Answers:

Listening (exercise 7) : 1. B/2. B/3. D/4. B/5. A

Grammar (exercise 1) : 1.should be turned off

2.he wasn’t feeling well

3.noticing the warning sign

4.if I had met my cousins

5.what she did

6.wasn’t returned to the library

7.had a car, I could give

8. to wash the dishes

9. hadn’t lost, she wouldn’t have been

10.have to do is complete

Grammar (exercise 2) : 1.were asked

2.not knowing

3. are produced

4.Cut

5. wouldn’t put

6. would advise

7.to do

8. Lying

9. is concerned

10. were used

Vocabulary (exercise 3): 1. c / 2. c / 3. a / 4. c / 5. b / 6. b

Vocabulary (exercise 4) : 1. well 5. Whole

2. wish 6. left

3. bleary 7. gender

4. far 8. over
 Reading (exercise 8): 1.B /2.D /3.F / 4.C / 5.A

Writing (exercise 9):

Article ‘Today’s charities are taking over duties which are the responsibility of the government.
Governments, not charities, are responsible for people’s welfare.’

There is a discussion about whether charity or government is more beneficial for alleviating poverty. While
in many cases government agencies and private charity serve similar purposes, they can be perceived very
differently by the public.

Some conservatives have begun to repeatedly argue that the government should no longer provide for
essential social services. They say that charity can be an adequate and acceptable replacement for the government
in meeting demands and resolving social problems. Conservatives point to a "culture of poverty" and suggest that
much deprivation is the result of flawed choices and behavior by the poor themselves.

As a result, they see poverty as a result of bad people making wrong decisions and doing immoral things;
they see personal improvement, education, and hard work as the only solution. Although, Liberals and most of the
society, on the other hand, understand that government action is necessary to create the conditions under which
individual responsibility can be developed and trained, including politically.

The fact of the matter is that individuals/charities alone cannot reduce the increasing poverty, hunger, and
homelessness that plague our nation and the world. Charities often target symptoms, not causes. The main thing is
that charity helps the recipient with their problem, but it doesn't do much to deal with the causes of that broad-
based problem. While individuals can and should help, it has always been the role of government to assist its citizens
to accomplish what people cannot do alone. The elimination of poverty is one such governmental responsibility.

Personally, the government is an organized group of individuals, with certain powers and responsibilities
given upon it by the people. Both governments and individuals/Charities are estimated to lead moral lives and to
help those who cannot help themselves than charities doing it individually. The government and people need each
other. Both of them should take part in taking responsibility for people's welfare. They cannot possibly achieve
anything without working together. Now, more than ever, the poor are expecting that they learn to cooperate. If
they do not, it is the poor who will pay the price, as they always do.