閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑.
“Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is 36 to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and 37 other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the 38 of someone who acts important and proud.
Down-to-earth persons 39 be important members of society, of course. 40 they do not let their importance “go to their heads”. They do not 41 themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is 42 to have “his nose in the air”. There is 43 way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans 44 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 45 of reality. He 46 what is called “common sense”. He may have 47 , but he does not allow them to 48 his knowledge of what is real.
The opposite kind of 49 is one who has his “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his-head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose 50 is not in the real world.
51 , such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. 52 words from a teacher can usually bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth..
Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very 53 to have both feet on-the –ground. 54 we have both our feet on-the –ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly 55 others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.
36. A.pleasant B.sad C.common D.surprising
37. A.meets B.welcomes C.receives D.accepts
38. A.case B.kind C.opposite D.example
39. A.must B.may C.should D.will
40. A.But B.So C.For D.And
41. A.wish B.expect C.desire D.consider
42. A.said B.told C.asked D.made
43. A.some B.a C.no D.every
44. A.discover B.find C.make D.use
45．A.understanding B.wish C.reason D.expectation
46. A.demands B.lacks C.has D.likes
47. A.fortunes B.dreams C.achievements D.disadvantages
48. A.block B.protect C.own D.gain
49. A.idea B.people C.attitude D.person
50. A.mind B.life C.body D.head
51. A.Always B.Therefore C.However D.Sometimes
52. A.Sharp B.All C.No D.Bad
53. A.possible B.probable C.likely D.able
54. A.Though B.Since C.When D.Unless
55.A.toward B.for C.over D.onto
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