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Down-to-earth means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is 1 to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and 2 other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the 3 of someone who acts important and proud.
Down-to-earth persons 4 be important members of society. 5 they don’t let their importance “go to their heads”. They do not 6 themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is 7 to have “his nose in the air”. There is 8 way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans 9 another expression that means almost the same as down-to-earth. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good 10 of reality. He 11 what is called “common sense”. He may have 12 , but he does not allow them to 13 his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of 14 is one who has hid “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose 15 is not in the real world.
16 , such a dreamer can be brought back to reality. 17 words from a teacher can usually get a day-dreaming student to put both feet back on the ground. Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very 18 to have both feet on the ground. 19 we have both our feet firmly on the ground, we are down-to-earth, and we act honestly and openly 20 others. Our lives are like the ground below us, said and strong.
1. A. pleasant B. sad C. common D. surprising
2. A. meets B. welcomes C. receives D. accepts
3. A. case B. kind C. opposite D. example
4. A. must B. may C. should D. will
5. A. But B. So C. For D. And
6. A. wish B. expect C. desire D. consider
7. A. said B. told C. asked D. made
8. A. some B. a C. no D. every
9. A. discover B. find C. make D. use
10. A. understanding B. wish C. reason D. expectation
11. A. demands B. lacks C. has D. likes
12. A. fortunes B. dreams C. achievements D. disadvantages
13. A. block B. protect C. own D. gain
14. A. idea B. people C. attitude D. person
15. A. mind B. life C. body D. head
16. A. Always B. Therefore C. However D. Sometimes
17. A. Sharp B. All C. No D. Bad
18. A. possible B. probable C. likely D. able
19. A. Though B. Since C. When D. Unless
20. A. towards B. for C. over D. onto
解讀：這是一篇議論文。文章首先闡明“down-to-earth”是什么意思，然后描述“a down-to-earth person”是什么樣的人，有什么樣的品格特征，與“head-in-the-clouds”這類人有什么不同。文章最后提倡我們要腳踏實(shí)地地生活。
答案及解析
1. A 由下文“A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to…”以及上文的“honest, practical and easy to deal with”可以推斷：遇到腳踏實(shí)地的人是一件令人愜意的事情。
2. D 腳踏實(shí)地的人很容易與人相處，他們將其他人都視為平等的。accept…as“認(rèn)為……是，把……當(dāng)作”。
3. C 由修飾“someone”的定語(yǔ)從句的內(nèi)容可知，這類人與“a down-to-earth person”的性格相反。
4. B “down-to-earth persons”可能是社會(huì)上的重要人物。“down-to-earth”是指人的內(nèi)在品質(zhì)，并不是重要人物所特有的。May在這里表推測(cè)(可能);must表推測(cè)時(shí)，可能性很大，表示“一定是”;should“應(yīng)該”;will不表示推測(cè)。
5. A 前一句與后一句構(gòu)成意義上的轉(zhuǎn)折。他們有可能是重要人物，但不以此自居。
6. D consider… to be“認(rèn)為……是”。其他選項(xiàng)與句意不符。
7. A 句意為：據(jù)說(shuō)那種自以為是的人常常會(huì)毫無(wú)理由地趾高氣揚(yáng)。Be said to do“據(jù)說(shuō)，人們說(shuō)……”。其他選項(xiàng)與句意不符。
8. C 一個(gè)趾高氣揚(yáng)的人是沒(méi)辦法腳踏實(shí)地的。
9. D 美國(guó)人使用另一種表達(dá)方式來(lái)表示“down-to-earth”的意思。
10. A 常識(shí)判斷題。腳踏實(shí)地的人當(dāng)然是對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)有很好的理解和認(rèn)識(shí)。
11. C 這類人具備一種被稱為“常識(shí)”的東西。Has與上文的“with a good understanding of reality”和下文的“He may have dreams”相對(duì)應(yīng)。
12. B 這里的“dreams”與上文中的“reality”相對(duì)應(yīng)，說(shuō)明實(shí)際的人有夢(mèng)想但不脫離實(shí)際。
13. A block是“阻礙”的意思。腳踏實(shí)地的人善于把握現(xiàn)實(shí)，他們可能有夢(mèng)想但不會(huì)讓這些夢(mèng)想阻礙他們對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)的認(rèn)知。
14. D 上文說(shuō)到的是實(shí)際的人，這里當(dāng)然是指與之相反的另一類人。后面謂語(yǔ)是單數(shù)，故不能選B。
15. A 在這里“mind”是“想法，思維(方法)”的意思。
16. D “such a dreamer can be brought back to earth”這句話中的“can(可能會(huì))”表推測(cè)的語(yǔ)氣，所以與此相對(duì)應(yīng)的應(yīng)該是D。
17. A 老師一些尖銳的話常常能將那些愛(ài)做白日夢(mèng)的學(xué)生拉回到現(xiàn)實(shí)中來(lái)。all和no不合常理;bad words“壞話，粗言穢語(yǔ)”不合題意。
18. C be likely to do sth.“很可能做某事”。上文提到的“down-to-earth”和“both-feet-on-the-ground”意義相同。
19. C 此空的選項(xiàng)與后一句“we are down-to-earth”相對(duì)應(yīng)，故選C。
20. A 本題考查介詞用法，towards表“向，對(duì)”。
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