Rebecca Miles – wildlife presenter – A2 English Reading Test

Rebecca Miles – wildlife presenter

Rebecca Miles has always loved animals. When she was a child, she liked watching documentaries, TV programmes about real people and events. She also enjoyed going to the local zoo with her grandparents. Her father was an environmentalist, someone who works to protect the natural world, and she and her mother often went on trips with him, travelling to Africa and other parts of the world.

Rebecca studied zoology at university and began her career at a wildlife centre in Zambia. She worked with chimpanzees and studied how they live. She was also interested in learning more about big cats like mountain lions. She made her first TV programme when she was 27. It was a documentary about tigers.

While she was in Asia, filming the documentary, she met her future husband, Ray. He was one of the cameramen on the programme. They quickly realized that they shared the same interests and cared about animals in danger. Now Rebecca and Ray work together on many different projects.

Apart from Zambia, Rebecca has travelled and worked all over Africa and Asia, and she and Ray are now planning to take their very first trip to South America to study mountain lions in the Andes. They would like to show where the mountain lions live and what they eat. They’re interested in giving people information about the mountain lions and how to protect them.

Rebecca would like to write a book about her work and her life one day. She wants to make people think about the world they live in and all the amazing animals that are in danger. She’d like to show us that we can help even if we never travel to the places where those animals live.

1   As a child, Rebecca went to Africa

      A   with her grandparents.

      B   with her parents.

      C   only with her mother.

2   Rebecca met Ray

      A   when she was working in Africa.

      B   when they were working in Asia.

      C   when he was presenting a documentary.

3   Rebecca and Ray

      A   have not been to South America.

      B   have been to Africa and Asia together.

      C   have worked in Zambia.

4   In the Andes, Rebecca wants to teach people

      A   how to give food to the mountain lions.

      B   how to live next to the mountain lions.

      C   that the mountain lions need our help.

5   One of Rebecca’s aims is

      A   to think about dangerous animals.

      B   to become an author.

      C   to make people travel more.