withpeople.

IwasworriedandIsankinmythoughts.Ididn'teven 54 thatthecoffeewasbad 55 Stevedidn'tnoticetherewasapersonnexttohim.

1.A．Before B．Since C．Although D．While

2.A．pain B．loneliness C．sadness D．fear

3.A．because B．when C．until D．unless

4.A．home B．world C．Net D．Cafe

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

6.A．busy B．thirsty C．tired D．sick

7.A．firstofallB．justthen C．atthesametimeD．bythattime

8.A．surprisedB．delighted C．movedD．frightened