2016届高考英语一轮复习课时作业：语言朋友（92）(北师大版)

　　语言朋友(92)__1__ to find someone who is down­to­earth.A person who is down­to­earth is easy to talk to and __2__ other people as equals.A down­to­earth person is just the__3__of someone who acts important and proud.

　　　Down­to­earth persons __4____5__“go to their heads”．They do not __6__themselves to be better persons than others of less importance.Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is__7__ to have “his nose in the air”．There is__8__way a person with “his nose in the air” can be down­to­earth.

　　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____13__ his knowledge of what is real.The opposite kind of __14__ is one who has hid “head­in­the­clouds”．A man with his “head­in­the­clouds” 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 down­to­earth is very __18__to have “both feet on the ground”．When we have both our __19__ firmly on the ground, we are down­to­earth, and we act honestly and openly toward others.Our lives are like the __20__ below us, solid and strong.