Mark laughed. “Honest. I’ll write that down.” He scribbled: Winner: unenthusiastic . Then he asked, “What did she win?”
“A girl named Chloe. Fifteen. Lovely poem about a cat.”
“Who won?”
“Yes.”
“He said – and this is true – he was afraid of public speaking. His mum called this morning to pull him out.”
For a moment, Mark just stared. Then he shook his head, smiled, and said: “Right. Then the headline tomorrow will be: ‘Reluctant Poet Wins After Robot-Boy Backs Out.’ ”
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 luistertoets engels vwo 2009
A quiet bookshop in a small English town, late afternoon.
“Okay. Last thing – any controversy? A runner-up who felt robbed?”
“Why?”
Mark sighed and took out his notebook. “Right. Chloe. Cat. Anything else? A quote?”
Mrs. Higgins looked up. “Gone home. The winner was announced at 4 PM.”
Mark closed his notebook. “And nobody thought to tell the newspaper?” Mark laughed
