A. DAMAGE B. PASSAGE C. MASSAGE D. HOSTAGEREAD THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE A...

Câu 39: A. damage B. passage C. massage D. hostageRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicatethe correct answer to each of the questions (from 40 to 49).My family consists of four people. There’s my father whose name is Jan, my mother whosename is Marie, my brother, Peter and of course, me. I have quite a large extended family as wellbut, only the four of us live together in our apartment in a block of flats. My father is fifty-two yearsold. He works as an accountant in an insurance company. He is tall and slim, has got short brownand gray hair and blue eyes. My father likes gardening very much as well as listening to music andreading 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 anurse in a hospital. She is small, and slim, has short brown hair and green eyes. She likes birdwatching and travelling too, so whenever my parents are able to they go some place interesting fornature watching. Since we have a cottage with a garden they both spend a lot of time there. Mybrother 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 withhis friends.I have only one grandmother left still living. She is in pretty good health even at the age ofseventy-eight so she still lives in her own flat. I enjoy spending time with her when I can. Both mygrandfathers died from cancer because they were smokers, which was really a great tragedybecause I didn’t get chance to know them. My other grandmother died just a few years ago. I alsohave 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 becauseeveryone in a family should contribute in some way. I help with the washing up, the vacuuming andthe shopping. Of course I also have to help keep my room tidy as well. My brother is responsiblefor the dusting and mopping. He also has to clean his own room. Even though my brother and Isometimes fight about who has to do what job, we are still very close. I am also very close to myparents and I can rely on them to help me. My patents work together to keep our home wellmaintained and it seem they always have a project or another that they are working on. They respecteach other’s opinions and even if they disagree they can always come to a compromise. I hope inthe future that I have a family like ours.