Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh - Thi thử THPT Quốc gia năm học 2015-2016 - Mã đề 231 - Trường THPT Quỳ Châu

SỞ GD-ĐT NGHỆ AN
TRƯỜNG THPT QUỲ CHÂU
ĐỀ THI THỬ THQG - NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Mã đề thi 231
Họ, tên thí sinh:..........................................................................
Số báo danh:...............................................................................
PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 64 (8.0 điểm)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. watch	 B. match	C. catch	D. chemical
Question 2. A. happened	B. listened	C. arrived	D. finished
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
	Question 3. A. apply	B. visit	 	C. appear	D. attend
Question 4. A. curriculum B. kindergarten	C. contaminate	D.conventional
Question 5. A. computer	B. factory 	C. family	D. argument
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6. My father is an engineer and he has to work _____ a night shift once a week.
	A. in	B. on	C. under	D. at
Question 7. I'll give you my answer if I_____ you this Sunday afternoon.
	A. see	B. saw	C. will see	D. am seeing
Question 8. He managed to climb over the wall without ______ .
	A. seeing	B. being seen 	C. to see	D. to be seen.
Question 9. Do you know the person ______ next to you in the evening class?
	A. who sit	B. whom sits	C. sitting 	D. whose sitting
Question 10. Tony Blair is believed _____ for Liverpool last week.
	A. leaving	B. to leave	C. having left	D. to have left
Question 11. In my _______ to win a place at university, I am now under a lot of study pressure. 
	A. improvement 	B. support 	C. confidence 	D. attempt 
Question 12. 	A: "Would you mind closing the door?" 	B: "_______ "
	A. Close it now! 	B. Not at all ! 	C. True enough. 	D. Don’t mention it. 
Question 13: _________had she recovered from the accident when she suffered from Zika virus.
	A. No sooner 	B. Only 	C. Never	D. Hardly
Question 14: Remember to appreciate what your parents do for you. You shouldn’t take them________.
	A. as usual	B. for granted	C. as a normal	D. out of control
Question 15: A: "How lovely your pets are!"	B: " ___________ "
	A. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so	B. Really? They are
	C. Can you say that again	D. I love them, too
Question 16: My cousin obviously didn't _____ much of an impression on you if you can't remember meeting her.
	A. do	B. have	C. create	D. build
Question 17: It was very difficult to _______ what he was saying about the noise of the traffic.
	A. pick up	B. make up	C. turn out	D. make out
Question 18: I was glad when he said that he had bought a __________.
	A. beautiful house new	B. beautiful new house	C. house beautiful new D. new house beautiful
Question 19: The teacher, as well as, his students_________hard for the coming National Exam.
 A. worked	B. is working	C. work	D. are working
Question 20: He always takes full__________	of the mistake by these competitors.
 A.benefit B. advantage C. profit D. advice
Question 21:On hearing the news she fainted and it was half an hour before she__________again.
 A. came up	B. came round	C. came over	D. came forward
Question 22: It’s important that President Barrack Obama ________atttention to the life of millions of Agent Orange victims during his visit to Viet Nam.
 A. pays 	B. pay	C. to pay	D. paying
Question 23: The grass is still wet. It________heavily last night.
 A. must have rained 	B. must rain	C. shouldn’t have rained	D. had to rain
Question 24: We have our __________ of course, but we are still quite satisfied with our life.
 A. odds and ends	B. ups and downs	C. safe and sound	D. ins and outs
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 25. The boy denied breaking the window of the neighbor’s house.
	A. admitted	B. agreed 	C. regretted 	D. refused 
Question 26. I found a job at a local hospital after I had graduated from Nghe An Medicine College. 
	A. out of work 	B. out of fashion 	C. out of order D. out of practice
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 27. How many countries took part in the last SEA Games.
	A. succeeded 	B. hosted 	C. participated D. performed
Question 28. The number of poor house holds in Quy Chau keeps increasing during the past few years.
