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 his “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, solid and strong.
【语篇解读】 这是一篇议论文。文章首先阐明“down-to-earth”是什么意思,然后描述“a down-to-earth person”是什么样的人,有什么样的品格特征,与“head-in-the-clouds”这类人有什么不同。文章最后提倡我们要脚踏实地地生活。
1. A. pleasant
B. sad
C. common
D. surprising
解析 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”可以推断:遇到脚踏实地的人是一件令人惬意的事情。
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