Complete the text. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or pr. perfect.
Chris Dolder 1)...........(be) interested in the polar regions since he was a student.
As part of his university course, he 2)............(spend) time in the Arctic studying the effects of climate change but then he 3).........(get) a job as a management consultant. He 4)...........(earn) a salary of around $75,000 but money didn't bring job satisfaction and he always 5)...........(dream) of doing something different.
He 6).............(do) a lot of networking and 7)........(send) a lot of job applications, but it 8)........(take) him eight years to find his dream job. Since 2007, Chris 9)........(work) as a polar expedition leader in the Antarctic.
'I'm so lucky,' he says. 'I love the beaty of the Antarctic and I love helping others to experience it. In this job, I 10).............(act) as a guide for scientists, journalists and tourists and I 11)............(meet)some wonderful people. I 12).........(not get) much satisfaction when I was a management consultant. Quality of life is the important thing.'
My answers:
1) has been
2) spent
3) got
4) earned
5) dreamt
6) did
7) sent
8) took
9) has worked
10) have acted
11) have met
12) didn't get