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Text 1 London Haunts
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Part I.
Questions 1-12 relate to Text 1. You are going to read some information about places that are supposed to be haunted. For questions 1-12 choose from the places A-V. Some places may be chosen more than once. When more than one answer is required, these may be given in any order. There is an example at the beginning (0). For question 13 choose the answer which you think fits best according to the text.
Which haunted spots would you recommend to ghost-hunters who want to see:
a happy ghost 0 L
a silent swimmer 1 ____
an unfortunate sailor 2 ____
a dishonest gambler 3 ____
a friendly robber 4 ____
noisy ghosts 5 ____ 6 ____
incomplete ladies 7 ____ 8 ____
men in grey 9 ____ 10 ____
floating ghosts 11 ____ 12 ____
13 Where has this text come from?
A an educational leaflet
B an advertisement
C a newspaper report
D a magazine article
Text 1 London Haunts
When it comes to phantoms, ghouls and ghastly apparitions London has more than its fair share… So here’s a DIY guide for would-be ghost-hunters.
| A The Volunteer, 247 Baker Street W 1 Our tour starts in a pub. This one is haunted by Rupert Nevill, who was killed in a fire here in 1664. he regularly appears in the cellar, wearing fur coat, breeches and fancy stockings. | L Buckingham St WC 2 At number 12, Samuel Pepys, who once lived here, wanders smiling in the hall. Next door, number 14, is haunted by a pretty Victorian girl. |
| B 228 Baker Street W 1 Once the home of Sarah Siddons, the celebrated actress, who is often seen to float theatrically through walls. | M Admiralty House, Whitehall SW1 In 1776 Martha Reay, the mistress of the Earl of Sandwich, was shot dead, although not here; nevertheless her ghost has been seen in the first floor flat by Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan and Denis Healey. |
| C Room 333, The Langham Hotel, Portland Place BBC presenters Ray Moore and James Alexander Gordan both claim to have confronted the ghostly occupant of this room: a glowing ball that transformed into a formally dressed Victorian gentleman. | N St James’s Palace SW 1 In 1810 the Duke of Cumberland took the virginity of his valet’s beautiful daughter. The girl then killed herself in shame. When the valet, Sellis, remonstrated with the Duke, he ended up having his throat cut. The valet is often seen sitting up in the bed he died in, and people who sleep in the room describe waking up to the smell of his blood. |
| D 50 Berkeley Square W 1 The most haunted house in London, where the many apparitions include: a young woman clinging to an upstairs window; a child, frightened to death; a shapeless horror which frightened Sir Robert Warboys to death. | O Theater Royal, Haymarket SW1 The manifestation of John Buckstone, the actor-manager who died in 1878, has been seen by many people including actor Donald Sinden. In 1963, Buckstone was seen trying to upstage Michael Flanders during a performance. |
| E Sheppey’s Restaurant, Hertford Street W1 Early-morning cleaners have often reported seeing a black-coated figure, probably a highwayman, who is said to be rather playful. | P Meard St, Soho W1 Nell Gwynn, who used to live here, was often seen in the Gargoyle Club, which took over her rooms. |
| F The Grenadier, Old Barrack Yard, Wilton Row In 1820, an officer died in the cellar of the public house after being horse-whipped for cheating at cards. Usually in September, the temperature drops and a figure appears and then, thankfully, disappears again. | Q Covent Garden Tube Station, Long Acre W1 Station staff have seen William Terris, who was stabbed to death in 1897 by a fellow actor. He wears a grey suit and white gloves. |
| G Eaton Place SW 1 Admiral Sir George Tyron appeared here at a reception hosted by his wife, which came as a surprise, as he was supposed to be at sea commanding the Mediterranean Squadron at the time. News arrived the next day that he had perished with 400 of his men. | R Lyceum Theater, The Strand WC2 A couple sitting in a box in the 1880s swore they saw a woman in the stalls below with a man’s severed head in her lap. They later identified the unfortunate man from a portrait as the owner of the land on which the theater had been built. |
| H St James’s Park SW 1 The headless woman who strolls along Birdcage Walk is the wife of a sergeant in the Guards, who, in 1784, cut off her head and threw her body into what is now the lake in St James’s Park. In 1975, a taxi driver, who knew nothing of this, saw a headless woman in a striped dress early one morning in Cockspur Street. The soldier’s wife was wearing a striped dress when she was murdered. | S Theater Royal, Drury Lane WC2 The man in grey, who sits in the third seat of the fourth row in the upper circle, has been seen during rehearsals by Harry Secombe amongst others. He wears a white wig and carries a tricorn hat. Two other famous performers, comedian Dan Leno and clown Joe Grimaldi, appear in dressing rooms and boxes. |
| I Westminster Abbey SW 1 The ghost of Father Benedictus walks here between 5 and 6 pm, usually on Christmas Eve. While hovering a couple of centimeters above the ground, he told a visitor in 1934 that he had been killed in the reign of Henry VIII. Another ghost here is John Bradshaw, the judge at the trial of Charles I, who lurks in the Deanery. | T The Wigg and Pen Club, 229 The Strand WC2 Earlier members, while sleeping upstairs, heard footsteps stomping along a ground-floor corridor, usually at 2.14 am. The building was always found to be empty. |
| J St Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth Palace Rd SE1 Because the original floors used to be on a different level, the lady in grey appears to have no feet and reveals herself only to those who are about to die. | U Amen Court EC4 The thing seen creeping along the top of the wall around Dead Man’s Walk, where those hanged at Newgate Prison were buried, is believed to be the legendary black dog which fed on the flesh of prisoners. |
| K Cleopatra’s Needle, Victoria Embankment SW1 A tall completely naked man jumps into the Thames near this landmark but never makes a splash. He is presumably a suicide condemned to forever take his final dive. | V Cock Lane, Gilspur Street EC1 Miss Fanny, who died of arsenic poisoning, was such a famous Victorian ghost that Horace Walpole and the Duke of York visited her house in 1762 to listen to her scratching noises. |