16. C
17. A
18. B
19. C
20. A
1. 細節(jié)題。由第二段第五六句 “At first, "whitewash" meant to paint something with white paint to make it look better. However, it means something different today: to hide or to cover up mistakes or failures.” 可知C是正確答案。2. 細節(jié)題。由第一段 “A white-collar job, for example,is the kind of job many people look for, working with your brain and not your hands.” 可知C不正確，而B和D完全與題干無關(guān)。所以選A。3. 細節(jié)題。由第二段 “... but it was very expensive to keep. The kings of those days gave a white elephant to the people they wanted to ruin(毀掉). ” 可知選B。4. 由 “Today, a "white elephant" means something that is big, useless, and unwanted. ” 可知，“不被人們喜歡的電影院”可以被稱作 “a white elephant“，選C。5. 主旨題。結(jié)合文意可知，文章分別講述了 ”white“ 在不同情況下的不同含義，所以選A。
