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When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which had just broken. There were pieces of me all over the tidy floor. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving,1it was for the best, I could do better, it was his2and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still hurt; perhaps one cannot3such pain.
He left and I tried to4my life. I filled the kettle (水壶), put it on to boil, took out my old red cup and5the coffee powder falling into the bone china. Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning, I6not to hear it. That’s what Mike’s leaving had been like, sudden and with a(n)7end. I would rather just 8in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Just about a cup of coffee, I must be getting 9.
And yet it was a young woman who10back at me from the mirror, a young woman full of11and hope, a young woman with bright eyes just waiting to see the world.12, there are more important things. More important than13, I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closing on the whole Mike experience.
He didn’t14my dreams as I feared that night.15, I am flying far across fields and woods,16on those below me. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some17that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a18, but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken19again and realize that I have gathered myself back together, what Mike has is 20a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has merely, a little piece of me.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      complaining
      
   2. B.
      suggesting
      
   3. C.
      explaining
      
   4. D.
      whispering
2. 2.
   1. A.
      business
      
   2. B.
      fault
      
   3. C.
      luck
      
   4. D.
      reason
3. 3.
   1. A.
      pass
      
   2. B.
      defend
      
   3. C.
      feel
      
   4. D.
      ease
4. 4.
   1. A.
      get close to
      
   2. B.
      get on with
      
   3. C.
      get away with
      
   4. D.
      get down to
5. 5.
   1. A.
      watched
      
   2. B.
      made
      
   3. C.
      let
      
   4. D.
      wanted
6. 6.
   1. A.
      announced
      
   2. B.
      decided
      
   3. C.
      pretended
      
   4. D.
      concluded
7. 7.
   1. A.
      optimistic
      
   2. B.
      sceptical
      
   3. C.
      splendid
      
   4. D.
      unpleasant
8. 8.
   1. A.
      wander
      
   2. B.
      move
      
   3. C.
      keep
      
   4. D.
      take
9. 9.
   1. A.
      mad
      
   2. B.
      old
      
   3. C.
      nervous
      
   4. D.
      uncertain
10. 10.
    1. A.
       flashed
       
    2. B.
       swung
       
    3. C.
       stared
       
    4. D.
       pointed
11. 11.
    1. A.
       promise
       
    2. B.
       delight
       
    3. C.
       dilemmas
       
    4. D.
       conflicts
12. 12.
    1. A.
       Therefore
       
    2. B.
       Besides
       
    3. C.
       Finally
       
    4. D.
       Constantly
13. 13.
    1. A.
       friendship
       
    2. B.
       life
       
    3. C.
       love
       
    4. D.
       health
14. 14.
    1. A.
       visit
       
    2. B.
       have
       
    3. C.
       reject
       
    4. D.
       spin
15. 15.
    1. A.
       Deliberately
       
    2. B.
       Meanwhile
       
    3. C.
       Thus
       
    4. D.
       Instead
16. 16.
    1. A.
       taking off
       
    2. B.
       looking down
       
    3. C.
       breaking away
       
    4. D.
       getting over
17. 17.
    1. A.
       sorrow
       
    2. B.
       worry
       
    3. C.
       relief
       
    4. D.
       doubt
18. 18.
    1. A.
       friend
       
    2. B.
       bird
       
    3. C.
       dream
       
    4. D.
       job
19. 19.
    1. A.
       heart
       
    2. B.
       vase
       
    3. C.
       mirror
       
    4. D.
       cup
20. 20.
    1. A.
       mostly
       
    2. B.
       hardly
       
    3. C.
       usually
       
    4. D.
       only
       

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