 	A. going up	B. decreasing	C. going down	D. declining
Question 29. Shake a leg or you will miss the train.
 A. Watch out 	B. Put down	 	C. Hurry up	D. Slow down
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 30. Linh didn't know how to swim although she jumped into the swimming pool
 A B C D
Question 31. The shopkeeper warned the boy don't lean their bicycles against his windows
 A B C D
Question 32. He comes from a large family, all of them now live in Australia.
 A B C D
Question 33. Why don’t you ask the man where would he like to stay?
 A B C D
Question 34. If you had taken my advice, you wouldn’t have been in such difficulties now.
 	 A B C D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
 It is relatively easy for computers to speak. A computer that says ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ in the right places is (35) ___ miracle of science ,but recognizing the words that make up normal , continuous human speech is another (36) ___ 
 Not until now have computer been programmed to (37) ___ to a range of spoken commands.Until recently it was thought that computers would have tobe programmed to the accent and speech hahits of each user,and only then would be able to respond(38) ___to their master’s or mistress’s voice.Now rapid progress is being made (39) ______systems programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker.
 The IBM Tangora system,under development at the end of 1980s was claimed to (40) ______a spoken vocabulary of 20,000 words with 95 percent accuracy. The system includes a processor that can make informed guesses as to(41)______is a likely sentence.That system has been programmed not only with grammatical rules,but also with an analyssis of a vast quantity of office correspondence.On the(42) ______
 of this information ,the machine can calculate the probability of one particular word following another.
 Statistical probability is necessary for computers to interpret not only speech but also (43) ______data.
Security systems can distinguish between faces they have been taught to recognize,but never has a computer
been able to match a human’s ability to make sense of a three-dimemsional scene(44) ______identifying all objects in it.
 (From ‘Heinle & Heinle TOEFL Test Assistant .Grammar’ by Milada Broukal)
Question 35: 	A. no	 B. not	C. nothing	D. none
Question 36: 	A. problem	 B. topic	 C. matter	 D. theme
Question 37: 	A. talk	 B. answer	C. communicate	D. react
Question 38: 	A. truly	 B. completely	C. accurately	D. right
Question 39: 	A. with	 B. for	C. within	D. as
Question 40: 	A. know	 B. recognize	C. master	D. realize
Question 41: 	A. which	 B. what	C. how	 D. that
Question 42: 	A. foundation	 B. principle C. ground	D. basis
Question 43: 	A. visual	 B. noticeable	C. seen	 D. visible
Question 44: 	A. from	 B. by	C. of	 D. without
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 45 to 54.
My family consists of four people. There’s my father whose name is Jan, my mother whose name is Marie, my brother, Peter and of course, me. I have quite a large extended family as well but, only the four of us live together in our apartment in a block of flats. My father is fifty-two years old. He works as an accountant in an insurance company. He is tall and slim, has got short brown and gray hair and blue eyes. My father likes gardening very much as well as listening to music and reading books about political science. His special hobbies are bird watching and travelling.
 Now I’ll describe my mother and my brother. My mother is forty-seven and she works as a nurse in a hospital. She is small, and slim, has short brown hair and green eyes. She likes bird watching and travelling too, so whenever my parents are able to they go some place interesting for nature watching. Since we have a cottage with a garden they both spend a lot of time there. My brother is sixteen. He is slim and has short brown hair and blue eyes. He also attends high school. He is interested in computers and sports like football and hockey. He also spends a lot of time with his friends.
I have only one grandmother left still living. She is in pretty good health even at the age of seventy-eight so she still lives in her own flat. I enjoy spending time with her when I can. Both my grandfathers died from cancer because they were smokers, which was really a great tragedy because I didn’t get chance to know them. My other grandmother died just a few years ago. I also have a lot of aunts, uncles, and cousins. The cousin I’m closest to is my uncle’s daughter Pauline. We have a lot in common because we are both eighteen and so we are good friends.
