I. Complete the text. Use the past simple or present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

Free Running

Tom(1)_______(take) part in free running since he(2)____(be)15.The sport (3)____ (begin) in France in the 1980s. Free runners have to run, climb, or jump over obstacles as gracefully as they can. The obstacles could be fences, cars, walls- even buildings. Tom once said, 'Free running(4)______(always exist), free running(5)______(always be) there, the thing is that no one( 6)_____ (give) if a name.'
Tom(7)______(appear) on TV a number of times, but his big break came in 2006 when heat pofired(8)_____ (appear) in the James Bond film, Casio Royale. Since then, free running(9)_______ (become) very popular among extreme sports enthusiasts. It can be quite dangerous although Tom(10) ________ (never have) a serious accident.

II. Complete the text with the correct verb form of the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple or present perfect.

Inspired

Danny MacAskill (1) ______ (grow up) on a Scottish island, but(2 )______ (live) in Edinburgh since 2006. Thanks to the internet, he ______ (become) one of the most famous stunt riders in the world. Three years ago, he(4)_____(make) a video called Mountain Bike Trickster and (5)_____ (post) it on YouTube. Three million people(6)_______ (watch) it. His most recent video is called Inspired Bicycles. It (7)________ (already have) half a million views - and it(8)________ (not be) on YouTube for more than a few days. His videos are so successful that Danny(9)_____+give up) his regular job and become a professional mountain bike rider. Danny(10)_____(enjoy) doing stunts.Not surprisingly,he(11)_____(have) a lot of accidents. In fact, he can't ride for the third time in the past six months.