Eindexamen engels vmbo bb 2005, tijdvak 1

“I SURVIVED A FAIRGROUND HORROR CRASH” A day out at the fair ended in terror for 14-year-old Rita Palmieri from Marlow. Here is her chilling story: 1 The fairground came to “ Maidenhead, near where I live. I’ve always loved fairground rides, so one Saturday I went along with my mates Jessica and Rosie. We went on the Waltzer , a ride that spins so fast it pushes you against the wall. We were talking about how funny it was when we were looking sideways at each other and our faces were being pulled back by the speed. So we were laughing as we walked over to the Hellraiser ride. to look after those injured. Luckily my 2 The Hellraiser looked scary because it went fast and tilted sideways. We sat in a carriage for four and pulled the safety barriers over our shoulders. The ride started slowly, but got faster and faster. I had my hands in the air and Josie called my name, so I smiled over at her. one of the other rides. I was nervous but I 3 Suddenly there was a huge whooshing noise and the ride slammed to a halt. I hit my head on the safety barrier and saw what looked like confetti falling around me. I realised all the coloured lights on the ride had broken and the confetti was actually splinters of glass. 4 We were left hanging in the air facing the ground – it was terrifying! Our legs were hanging down and I tried to work out how I could land safely if we would fall. Everywhere people were screaming. It was chaos. Then a greasy substance began leaking from somewhere above us. It was hydraulic oil and it landed all over our clothes. It didn’t smell but it was horrible and slimy. CosmoGirl

A GREAT ESCAPE 1 Yesterday Matthew Scott, a 19-year- old British tourist, escaped from his kidnappers in a Colombian jungle. Matthew was kidnapped with another Brit, Mark Henderson, 31, and six foreign tourists 12 days earlier. They had been with a group which travelled from the Caribbean coast into the mountains of Colombia. The kidnappers burst into their 4 huts during the night and took them hostage at gunpoint. 2 Brave Matthew Scott escaped by sliding down a mountainside as his kidnappers marched him along a mountain ridge with the other hostages. Matthew said: "We were walking in a line with the kidnappers. It was raining in the mountains and we couldn't see a thing. I quickly slipped down the mountain. I'm lucky I didn't break my legs."

CELEB IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT ONE SHOW SHE WROTE "I'M A RUDE GINGER 1 BITCH" ON HER SHIRT. HERE IS: NICOLA FROM GIRLS ALOUD 1 What is the weirdest thing you can 2 tell about a fan of yours? When I was 14, I used to tell my mum every Friday night that I was going to stay over at my friend Sharon's house. But I was going clubbing every time. She knows now – she just sighed and said 'You're awful!' If she'd known at the time where I really went … she would have killed me! 3 One girl saw me eating M&M's and I was only eating the pink and red ones. So she gave me this enormous tub full of only red and pink ones. She must have bought hundreds of packets, just to get enough pink and red ones to fill the tub. right out of my hands, I bent down to pick it up. I slipped in a puddle and fell flat on my backside! I was soaked all the way through. He was laughing his head off. It was our first date. What a great start! 4 bitch', when you were at school? I was a proper little madam: I was always getting chucked out of maths for chatting and talking back. And I was late every single day. I didn't have the attention span to sit in a lesson for a whole hour. Me and my friends were right little cows to the teachers. They couldn't control us! noot 1 'rooie' , met rood haar