2017pets二級閲讀理解過關題

“Down-to-earth”means someone or something that is istic and easy to deal is a pleasure to find(1)___who is down-to-earth.A person who is down—to-earth is easy to talk(2) ___and accepts other people as equals.A down-to-earth person is just the(3) ___of someone who acts important or proud.

Down-to-earth persons may be(4)___members of society,of they do not let their importance“(5)___to their heads” do not consider themselves to be better persons than(6) ___of less one who is filled with his own importance and pride，(7) ___without cause，is said to have“his nose in the air”e 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” expression is“both—feet—on-the—ground”. Someone(10) ___both—feet—on—the-ground is a person with a good understanding(11) ___ has what is called“common sense，”he may have dreams，(12) ___he does not allow them to block his knowledge of(13) ___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(15) ___mind is not in the real world.

one 【解析】由本文的第一句話“‘Down-to-earth’means some—one or something that is honest，realistic and easy to deal with.”可知“Down—to—earth”指的是誠實，現實、平易近人的那些人。這裏的someone和後面是相對應的。故答案為someone。

【解析】talk to的'意思是“和某人聊天”，talk這裏不及物動詞，後面需要接一個介詞。在從句中介詞不能省略。作者這裏要表達的意思是“和那些誠實的平易近人的人聊天是很愜意的。”故答案為to。

site 【解析】從文章第二段的內容可以看出，A down—to—earth person和那些表面上裝的很重要的人物正好相反。所以這裏應填“相反的”，故答案為opposite。

rtant 【解析】從本句後面的一句話可以看出，A down—to—earth person就算是重要的人物，他們也不會把這種顯赫寫在臉上。所以前面應填important。故答案為important。

【解析】go to one’s heads的意思是“展現、表現”，俗語。用在文中表示“把…寫在臉上”，生怕別人不知道的顯擺。故答案為go。

e 【解析】本句的意思是&ld