My parents have assigned me certain duties around the house. I don’t mind helping out because everyone in a family should contribute in some way. I help with the washing up, the vacuuming and the shopping. Of course I also have to help keep my room tidy as well. My brother is responsible for the dusting and mopping. He also has to clean his own room. Even though my brother and I sometimes fight about who has to do what job, we are still very close. I am also very close to my parents and I can rely on them to help me. My patents work together to keep our home well maintained and it seem they always have a project or another that they are working on. They respect each other’s opinions and even if they disagree they can always come to a compromise. I hope in the future that I have a family like ours. 
Question 45. What is the writer’s father? 
 A. a cashier 	B an accountant 	C. a receptionist	D. a writer
Question 46. Which of the followings is NOT the hobby of the writer’s father? 
 A listening to music 	B. bird watching	C. painting 	D. doing the gardening 
Question 47. Where does the writer’s mother work? 
 A an a clinic	B at home 	C in a company 	D. in a hospital 
Question 48. What does the writer’s mother look like? 
 A She is slim and small 	B She is small and has grey hair 	
 C. She has blue eyes 	D. She has long brown hair. 
Question 49. What does the writer’s brother do? 
 A. a computer programmer B. a high school student 	C. a college student 	D. a football player 
Question 50. What happened to the writer’s grandfathers? 
 A. They died because they smoked too much. 	B. They got lung cancer a few years ago, 
 C. They had to leave their own flat.	D. They had an accident and died.. 
Question 51. The word “tragedy” in the third paragraph mostly means ______ 
 A. bad luck 	B. sudden accident 	C. sad event 	D. boring result 
Question 52. The word “assigned” in the fourth paragraph mostly means ______ 
 A. allowed 	B. appointed 	C. forced 	D. encouraged 
Question 53. What does the writer do to help her parents at home?
 A. She does the dusting. 	B. She does the mopping. C. She does the washing. 	D. She does the shopping. 
Question 54. Which of the following statements is NOT true? 
A The writer’s mother likes travelling.	 B. One of the writer’s grandmothers is living with her. 
C. The writer’s brother has to clean his own room. D.The writer has a cousin whose age is the same as hers. 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 55 to 64.
 We are descendents of the ice age. Periods of glaciation have spanned the whole of human existence for the past 2 million years. The rapid melting of the continental glaciers at the end of the last ice age spurred one of the most dramatic climate changes in the history of the planet. During this interglacial time, people were caught up in a cataclysm of human accomplishment, including the development of agriculture and animal husbandry. Over the past few thousand years, the Earth’s climate has been extraordinarily beneficial, and humans have prospered exceedingly well under a benign atmosphere.
Ice ages have dramatically affected life on Earth almost from the very beginning. It is even possible that life itself significantly changed the climate. All living organisms pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and eventually store it in sedimentary rocks within the Earth’s crust. If too much carbon dioxide is lost, too much heat escapes out into the atmosphere. This can cause the Earth to cool enough for glacial ice to spread across the land.
In general the reduction of the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been equalized by the input of carbon dioxide from such events as volcanic eruptions. Man, however, is upsetting the equation by burning fossil fuels and destroying tropical rain forests, both of which release stored carbon dioxide. This energizes the greenhouse effect and causes the Earth to warm. If the warming is significant enough, the polar ice caps eventually melt.
The polar ice caps drive the atmospheric and oceanic circulation systems. Should the ice caps melt, warm tropical waters could circle the globe and make this a very warm, inhospitable planet.
Over the past century, the global sea level has apparently risen upwards of 6 inches, mainly because of the melting of glacial ice. If present warming trends continue, the seas could rise as much as 6 feet by the next century. This could flood coastal cities and fertile river deltas, where half the human population lives. Delicate wetlands, where many marine species breed, also would be reclaimed by the sea. In addition, more frequent and severe storms would batter coastal areas, adding to the disaster of the higher seas.
