19．I couldn’t ______．The line was busy.
(A)go by
(B)go around
(C)get in
(D)get through

15．Danby left word with my secretary ______ he would call again in the afternoon. (A)who (B)that (C)as (D)which

16．I am sure David will be able to find the library—he has a pretty good ______ of direction. (A)idea (B)feeling (C)experience (D)sense

17．______ I explained on the phone, your request will be considered at the next meeting. (A)When (B)After (C)As (D)Since

18．Bob ran the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds, and I have not seen ______ this year. (A)the best (B)better (C)the most (D)more

20．We’ve been looking at houses but haven’t found ______ we like yet. (A)one (B)ones (C)it (D)them

21. It was raining．I went into a café and asked for a coffee． 21 I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed 22 ．I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls 23 their souls belonged to the 24 . I stood up and walked between the tables．When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man 25 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 26 ,”he said．He was chatting online and, 27 , he was playing a computer game—a war game．I was 28 . Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried 29 to speak to that computer geek(怪人), 30 not a word came out of his mouth．I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应)．I was 31 ．I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “ 32 !” I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me．I 33 , and saw nobody showed any interest. 34 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people．They were more 35 having a relationship with the 36 , particularly Steve．I wouldn’t want to 37 the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 38 with people. I was worried and sank in my thoughts．I didn’t even 39 that the coffee was bad, 40 Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him. (A)Before (B)Since (C)Although (D)While

22．(A)pain (B)loneliness (C)sadness (D)fear

23．(A)because (B)when (C)until (D)unless

24．(A)home (B)world (C)Net (D)Café

25．(A)sleeping (B)laughing (C)sitting (D)learning