Complete the texts with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

A) When Francis Lee was a boy he 1)__________wanted_________(want) to be an astronaut. He

2) __________was _________(watch) TV one day in 1969 when he 3)_________saw__________(see) Neil
Armstrong walk on the mstaesoon. Since then he has always dreamt of doing the same. Every night when there is a
full moon, he 4) _____________stares______(stare) up at it for hours and
5)________imagines___________(imagine) himself walking around on it. At the moment, however, he
6)________is working___________(work) as a night-watchman at a meat factory. He has been doing the same job
since he left school fifteen years ago, but he still hopes that one day his dream 7)
________will come ___________(come) true. He 8)________has heard___________(hear) that in the 21st century
they 9) ________wil be selling___________(sell) tickets to fly to the moon. For this reason
he 10)_________has been saving__________(save) half of his wages every month for the past 2 years.

B) Tom Wilson is an explorer. He (1)__________has been _________(be) to nearly every country in the world,
but the most exciting time he (2)_________has ever had_______________(ever/have) was when he
(3)______went______________(go) to the Congo jungle. A magazine (4)___________asked_______(ask) him to
retrace the route of a famous explorer who (5)_________has disappeared_________(disappear) in the 1920's. As he
(6)______was following ____________(follow) a small river he got separated from his guides. He went on alone,
hoping he (7)________will would find__________(find) them, but instead he
(8)_______encountered___________(encounter) a group of natives. He stayed with them for several days and
(9)__________found out___________(find out) that a very old woman (10)_________had
actually_________(actually/meet) the famous explorer. She (11)__________knew_________(know) how he
(12)________had died__________(die). Tom (13)
_________became_________(become) very friendly with the natives and now he (14)_________is
planning__________(plan) to go back and see them again. He is sure they (15)_________will
become_________(welcome) him back.