The continued melting of the great ice sheets in polar regions could cause massive amounts of ice to crash into the ocean. This would further raise the sea level and release more ice, which could more than double the area of sea ice and increase correspondingly the amount of sunlight reflected back into space. The cycle would then be complete as this could cause global temperatures to drop enough to initiate another ice age.
Question 55. According to the passage, carbon dioxide is stored in each of the following EXCEPT
	A. polar ice caps. 	B. sedimentary rocks.	C. rain forests.	D. fossil fuel.
Question 56. What does the final paragraph of the passage mainly discuss?
	A. The relationship between the ocean and the sun 	B. The amount of sunlight reflected into space
	C. A rise in global temperatures	D. The conditions that could lead to an ice age
Question 57. Which of the following does the author NOT mention as a consequence of a large rise in global sea level?
	A. The destruction of wetlands	B. The flooding of cities
	C. A more diverse marine population	D. Severe storms
Question 58. According to the passage, what is the relationship between carbon dioxide and the Earth’s climate?
	A. Carbon dioxide, which is trapped in glacial ice, is released when warm temperatures cause the ice melt.
	B. The greenhouse effect, which leads to the warming of the climate, is result of too much carbon stored in the Earth’s crust.
	C. Rain causes carbon dioxide to be washed out of the atmosphere and into the ocean.	
	D. An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide results in the warming of the climate.
Question 59. The word "beneficial" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to
	A. calm	B. inviting	C. thoughtful	D. favorable
Question 60. The word "massive" can be replaced to
	A. wide	B. huge	C. dense	D. thick
Question 61. It can be inferred from the passage that the development of agriculture
A. preceded the development of animal husbandry.	B. withstood vast changes in the Earth’s climate.
	C. did not take place during an ice age.	D. was unaffected by the greenhouse effect.
Question 62. The word “this” in the third paragraph refers to
	A. man’s upsetting the equation	 	B. the reduction of the level of carbon dioxide.
	C. a volcanic eruption	 	D. the melting of the polar ice caps
Question 63. The word “inhospitable” is closest in meaning to
	A. imperfect.	B. uninhabitable.	C. unlikable	D. cruel.
Question 64. What is the main topic of the passage?
	A. The possibility that the popular ice caps will melt
	B. The coming of another ice age
	C. Man’s effect on the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere
	D. The climate of the Earth over the years.
 PHẦN TỰ LUẬN: (2.0 điểm)
WRITING
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. (0.5 điểm)
 Question 1: He said to me “ Don’t be late for school.”
 He told me..............................................................................................
 Question 2: The book is so interseting that I want to read it again and again. 
 It is...........................................................................................................
 Question 3: It wasn’t until she was 15 that she knew how to ride a bike.
 Not until.................................................................................................
 Question 4: We started learning English 7 years ago.
 We have................................................................................................. 
 Question 5: The electric bike is expensive, so he can’t buy it.
 If...........................................................................................................
Part II. In about 140 words , write a paragraph about the advantages of Television.(1.5 điểm)
The following prompts might be helpful to you.
+ Help us see and learn more useful things
+ A source of entertainment
+ TV can make things memorable
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SỞ GD-ĐT NGHỆ AN
TRƯỜNG THPT QUỲ CHÂU
ĐỀ THI THỬ THQG - NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Mã đề thi 312
Họ, tên thí sinh:..........................................................................
Số báo danh:...............................................................................
PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 64 (8.0 điểm)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
	Question 1. A. apply	B. visit	 	C. appear	D. attend
Question 2. A. curriculum B. kindergarten	C. contaminate	D.conventional
Question 3. A. computer	B. factory 	C. family	D. argument
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 4. The boy denied breaking the window of the neighbor’s house.
	A. admitted	B. agreed 	C. regretted 	D. refused 
Question 5. I found a job at a local hospital after I had graduated from Nghe An Medicine College. 
