Упр.2 Unit 5 Reader ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10-11 класс

Задача

Read Adrian’s notes about Mr Baxter, and say what people and what organisations looked after him.
(reading for specific information)
Monday January 19th
I have joined a group at school called the Good Samaritans. We go out into the community helping and stuff like that. We miss Maths on Monday. Today we had a talk on the sort of things we will be doing. I have been put in the old age pensioners group.
Saturday January 24th
Bert Baxter is not a nice old age pensioner! He drinks and smokes and has an Alsatian dog called Sabre.
Friday March 6th
Phoned Social Services today and asked about a home help for Baxter. I told a lie and said I was his grandson. They are sending a social worker to see him on Monday.
Monday March 16th
Bert Baxter said the social worker had been to see him and had promised to get Sabre a new kennel but he can’t have a home help. (Bert, not Sabre.) While I washed up I told Bert about my parents getting a divorce. He said he was married for thirty-five miserable years so why should anybody else get away with it? He told me that he has got four children and that none of them come to see him. Two of them are in Australia so they can’t be blamed, but I think the other two should be ashamed of themselves.
Friday June 12th
Bert is ill.
Saturday June 13th
Bert is in intensive care, he can’t have visitors. I ring up every four hours to find out how he is. I pretend to be a relative. The nurses say things like “He is stable.” I hope Bert doesn’t die. Apart from liking him, I have got nothing to wear to a funeral.
Monday June 15th
Bert has made a slight improvement. I’ll go round and see him tomorrow.
Tuesday July 7th
Bert Baxter has escaped from hospital. He is in our spare room. My father is going up the wall.
Tuesday July 14th
Bert’s social worker came round tonight. She is called Katie Bell. She talked to Bert in a stupid way. She said that Bert had been offered a place in the Alderman Cooper Sunshine Home. Bert told her that he didn’t want to go. Katie Bell said that he has got to go. Even my father said that he felt sorry for Bert. But not sorry enough to invite Bert to live with us permanently. I noticed!
Monday October 5th
Bert has been kidnapped by Social Services! They are keeping him at the Alderman Cooper Sunshine Home. I have been to see him. He shares a room with an old man called Thomas Bell. Sabre has got a place in the RSPCA hostel.
Tuesday October 6th
Pandora and I went to visit Bert, but it was a waste of time really. Bert says he is going to sue Social Services for depriving him of his rights. He says he has to go to bed at nine-thirty! It is not fair…
We passed the lounge on our way out. The old people sat around the walls in high chairs. The television was on but nobody was watching it, the old people looked as though they were thinking. Social Services have painted the walls orange to try to cheer the old people up, it doesn’t seem to have worked.
Friday January 9th
Got a wedding invitation from Bert and Queenie. They are getting married on January 16th. In my opinion it is a waste of time. Bert is nearly ninety and Queenie is nearly eighty.
Saturday January 16th
Bert got married today.

What did these people and organisations do for Mr Baxter? Look at the chart to check whether it gives the full information about Bert Baxter’s life circumstances. Add some information, if necessary.

(reading for detail/making notes)

People and organisations	What they did
Adrian Mole as a Good Samaritans Group member	came to see Mr Bert Baxter helped about the house
Social Services workers	came to see Mr Baxter didn’t provide home help did some shopping offered a place in a home for elderly people
the Alderman Cooper Sunshine Home	provided Mr Baxter with television sets didn’t allow him to take the dog didn’t provide much entertainment made Mr Baxter follow the regime
Adrian’s father	felt sorry for Mr Baxter
Mr Baxter’s four children	didn’t take any care of him
Queenie	decided to marry Mr Baxter

Although there are a lot of bad points in the way Bert Baxter is looked after by different people and organisations, there are some good points, too. What are these good and bad points? Do you agree with the following?
(understanding relations within a passage)
- Although Adrian Mole was a Good Samaritans Group member, he didn’t come to see Mr Baxter very often.
- Bert Baxter got his place in the Alderman Cooper Sunshine Home, while his dog Sabre got a place in the RSPCA hostel.
- Although Social Services painted the walls orange, they failed to cheer the old people up.
- Although Bert Baxter had four children, none of them came to see him.
- Bert Baxter was put into hospital because of his serious illness.
- Despite the fact that Adrian’s father felt sorry for Bert, he didn’t feel sorry enough to invite Bert to live with them permanently.
- Bert and Queenie decided to get married though he was nearly ninety and she was nearly eighty.
- Bert Baxter didn’t want to stay at the Alderman Cooper Sunshine Home because of the strict regime they had there.
- Though the old people were provided with TV sets, they did not watch them.
- In spite of the fact Bert Baxter was not a nice old age pensioner, Adrian liked him and didn’t want him to die.

Подробный ответ

1) Mr Baxter was looked after by different people and organisations:

the Good Samaritans Group at school, especially Adrian Mole;
Social Services and a social worker, Katie Bell;
the nurses and doctors in hospital;
the staff of the Alderman Cooper Sunshine Home;
the RSPCA hostel, where Sabre was placed;
Adrian’s father, who felt sorry for him;
Queenie, who later married Bert.

2) The chart can be completed like this:

People / organisations	What they did for Mr Baxter
Adrian Mole as a Good Samaritans Group member	came to see Mr Baxter; helped about the house
Social Service workers	came to see Mr Baxter; did some shopping; offered him a place in the Alderman Cooper Sunshine Home; did not provide home help
The Alderman Cooper Sunshine Home	provided a room and television sets; did not allow him to take the dog; did not provide much entertainment; made him follow the regime
Adrian’s father	felt sorry for Mr Baxter
Mr Baxter’s four children	did not take any care of him; none of them came to see him
Queenie	decided to marry Mr Baxter

3) Good points: Adrian liked Bert and cared about him; Adrian visited him and phoned the hospital; Bert’s dog Sabre was looked after; Bert later got married to Queenie.

Bad points: Adrian did not come very often; Bert’s children did not visit him; Social Services did not give him a home help and put him in a strict home; the home was not cheerful; Bert was unhappy there.