“Why?”
Hier is een kort verhaal (story) dat qua stijl, lengte en thematiek aansluit bij een (vergelijkbaar met eerdere CITO-/examenluistertoetsen: alledaagse situaties, Brits/Amerikaans accent, wat ironie of een twist). Title: The Wrong Winner
Mrs. Higgins shrugged. “You were late.” luistertoets engels vwo 2009
“Where is everyone?” Mark asked, out of breath.
“He said – and this is true – he was afraid of public speaking. His mum called this morning to pull him out.” “Why
This year, he was running late. His car wouldn’t start, his phone was dead, and the prize ceremony was already twenty minutes in. He burst through the door of Chapter & Verse bookshop, expecting to see a proud parent handing a trophy to a shy girl.
“Okay. Last thing – any controversy? A runner-up who felt robbed?” “You were late
Mrs. Higgins nodded. “That’ll sell.” (Einde verhaal – geschikt voor een luistertoets met vragen over: waarom was Mark te laat? Wat was de echte reden dat Sam won? Wat is de houding van de journalist?)
Mrs. Higgins lowered her voice. “Actually… there was a mix-up. The judges originally chose a boy named Sam. Great story about a robot. But Sam withdrew.”
Mark closed his notebook. “And nobody thought to tell the newspaper?”
“A girl named Chloe. Fifteen. Lovely poem about a cat.”