“ 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.
| 小题1: | | A．common | B．sad | C．pleasant | D．surprising |
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| 小题3: | | A．kind | B．like | C．example | D．opposite |
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| 小题4: | | A．important | B．famous | C．successful | D．necessary |
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| 小题5: | | A．nose | B．heads | C．minds | D．forehead |
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| 小题6: | | A．wish | B．desire | C．expect | D．consider |
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| 小题7: | | A．proud | B．pride | C．famous | D．fame |
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| 小题11: | | A．usual | B．ordinary | C．common | D．daily |
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| 小题12: | | A．dreams | B．fortunes | C．advantages | D．luck |
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| 小题13: | | A．prevent | B．protect | C．block | D．gain |
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| 小题14: | | A．one | B．those | C．that | D．the one |
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| 小题15: | | A．reality | B．real | C．dreamful | D．true |
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| 小题18: | | A．able | B．probable | C．likely | D．possible |
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| 小题19: | | A．When | B．While | C．As | D．Since |
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| 小题20: | | A．kindly | B．directly | C．friendly | D．honestly |
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