完形填空。 "Down-to-earth"meanssomeoneorsomethingthatishonestpracticalandeasytodeal

with.Itis 1 tofindsomeonewhoisdown-to-earth.Apersonwhoisdown-to-earthis

easytotalktoand 2 otherpeopleasequals.Adown-to-earthpersonisjustthe 3

ofsomeonewhoactsimportantandproud.

Down-to-earthpersons 4 beimportantmembersofsocietyofcourse. 5 theydonot

lettheirimportance"gototheirheads".Theydonot 6 themselvestobebetterpersons

thanothersoflessimportance.Someonewhoisfilledwithhisownimportanceandpride

oftenwithoutcauseis 7 tohave"hisnoseintheair".Thereis 8 wayapersonwith

hisnoseintheaircanbedown-to-earth.

Americans 9 anotherexpressionthatmeansalmostthesameas"down-to-earth".The

expressionis"both-feet-on-the-ground".Someonewithboth-feet-on-the-groundisaperson

withagood 10 ofreality.He 11 whatiscalled"commonsense".Hemayhave 12 but

hedoesnot 13 themtoblock(阻挡)hisknowledgeofwhatisreal.

Theopposite(相反的)kindof 14 isonewhohashis"head-in-the-clouds".Amanwith

his-head-in-the-cloudsisadreamerwhose 15 isnotintherealworld. 16sucha

dreamercanbebroughtbacktoearth.Sharpwords 17 ateachercanusuallybringa

day-dreamingstudentdown-to-earth.

Usuallythepersonwhoisdown-to-earthisverylikelytohaveboth 18 on-the-

ground. 19 wehavebothourfeeton-the-groundwhenwearedown-to-earthweact

honestlyandopenly 20 others.Ourlivesarelikethegroundbelowussolidand

strong.( )1.A.pleasant &nbs