Reading comprehension – Multiple-choice questionnaire
Read the article ‘Words, Words’ about snow idioms on pages 18-19 of
English Now
No 119. Then look at these questions and decide which of the three answers is correct.
1. A blanket of snow means
a. covering up a situation.
b. a white bed cover.
c. a layer of snow on the ground.
2. If you are snowed in, this means
a. you can’t get out of the house because of the snow.
b. you have too much work.
c. you have fallen over in the snow.
3. You can say that a situation quickly increases in size and momentum because of
a. a snow effect
b. a snowball effect.
c. a snowman effect.
4. You can describe someone who is virtuous and chaste as
a. pure as the driving snow.
b. pure as the driven snow.
c. pure as a fall of snow.
5. Snowed under means that
a. you have too much work to cope with.
b. there is so much snow that you can’t travel.
c. you are covered with snow.
6. A snow job is
a. clearing the snow from the path.
b. making a snowman.
c. convincing someone that something untrue is the truth.
7. When a situation develops into something bigger quite quickly you can say that it is
a. snowballing into something.
b. snowboarding into something.
c. snow falling into something.
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