	A. out of work 	B. out of fashion 	C. out of order D. out of practice
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
 It is relatively easy for computers to speak. A computer that says ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ in the right places is (6) ___ miracle of science ,but recognizing the words that make up normal , continuous human speech is another (7) ___ 
 Not until now have computer been programmed to (8) ___ to a range of spoken commands.Until recently it was thought that computers would have tobe programmed to the accent and speech hahits of each user,and only then would be able to respond(9) ___to their master’s or mistress’s voice.Now rapid progress is being made (10) ______systems programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker.
 The IBM Tangora system,under development at the end of 1980s was claimed to (11) ______a spoken vocabulary of 20,000 words with 95 percent accuracy. The system includes a processor that can make informed guesses as to(12)______is a likely sentence.That system has been programmed not only with grammatical rules,but also with an analyssis of a vast quantity of office correspondence.On the(13) ______
 of this information ,the machine can calculate the probability of one particular word following another.
 Statistical probability is necessary for computers to interpret not only speech but also (14) ______data.
Security systems can distinguish between faces they have been taught to recognize,but never has a computer
been able to match a human’s ability to make sense of a three-dimemsional scene(15) ______identifying all objects in it.
 (From ‘Heinle & Heinle TOEFL Test Assistant .Grammar’ by Milada Broukal)
Question 6: 	A. no	 B. not	C. nothing	D. none
Question 7: 	A. problem	 B. topic	 C. matter	 D. theme
Question 8: 	A. talk	 B. answer	C. communicate	D. react
Question 9: 	A. truly	 B. completely	C. accurately	D. right
Question 10: 	A. with	 B. for	C. within	D. as
Question 11: 	A. know	 B. recognize	C. master	D. realize
Question 12: 	A. which	 B. what	C. how	 D. that
Question 13: 	A. foundation	 B. principle C. ground	D. basis
Question 14: 	A. visual	 B. noticeable	C. seen	 D. visible
Question 15: 	A. from	 B. by	C. of	 D. without
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 16. My father is an engineer and he has to work _____ a night shift once a week.
	A. in	B. on	C. under	D. at
Question 17. I'll give you my answer if I_____ you this Sunday afternoon.
	A. see	B. saw	C. will see	D. am seeing
Question 18. He managed to climb over the wall without ______ .
	A. seeing	B. being seen 	C. to see	D. to be seen.
Question 19. Do you know the person ______ next to you in the evening class?
	A. who sit	B. whom sits	C. sitting 	D. whose sitting
Question 20. Tony Blair is believed _____ for Liverpool last week.
	A. leaving	B. to leave	C. having left	D. to have left
Question 21. In my _______ to win a place at university, I am now under a lot of study pressure. 
	A. improvement 	B. support 	C. confidence 	D. attempt 
Question 22. 	A: "Would you mind closing the door?" 	B: "_______ "
	A. Close it now! 	B. Not at all ! 	C. True enough. 	D. Don’t mention it. 
Question 23: _________had she recovered from the accident when she suffered from Zika virus.
	A. No sooner 	B. Only 	C. Never	D. Hardly
Question 24: Remember to appreciate what your parents do for you. You shouldn’t take them________.
	A. as usual	B. for granted	C. as a normal	D. out of control
Question 25: A: "How lovely your pets are!"	B: " ___________ "
	A. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so	B. Really? They are
	C. Can you say that again	D. I love them, too
Question 26: My cousin obviously didn't _____ much of an impression on you if you can't remember meeting her.
	A. do	B. have	C. create	D. build
Question 27: It was very difficult to _______ what he was saying about the noise of the traffic.
	A. pick up	B. make up	C. turn out	D. make out
Question 28: I was glad when he said that he had bought a __________.
	A. beautiful house new	B. beautiful new house	C. house beautiful new D. new house beautiful
Question 29: The teacher, as well as, his students_________hard for the coming National Exam.
