¡Descarga living english 1 . Extra reading para la preparación de los exámenes y más Ejercicios en PDF de Inglés solo en Docsity! Read the text and answer the questions that follow. NEW RULES FOR THE HOMELESS Connections, the home of a new programme for homeless people in Seattle, USA, looks like a luxury hotel. With clean showers and toilets, computers, great meals and accommodation, it’s a dream for the homeless. But in order to enjoy this one-of-a-kind institution, people must promise to look for a job and stay off the streets. If they refuse, they cannot enter Connections. Connections represents a new approach to fighting the problem of homelessness. In the past, numerous agencies dealt with the homeless on a short-term basis, without any real responsibility regarding the future. They offered a place for the night, but the “customers” disappeared in the morning. Now, however, the approach has changed. In a 10-year plan to end homelessness, agencies must now help with jobs and housing, or else they will receive no government funding. The plan is really quite simple: taking the homeless away from shelters and offering them jobs along with permanent housing. While the vast majority supports the plan, there are activists who worry about the drastic changes. Many homeless people are reluctant to look for a job, and therefore get no help at all. “We do need to put more resources into long-term services,” says activist Rachel Myers, “but in the meantime, people have basic needs for hygiene, emergency shelters, a place to hang out.” And so, as millions are being spent on new housing programmes, some people are trying to help those who are left behind. These advocates are trying, for example, to help the homeless by opening more public toilets across Seattle. They criticise Connections, saying that since Connections opened it has only helped people who are homeless due to unemployment and has completely ignored the chronic homeless. “What a lot of people felt was promised hasn’t been delivered,” argues Ronni Gilboa, another activist. Hundreds of homeless people still need a shower and clean clothes but have got no one to turn to. 1 Complete the sentences using the information given in the text. Use your own words as far as possible. 1. A homeless person cannot enter the Connections programme if ..................................................... ......................................................................... . 2. The plan is that within 10 years, ........................ ......................................................................... . 3. Connections seems to ignore ............................. ......................................................................... . 2 Choose the correct answer. 1. Connections … . a. offers all the services that other shelters offer in Seattle b. doesn’t resemble other shelters for the homeless c. is a hotel 2. Gilboa criticises Connections for … . a. implementing the new policy b. making the homeless sign an agreement c. only helping a small proportion of the homeless population in Seattle 3 Find words and expressions in the text that mean: 1. don’t agree to do something (paragraph I)........ 2. most (paragraph III) ............................. 3. hesitant (paragraph III) ............................. 4. people who speak in support of something (paragraph IV) ............................. 4 Decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). Find evidence in the text to justify your answers. .. . . 1. The city of Seattle used to offer the homeless a temporary shelter. .................................................................... .. . . 2. Seattle invests a lot of money in housing programmes for the homeless. ....................................................................
