Read the text. Five sentences have been removed from the article.
Do you believe in ghosts? Some people do.
1. ________________________________________________________________. They report feeling cold, not being able to move, and, above all, a terrible feeling of fear. But it’s very hard to prove you really have seen a ghost. Without a photo, how can your friends and family believe you?
If you ever want to meet a ghost, the Tower of London is a good place to start. It’s nearly 1,000 years old, and many terrifying things have happened there.
2. __________________________________________________________________. Perhaps it’s not a surprise, then, that people say they’ve seen her ghost walking through the Tower gardens.
Another famous ghost of the Tower is Sir Walter Raleigh. He was an explorer who lived in the 16thcentury, and Queen Elizabeth I (first) put him in prison in the Tower. Many people say his ghost haunts the Tower on moonlit nights.
3. __________________________________________________________________. In 1976, one of the guard’s wives was alone in her apartment in the Tower when she felt an ice-cold hand on her back. She knew it wasn’t her husband, but she didn’t scream – she just said, quietly, ‘Oh, go away, Raleigh.
Of course, ghost hunters can now use technology to help them prove a ghost has visited.
4. __________________________________________________________________. One group of ghost hunters did manage to get photos of some strange lights. About 90% of what was in the photos was easy to explain, but 10% wasn’t …
In 2001, the same group decided to hunt for ghosts in the Tower of London, which had never been done before. They used equipment that could tell if the air got colder or hotter, and they also set up special cameras which could see in the dark.
They linked their cameras to a website, and over two days, you could watch some of their film on your computer, sitting in your warm home.
5. __________________________________________________________________. But at least if you got a strange feeling, you could turn the computer off!
2.Choose the most suitable sentence from the list A – F for each part (1 – 5) of the text. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
A. If you work or live in the Tower, you have to be good with ghosts!
B. Nearly 500 years ago, Queen Anne Boleyn, the wife of King Henry VIII (eighth), had her head cut off there.
C. Although you were safe, it was still frightening, as you were watching a ‘real’ film.
D. Anne is also spotted in the Chapel of Saint Peter ad Vincula where she watches over her own grave under the altar.
E. They’re absolutely certain that they’ve seen or felt something strange.
F.If they don’t want to wait for hours in a dark, empty building, they can just set up a camera to do it for them, and take a picture!
Level B 1
BELONGINGS
There are three million immigrants in New York City. When they left home, knowing it could be forever, they packed what they could not bear to leave behind: necessities, luxuries, memories. Here is a look at what some of them bought.
