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        Just getting out of a tough relationship and looking for a distraction? This new travel app called Breakup Tours might be for you. Developed by a Hong Kong-based company, it offers experiences and services aimed at people who are dealing with heartbreak. Stephen Chung, co-founder of the company, says the app was inspired by the belief that traveling is the best way to get over heartbreak. “Like changes, relationship breakups are hard,” he says. “When you stick to your routine, you become very aware of the things missing in your routine. Traveling allows you to break away and forget about that loss as well as giving you new perspectives.”

        Tours include a three-hour visit to temples to pray to the Chinese Love Gods , a trip to a Kintsugi (pottery repair) workshop in Tokyo where participants learn about the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi - to “embrace the flawed, imperfect, yet wonderful things in life,” and even a visit to a gun shooting workshop in Chiang Mai. Additionally, clients are given a “Break-Up First-Aid Kit”, which includes a therapeutic writing exercise the company co-created with a psychology professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, before their trip.

        Breakup Tours also has a function called “Circles of Travelers,” which allows users to find others who have booked the same tour and connect with them. But Chung affirms that it’s not a dating app. “We don’t want to be a match-making service and we don’t think you should jump right into another relationship, so if you want to be alone, you can turn on the “invisible” button so other users cannot find you. Another lesson we learned from our participants: Don’t pack too much on a trip. Plan only 30% of your trip and allow 70% of your trip to be alone and do nothing.”, says Chung.

        For now, the start-up company is targeting Hong Kong travelers, but anyone with the app can book the experiences (prices are listed in HKD). Chung adds that they aim to expand services to travelers from Taiwan and Thailand next year.

 (Adapted from edition.cnn.com)

Question 30: What is the passage mainly about?

        A. Special tours in Asia                                        B. A unique travel app.   

        C. Tourist destinations for the heartbroken.         D. Writing exercises to forget about breakups.

Question 31: Which of the following is NOT true about the app Breakup Tours?

        A. It is based on the belief that traveling can help people get over break-ups.

        B. It offers users a varitety of unique tours around Asia.

        C. Its services will be expanded in the near future.  

        D. It is currently only available for Hong Kong travelers.

Question 32: The word “affirms” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to __________.

        A. state        B. assumes         C. imagines                D. suppposes

Question 33: The function “Circles of Travelers” enables users to __________.

        A. connect with all the other users on the app.                     

        B. establish a new romantic relationship with other users.

        C. find other users who are on the same tour.                         

        D. find users who have turned on the “invisible” button.

Question 34: The word “it” in the first paragraph refers to ___________.

        A. distraction             B. travel app        C. company              D. relationship

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