Read the following passage, and then answer the questions below .

Have you ever touched a cobra? Have played with a python? Austen Stevens, “the Snakeman”, has
done all this and more. He travels the world, from the rainforests in Costa Rica to Australian deserts,
to find snakes and film them. Have you seen his fascinating programme? Austen Stevens: Snake
master is on Animal Planet at 8 p.m. every Saturday. The program is about the most dangerous
snakes in the world. Austen walks through the jungle in Ecuador and goes into caves in Indonesia
to teach us about the life of snakes. He has been to all the seven continents and has won many
photographic awards. He started only five years ago and has written a book about snakes called
Snakes in my Bed. Austen Stevens says he is not afraid of snakes because he knows a lot about them.
But he has had some serious accidents. When he was bitten by an adder, he spent six days in a coma.
In 1986, Austen spent 107 days and nights in a glass cage with 36 of Africa’s deadliest snakes to raise
money for the protection of the African gorilla

Answer the following questions:

1- What is the programme about ?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………
2- How long did Austin spend in a coma ?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………

3- Why did Austin spend 107 days and nights in a glass cage with the most deadliest snakes in Africa?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………

4-

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………

5-

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………

Choose the correct answer :

6- Austen’s program is about (elephants - snakes - tigers).
7- Snake master is on Animal Planet at ( seven - eight - nine ) every Saturday.
8- He has been to all the ( 7 – 70 – 17 ) continents

Put "T" for true and "F" for false:

9- Austen wrote a book about gorillas. ( )
10- Austen spent 6 days in a coma because he was bitten by a hyena. ( )
11- Austen started only fifty years ago. ( )
12-