Question

“ Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with．It is  36  to find someone who is down-to-earth．A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to  37  accepts other people as equals．A down-to-earth is just the 38 of someone who acts importantly and proudly.

Down-to-earth persons may be  39  members of society, of course．But they do not let their importance “ go to their  40  ”．They do not  41  themselves to be better persons than others of less importance, someone who is filled with his own importance and  42 , often without cause, is said to have “his nose in the air”．There is no way a person with his nose in the  43  can be down-to-earth．Americans use another expression that means almost the same  44  “down-to-earth”．The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”．Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person  45  a good understanding of reality．He has what is called “   46  sense”．He may have  47  , but he does not allow them to  48  his knowledge of what is real．The opposite kind of person is  49  who has his “head-in-the-clouds”．A man with his head in the clouds is a dreamer whose mind is not in the  50  world.

Sometimes  51  a dreamer can be brought back to earth． 52  words from a teacher can usually bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.

Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very  53  to have both-feet-on-the-ground.

     54  we have both our feet on-the-ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act  55  and openly toward others．Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.

1.A．common      B．sad         C．pleasant         D．surprising

2.A．but           B．yet         C．and             D．while

3.A．kind          B．like     C．example          D．opposite

4.A．important     B．famous    C．successful       D．necessary

5.A．nose          B．heads      C．minds           D．forehead

6.A．wish          B．desire      C．expect          D．consider

7.A．proud        B．pride       C．famous         D．fame

8.A．air            B．sky         C．tree             D．cloud

9.A．like          B．with        C．of              D．for

10.A．has         B．who        C．is              D．with

11.A．usual         B．ordinary  C．common        D．daily

12.A．dreams      B．fortunes         C．advantages      D．luck

13.A．prevent      B．protect    C．block           D．gain

14.A．one         B．those       C．that             D．the one

15.A．reality       B．real         C．dreamful     D．true

16.A．so           B．such        C．each            D．that

17.A．Sharp        B．No         C．All             D．Bad

18.A．able          B．probable  C．likely           D．possible

19.A．When        B．While     C．As             D．Since

20.A．kindly       B．directly  C．friendly         D．honestly

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】略