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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Leaving Home
When I told my mother, she looked at me as if I had 1 her face．
“What？Live in London？”she said．
“I just feel it's time I saw a little more of the world．After all, mum, I'm twenty-two!”
Just then, my father came downstairs, looking 2 as he always did after his Sunday afternoon nap．I had chosen the moment carefully．
“Clive wants to leave home．He doesn't want to live with us any more,”she told him in a trembling voice．My father's expression changed．
“What？You aren't serious, are you, son？”he asked．He sat down at the table opposite me．
Perhaps my parents wouldn't have reacted this way if they hadn't spent all their lives in a small village in Wales．And perhaps my mother in particular wouldn't have been so possessive if her only other child hadn't died as a baby．I tried to explain to them that the bank I worked 3 had offered me a chance to take a job in their head office．But I didn't dare tell them I had already accepted the job．
“London's a long way away．We'll hardly see you any more,”my father said．
“l can come back at 4 , dad．”
He shook his head, looking more and more like someone who had just been given a few months to 5 by his doctor．
“I don't know, son．I don't know．”
He shook his head again and then got up and walked 6 into the garden．
My mother and I sat there at the table．In the 7 , I could hear the old clock ticking away in the hall．There were tears in my mother's eyes．I knew she was going to put pressure on me to give up the idea, and I wondered if I could stand up to it．I even began to wonder if it was wrong 8 me to want to leave my family, the village and the people I had known all my life to live among the English in their cold, strange capital．
She put her hand over mine．
“Your father 9 lately． either have I．You know that．But we won't stand in your way if it's 10 you really want,”she said．
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