Read the text again and for questions 1-8 choose the best option A, B, C or D. Justify your answers. When Alex called his sister A. she begged him to move in B_ he felt very uncomfortable. he was angry at her reaction. D she said he could stay only a day or two. Alex thinks that extended families are A unusual nowadays B the normal family unit © difficult to organise. D_awife, husband and children only During the first few days of moving in Alex A. thought everyone was pretending to be happy. B found he settled into a routine immediately © and his sister, Dara, weren't very relaxed D tealised he had made a mistake Alex likes to help Liam put up shelves take Liam and Dara out in the evenings make life easier for Liam and Dara. find a babysitter when Liam and Dara need one. When Alex is with his niece and nephew he A. can't remember how old he is. B thinks its good for them to get away from their parents. © only ever spends an hour or two with them. D joins in childrens activities with them ona> Alex feels that Liam A. 1s jealous of how well he gets on with the children. B doesn’t like having him live there all the time. C really appreciates his presence in the house D is the same kind of friend he's always been, The writer uses the phrase ‘outstayed my welcome’ in line — to mean A_ it was obvious his sister and family no longer wanted him there. B_ he believed his sister's family would want him to mave out © that he didn’t think he could be hospitable any longer. D_ he wanted to move out as soon as possible2. Read the title and the first sentence ineach paragraph. What isthe text about? Read through and check. ‘twasn'ta call wanted to make. But | had little choke. | had hit rock bottom. '¢ lost my job and now | was. ‘being thrown out of my fat. had nowhere to ge. S01 Called my sister, Dara twas avery awkward cal told ther what had happened and tremember pleading with hher to let me stay, ust fora few days, tl could make other arrangerrents, She was very quiet on the other ‘end of the line. dkin't blame her, she had a husband. ‘and two kids to put first. 'm sure the last thing she needed was her homeless brother sleeping in her spare room. Eventually, she answered ‘Ok... just until you get | yourse sorted out. ‘Thatwas neatly three years ago andl mstil there. When | offered to leave afew months after arving they begged re not to 99.50 | didnt. The truthis that we've become 2 family unitand itsbeen good for us all. You don't see many extended families these days, tS usually just @ husband ard wife, and ther chidren. But perhaps more families should try it thas worked for us. The day | moved in everyone was trying to be very cheerful. But| could tell my sister was worried she'd ‘made a mistake. Dara is 2 woman with heart of gold, bout twas quite stesstul forthe fist few days. suppose thats why it was surprising how quicky settled in and ‘we all developed a comfortable routine. ithelped that 1 had always got on with Dara’s husband, Liam. We ‘share the same interests and both lke sport and music. ‘And I've always adored Dara kids 100. is Going to Stay | came along, it meant they had a live in babysitter ‘whenever they needed one. It's also fun for me to have the kids all to myself for an evening while Liam and Dara {90 to restaurant or the cinema. Possibly the best thing about Iving with my sister and her family is that | can spend so much time with my niece and neptiew, Colleen and Sean. My sister needs ‘to be alone with her husband sometimes and Ithink its ‘also good ior the children to have another role model inthetr ives, Ard we have so much fun. They've brought the hidden chic outin me and get akickout of dmbing ‘trees again and going on funfalr rides. I get to forget ¥¥m 32 fora few hours At fist, Iwas worried Liam would be @ bt jealous of my relationshio with his kis. It must have been hard for him to get used to having another man permanently around the house. Now think hes really lcm there. We have agreat time watching sport together and even take the kids to local football matches. fm not just his brother in aw, I'm his friend. We used to get on wel before | maved in but our friendship has grown deeply since moving in. ‘Six months after moving i, ! managed to find a good job again. My intention was to stay another couple of ‘months to give me time to save up for a deposit on a flat and then let Dara and Liam have ther family space back, The idea of moving out was one that filed me. with sadness, but felt 'd more or less outstayed my | Gic't want to be @ burden on Dara ard Liam, #0 ther . welcome after more than six months. | had no right to first thing | did was try to make myself useful. Liam _works tong hours and he can't be bothered to do lot ‘of household maintance, while 'm never happier than _when I'm putting up shelves or painting a room. Also, before moved in, it wasn't easy for Dara and Liam to 90 cut. It can be hard to find a good babysitter. When demand any mote of their hospitality when I could afford my ovn flat. So Iwas shocked that they insted | stay. 1 don't think I'm going to stay hee forever, but for now, its an arrangement that suits us all and we really are one big hapopy famiy.