Reading comprehension

Read the article ‘Expressions with the word ‘white’’ on pages 18-19 of English Now No 107. Then decide which of the following statements is correct.

1. If your face goes pale with shock, you turn
- a. as white as snow.
- b. as white as a sheet.
- c. as white as a collar.
2. A white coffee is
- a. coffee with milk.
- b. coffee with whipped cream.
- c. coffee without milk.
3. If you tell a white lie, you
- a. are saying something very upsetting.
- b. don’t want to upset someone.
- c. don’t know that you are telling a lie.
4. If you only see things in black and white, you
- a. read lots of books.
- b. can’t see very well.
- c. believe that there is only one way to judge things.
5. A white collar worker is
- a. somebody who has an office job.
- b. somebody who is very clean.
- c. somebody who does manual work.
6. A bride who has a white wedding
- a. gets married in winter.
- b. asks the guests to wear white.
- c. wears a white wedding dress.
7. Someone who waves the white flag
- a. is celebrating.
- b. is giving up the fight.
- c. is asking for help.
8. If you describe something as a whitewash, you are saying that
- a. it is concealing the truth.
- b. it is showing the truth.
- c. you can’t decide whether it is true or not.