5 Choose the correct verb for each gap. Then complete the text with the past simple affirmative form. CROSSING THE SAHARA Michael Asher is a British explorer and the first person to cross the Sahara Desert using only camels. As a young man, Asher 'worked (work / arrive) as a police officer and then a teacher. But he² wanted (want / wait) to be an explorer. So he ³ visited (visit / move) to Africa, ⁴ (live / watch) with an African tribe and ⁵ start) their language. He ⁶ Italian woman called Mariantonietta Peru. She ⁷ (plan / love) the idea of exploring too, and together, they (walk / plan) a journey across the Sahara Desert from west to east by camel and on foot. They ⁹ (train / stop) for three months and then they ¹⁰ (start / end) their journey. They ¹¹ (work / travel) about 7,250 kilometres and ¹² (arrive / live) at their destination 271 days later. Asher ¹³ (decide / describe) the crossing in his book Impossible Journey – Two Against the Sahara.