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Readthe text and questions below.For each 1 At the age of sixteen, Martin
question, tick A, B, C or D. A didn't want to go to college.
B__
B _| was teaching football to young people.
iTlartin Paul C ] hadn't got many qualifications.

Winner of the Young Achiever Award ZO|Z D won the Young Achiever Award.
2 What might Martin say about his school sports
1 won the Moving Achiever Award in ?.0|2, when 1 was teacher?
ZO. f\t the time, 1 was working as a football trainer
A ] f He used to give macademic worte.
with young people in the local community.

1 left school at sixteen with only a few qualifications. nf He didn't believe that i was good at sport.
Iapplied for a place at college but 1 didn t get it. C ÿ f i didn't lltee his lessors,
There were nojobs that \ could do. Ihe future
looked difficult. D | [ 1 1 hivdz his style of sports
It valvyivÿ was very good.
1 m not an academic person, but I ve always loved
3 What might Martin say about the football lessons
sport football in particular. 1 had a fantastic sports
"
hegives?
teacher at school. One day 1 realised that \ wanted
to develop other people s sporting ability, the same A TI f People didn't use to pay me.pÿ
way my teacher had helped me.
B DÍ I'm*, i-vot used to people pflu vÿe. pP*
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1 offered free football lessons to young people in
£ ÿ Í A 1st ef wmtsths
the local community, hey liked my lessons and more v lessors wheiA, i started.
I
people came. Eventually Ibuilt a team. Ididn t get d
any money but 1 loved the work. f The localcouncil has i ÿever-paid m,e.

Then someone nominated me for the "loung Achiever 4 What might Martin say about hisYoung
Award. To my surprise, 1 won it. It s been brilliant. Achiever's Award?
1 still do the football coaching, but now the local
A ._] f it hasn't chafed \M,y life.
council pays me for the work. JP*

B ] f it's already chafed vuy life.ÿ*
The award has given me confidence. Next year \ 11
be returning to formal education. 1 ve got a place C EH f it's 0oi yvg to chawÿe llfe/ÿ*
on a Sports Science course at the local college.
D ÿ f it Lscv't 0OÍ.UV0 to chaise vÿy life/pÿ

5 What might Martin say about his future?
ÿ What's the writer's main purpose in writing
this text? A O rTthiiÁÿ I woiA-'t eÿvjoy college.ÿP'
A to explain what the Young Achiever Award is
to
B ] to say how people helped him win the B ÿ C I'm, 0oikv0 flevd ajob as sooÿv as I c,av>,. ÿ
Young Achiever Award
C to talk about other people who havewon cDC I'm. 0oi ng to study sports S-oievÿce/pÿ
the Young Achiever Award D I I [ I'llbe lu/ifuj) ivÿ another towiÿ
D [ÿ] to describe how he won the Young Achiever
I iÿext year.
Award

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