4. Read the text again and mark the statements True (t), False (f), Not Stated (ns). Haunted Castles in Britain

The idea of real haunted castles is familiar to us through film and literature. But it is not only in fiction that castles have ghosts. It is not really surprising that this should be so considering the bloody history of many of them. Torture and murder were common things and many dungeons had special places into which prisoners were thrown without food or water and simply forgotten. Although many haunted castles may now welcome visitors in order to pay the bills, this has done very little to wipe out the psychic memory of the injustices (несправедливости) committed within their walls.

The Castle of Mey was built in the 16th century by George Sinclair, the 4th Earl of Caithness. It is his granddaughter who haunts the castle. The story goes that Elizabeth Sinclair fell in love with a ploughman who worked on a local farm. Her father was horrified that she should mix with a 'commoner'. So he imprisoned her in a room at the top of the castle tower to prevent her from seeing him. Some people say that one day she leaned too far out of a window to try and catch a glimpse of her beloved working in the fields and that she fell to her death. Others say that she was so unhappy that she threw herself from the tower window. Whatever the truth is, today the so-called 'Green Lady' can sometimes be seen sadly moving around the castle. She is most often observed in the tower room where she was imprisoned.

Leeds Castle in Kent must be one of the most beautiful haunted castles in Britain. The ghost that is said to haunt the castle is a black dog, a curly-haired retriever which appears and disappears within moments, sometimes fading into a wall or passing through a closed door. The dog is associated with death or other misfortune befalling a member of the castle owner's family. This is strange because many years ago a woman was sitting by a window when she saw the dog disappearing into a wall. The woman went to investigate the creature and the window by which she had been sitting collapsed landing on the spot where she had been sitting just moments before. The ghost saved her!

1. There are ghosts in some castles due to evil events of the past. T

2. Castle owners invite visitors to help them the ghosts away. F

3. The more bloody the history of the castle is the more haunted it is. NS

4. Elizabeth haunts the Castle of Mey because she was very unhappy there. T

5. Elizabeth wanted to marry the farmer without her parents’ consent. NS

6. Elizabeth died because her beloved was beheaded. F

7. Ghosts can sometimes warn people of the coming danger. NS

8. The ghost dog pushed the woman out of the window. F

4. Read the text again and choose the right option. Who is a Monster: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?

Mr. Utterson is a London lawyer who is a friend of Dr. Jekyll. Doctor Jekyll is a kind, prominent and educated man, a medical doctor and scientist. Jekyll gave up his regular practice to experiment with non-traditional medicine. Utterson is worried because Jekyll has written a will that leaves all his money to his new partner Mr. Hyde. Utterson has heard bad things of Hyde and disliked him at first sight when they met. The lawyer thinks his friend is being blackmailed.

One day, the lawyer is asked to identify the body of a murdered man, Sir Danvers Carew. Hyde is suspected of the murder, but he has disappeared. Jekyll swears that he has not seen Hyde and has broken with him forever. The case remains unsolved.

Suddenly, though, Jekyll locks himself into his laboratory, yelling to the servants through the door, directing them to gather chemicals for him. The servants recognize a change in his voice and think that their master has been murdered and another man has taken his place in the lab. They call Utterson who breaks down the door. On the floor lies Hyde, who has killed himself with poison. Sadly, Utterson understands Hyde returned and killed Jekyll, but the doctor’s body is nowhere to be found.

He does find, however, a letter in which Jekyll explains his relationship to Hyde. Doctor Jekyll believed that there are two parts to each person: the Good Self which is civilized and tries to be the best all the time; and the Bad Self which we try to oppress at all times. He decides to find a way to separate his two beings. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals and transforms into Hyde to commit horrifying crimes. For a while Jekyll enjoys his two bodies as he can do whatever he likes without fear of discovery. He is shocked when Hyde kills Sir Danvers Carew and threatens his bride. He decides never to take the chemicals again. However, Hyde is now strong and appears whether Jekyll will have him or not. Indeed, Jekyll must use the poison to get rid of him. Jekyll understands that it is only by killing his body that Hyde’s body, too, will die.

1. Dr. Jekyll is an outstanding … .

a. non-traditional healer b. physicist c. physician d. chemist

2. Mr. Utterson disliked Mr. Hyde because he thought the latter was …

a. insincere b. dangerous c. nervous d. too good

3. The police couldn’t arrest Mr. Hyde for murder because … .

a. they couldn’t prove it b. Dr. Jekyll hid him c. they couldn’t catch him d. he left the country

4. The servants called Mr. Utterson because they were sure … .

a. they had caught Mr. Hyde b. the thief was in the house c. the laboratory had been ruined d. Dr. Jekyll had been killed

5. Dr. Jekyll who believed in human duplicity (двойственность) had managed to … .

a. clone himself b. turn his friend into Mr. Hyde c. divide himself into two persons d. multiply a number of selves

6. When Dr. Jekyll turned into Mr. Hyde he … .

a. started drinking b. wanted to marry two ladies c. cheated people d. became a criminal

7. Dr. Jekyll got really frightened because … .

a. Hyde threatened to kill him b. the servants were ready to open his secret c. he couldn’t control Hyde any more d. Sir Danvers Carew wanted to send him to prison

8. Dr. Jekyll poisoned himself … .

a. not to go prison b. to destroy Hyde c. to escape Hyde’s control d. to prove his theory