 A. worked	B. is working	C. work	D. are working
Question 30: He always takes full__________	of the mistake by these competitors.
 A.benefit B. advantage C. profit D. advice
Question 13:On hearing the news she fainted and it was half an hour before she__________again.
 A. came up	B. came round	C. came over	D. came forward
Question 32: It’s important that President Barrack Obama ________atttention to the life of millions of Agent Orange victims during his visit to Viet Nam.
 A. pays 	B. pay	C. to pay	D. paying
Question 33: The grass is still wet. It________heavily last night.
 A. must have rained 	B. must rain	C. shouldn’t have rained	D. had to rain
Question 34: We have our __________ of course, but we are still quite satisfied with our life.
 A. odds and ends	B. ups and downs	C. safe and sound	D. ins and outs
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 44.
My family consists of four people. There’s my father whose name is Jan, my mother whose name is Marie, my brother, Peter and of course, me. I have quite a large extended family as well but, only the four of us live together in our apartment in a block of flats. My father is fifty-two years old. He works as an accountant in an insurance company. He is tall and slim, has got short brown and gray hair and blue eyes. My father likes gardening very much as well as listening to music and reading books about political science. His special hobbies are bird watching and travelling.
 Now I’ll describe my mother and my brother. My mother is forty-seven and she works as a nurse in a hospital. She is small, and slim, has short brown hair and green eyes. She likes bird watching and travelling too, so whenever my parents are able to they go some place interesting for nature watching. Since we have a cottage with a garden they both spend a lot of time there. My brother is sixteen. He is slim and has short brown hair and blue eyes. He also attends high school. He is interested in computers and sports like football and hockey. He also spends a lot of time with his friends.
I have only one grandmother left still living. She is in pretty good health even at the age of seventy-eight so she still lives in her own flat. I enjoy spending time with her when I can. Both my grandfathers died from cancer because they were smokers, which was really a great tragedy because I didn’t get chance to know them. My other grandmother died just a few years ago. I also have a lot of aunts, uncles, and cousins. The cousin I’m closest to is my uncle’s daughter Pauline. We have a lot in common because we are both eighteen and so we are good friends.
My parents have assigned me certain duties around the house. I don’t mind helping out because everyone in a family should contribute in some way. I help with the washing up, the vacuuming and the shopping. Of course I also have to help keep my room tidy as well. My brother is responsible for the dusting and mopping. He also has to clean his own room. Even though my brother and I sometimes fight about who has to do what job, we are still very close. I am also very close to my parents and I can rely on them to help me. My patents work together to keep our home well maintained and it seem they always have a project or another that they are working on. They respect each other’s opinions and even if they disagree they can always come to a compromise. I hope in the future that I have a family like ours. 
Question 35. What is the writer’s father? 
 A. a cashier 	B an accountant 	C. a receptionist	D. a writer
Question 36. Which of the followings is NOT the hobby of the writer’s father? 
 A listening to music 	B. bird watching	C. painting 	D. doing the gardening 
Question 37. Where does the writer’s mother work? 
 A an a clinic	B at home 	C in a company 	D. in a hospital 
Question 38. What does the writer’s mother look like? 
 A She is slim and small 	B She is small and has grey hair 	
 C. She has blue eyes 	D. She has long brown hair. 
Question 39. What does the writer’s brother do? 
 A. a computer programmer B. a high school student 	C. a college student 	D. a football player 
Question 40. What happened to the writer’s grandfathers? 
 A. They died because they smoked too much. 	B. They got lung cancer a few years ago, 
 C. They had to leave their own flat.	D. They had an accident and died.. 
Question 41. The word “tragedy” in the third paragraph mostly means ______ 
 A. bad luck 	B. sudden accident 	C. sad event 	D. boring result 
Question 42. The word “assigned” in the fourth paragraph mostly means ______ 
 A. allowed 	B. appointed 	C. forced 	D. encouraged 
Question 43. What does the writer do to help her parents at home?