I was walking around. It was cold and it was starting to rain. I was looking for a café to sit and have something to drink. When I saw one, I crossed the street and I was there. I sat down and asked for a coffee.

While I was waiting for my coffee, I saw many people sitting in front of their computers. I stood up and came to a thin, medium-height man. I tried to talk to him. But he answered, “I’m Steve. I can’t talk with you. I’m busy.” I thought he was working, and I apologized. Before going back to my seat, I wanted to see what he was doing. I stood behind him and found he was chatting online with somebody--probably someone he didn’t know. I tried again to communicate with him but not a word came out of his mouth. I was getting upset. I touched his shoulder and put my hand in front of the monitor. What he did shocked me. He started to shout, “Leave me alone!” I took a few steps back. I was ashamed. I wanted to look and see if all those people in the café were looking at me, so I raised my head, but there was nobody interested in what was happening because they were all busy with their computers.

At that moment, I realized that the people in that place were not having a cup of coffee and they were only looking for a place to have a nice conversation with their computers. I could see their bodies, but couldn’t feel their souls. That was because their souls didn’t belong to them, instead they belonged to the “net”. 

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1.What’s the weather like when the story happened?

A It’s sunny.

B It’s cool.

C It’s rainy.

D It’s cold and rainy.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。从文章第1段…it was starting to rain可知，故选D。

2.What were people doing when the author was waiting for his coffee?

A They were reading magazines.

B They were using their computers.

C They were also waiting for their drinks.

D They were listening to the nice music.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。从文章第2段…I saw many people sitting in front of their computers可知，故选B。

3.Why Steve didn’t talk to the author?

A Because he was very busing working.

B Because he was busing talking to someone else in the café.

C Because he was busing talking with someone on the internet.

D Because he didn’t like talking.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。从文章第2段he was chatting online with somebody可知Steve正在忙着在网上和某人聊天，故选C。

4.Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A Steve was busying with his computer.

B When the author tried to talk to Steve again, Steve shouted at him.

C People continued using their computers when Steve shouted at the author.

D The author went out of the café after Steve shouted at him.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。文章并没有提到作者在被Steve大吼了后离开咖啡馆，而A,B,C选项在第2段中都有提及，故选D。

5.What is the opinion of the author in this passage?

A It’s better for people to talk with people than with computers.

B Computers help people a lot.

C A café is a good place to play computers.

D Playing computer games in a café is fun

解析：选A。A 推理判断题。 作者在文章的最后一段暗示了自己的看法，从That was because their souls didn’t belong to them, instead they belonged to the “net”. 这句话可看出作者并不赞成人们成为电脑控，故选A。