“Down-to-earth”meanssomeoneorsomethingthatishonestpracticalandeasytodealwith．Itis 36 tofindsomeonewhoisdown-to-earth．Apersonwhoisdown-to-earthiseasytotalkto 37 acceptsotherpeopleasequals．Adown-to-earthisjustthe38ofsomeonewhoactsimportantlyandproudly.
Down-to-earthpersonsmaybe 39 membersofsocietyofcourse．Buttheydonotlettheirimportance“gototheir 40 ”．Theydonot 41 themselvestobebetterpersonsthanothersoflessimportancesomeonewhoisfilledwithhisownimportanceand 42oftenwithoutcauseissaidtohave“hisnoseintheair”．Thereisnowayapersonwithhisnoseinthe 43 canbedown-to-earth．Americansuseanotherexpressionthatmeansalmostthesame 44 “down-to-earth”．Theexpressionis“both-feet-on-the-ground”．Someonewithboth-feet-on-the-groundisaperson 45 agoodunderstandingofreality．Hehaswhatiscalled“ 46 sense”．Hemayhave 47 buthedoesnotallowthemto 48 hisknowledgeofwhatisreal．Theoppositekindofpersonis 49 whohashis“head-in-the-clouds”．Amanwithhisheadinthecloudsisadreamerwhosemindisnotinthe 50 world.
Sometimes 51 adreamercanbebroughtbacktoearth．52 wordsfromateachercanusuallybringaday-dreamingstudentdown-to-earth.
Usuallythepersonwhoisdown-to-earthisvery 53 tohaveboth-feet-on-the-ground.
54 wehavebothourfeeton-the-groundwhenwearedown-to-earthweact 55 andopenlytowardothers．Ourlivesarelikethegroundbelowussolidandstrong.
A．common B．sad C．pleasant D．surprising
A．but B．yet C．and D．while
A．kind B．like C．example D．opposite
A．important B．famous C．successful D．necessary
A．nose B．heads C．minds D．forehead
A．wish B．desire C．expect D．consider
A．proud B．pride C．famous D．fame
A．air B．sky C．tree D．cloud
A．like B．with C．of D．for
A．has B．who C．is D．with
A．usual B．ordinary C．common D．daily