2017pets二級(jí)閱讀理解過關(guān)題

　　“Down-to-earth”means someone or something that is honest.realistic and easy to deal with.It 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 course.But they do not let their importance“(5)___to their heads”.They do not consider themselves to be better persons than(6) ___of less importance.Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride，(7) ___without cause，is said 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(10) ___both—feet—on—the-ground is a person with a good understanding(11) ___reality.He 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.

　　1.someone 【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(shí)，現(xiàn)實(shí)、平易近人的那些人。這里的someone和后面是相對(duì)應(yīng)的。故答案為someone。

　　2.to【解析】talk to的意思是“和某人聊天”，talk這里不及物動(dòng)詞，后面需要接一個(gè)介詞。在從句中介詞不能省略。作者這里要表達(dá)的意思是“和那些誠實(shí)的平易近人的人聊天是很愜意的�！惫蚀鸢笧閠o。

　　3.opposite 【解析】從文章第二段的內(nèi)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。所以這里應(yīng)填“相反的'”，故答案為opposite。

　　4.important 【解析】從本句后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(huì)把這種顯赫寫在臉上。所以前面應(yīng)填important。故答案為important。

　　5.go 【解析】go to one’s heads的意思是“展現(xiàn)、表現(xiàn)”，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。

　　6.those 【解析】本句的意思是&ld