[题目] The expression down to earth means being open and honest. It is easy to get on with someone who is down to earth. A down-to-earth person is the opposite of someone who acts important or proud. Do 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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【题目】 The expression "down to earth" means being open and honest. It is easy to get on with someone who is down to earth. A down-to-earth person is the opposite of someone who acts important or proud.

Down-to-earth people could be important members of society. But they do not consider themselves to be better than others who are less important. A person who is filed with his own importance and pride is said to have his nose in the air.

Americans use another expression that is similar in some ways to down to earth. The expression is both feet on the ground. Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of realty(现实). He may have dreams, but he does not allow them to have influence on his understanding of what is real.

The opposite kind of person is one who has his head in the clouds. Someone with his head in the clouds is a person whose mind is not on what is happening in real life. Such a person may be called a day-dreamer.

When we have both our feet on the ground and when we are down to earth. we do not have our noses in the air. We act honestly and openly to others. Our lives are like the ground below us-solid(牢固的)and strong.

【1】A down-to-earth person could be _______ .

A.social and proudB.good and opposite

C.real and importantD.strong and changeable

【2】The expression "has one's nose in the air" means ______ .

A.眉飞色舞B.目中无人C.瞻前顾后D.春风得意

【3】If you want to understand what is real in life ,you have to _______ .

A.get along with other people easilyB.learn from those who are down to earth

C.be a good dreamer with quick mindD.have both your feet on the ground

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【解析】

文章主要介绍了英语中的习惯用语的含义，并由此告诉我们一些生活的道理。

【1】细节理解题。根据文中Down-to-earth people could be important members of society.及下文的描述可知，一个很现实的人，可能是一个注重实际的人和重要的人，故选C。

【2】词义猜测题。根据文中Someone with his head in the clouds is a person whose mind is not on what is happening in real life.想入非的人是指那些脑子里想的不是现实生活中正在发生的事情的人。以及下文的描述可知，这类人是目中无人，故选B。

【3】细节理解题。根据文中Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of realty(现实). He may have dreams, but he does not allow them to have influence on his understanding of what is real. 脚踏实地的人是对现实有很好理解的人。他可能有梦想，但他不允许梦想影响他对现实的理解。可知如果你想了解生活的真实，你必须脚踏实地，故选D。

练习册系列答案

Every time you open a can（罐）of soup to eat, you make a choice.

S【1】you put the can in the rubbish bin. The can will go to a landfill（垃圾填埋场）. Some soup cans will take a【2】long as two hundred years to decompose（腐烂）. Others take even l【3】! If everyone t【4】 cans in the trash, the landfill won’t be able to hold them all. Think of the results! Before you know it, the town will be covered with cans. All those soup cans will p【5】lakes and rivers. That isn’t good for the e【6】.

So we can wash the can and reuse it i【7】. For example, we can turn it into a flower vase. We can also make it as a desk tidy, w【8】can hold your pens, crayons, or big spoons. Soup cans can be reused in all kinds of ways.

Or you can send your soup can to be recycled. It may be made i 【9】another soup can. It will be filled with more delicious soup. That’s the best e【10】 of all.

【题目】—I hear that Jack has caught a bad cold and stayed in bed for two days.

—_______.

A.Excuse me.B.Never mind.C.I don't agree.D.Sorry to hear that.

【题目】 Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his hometown.

He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. He often talks about his favourite birds, the robins （一种小小鸟——鸫）. "When I was a boy, these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up to the north from the south. They spent the winter in the south. Some would build their nests (巢) in the trees near our houses. Then people started to cut down trees, and they built more houses. The robins stopped coming. They couldn't build their nests near our houses because there were no trees."

"Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no places for the robins. They don’t come any more."

【1】What does Mr. Ellis often talk about?

A.His old house.B.His family.C.His life now.D.The old days.

【2】Who built the nests in the trees?

A.Mr. Ellis.B.The robins.C.Some people.D.Some dogs.

【3】What can we know from the passage?

A.Mr. Ellis likes his new life now.

B.There were many houses there in the old days.

C.The robins can make their nests without trees.

D.Mr. Ellis is not happy with the changes there.

【题目】—Wow, a new dress? Purple looks nice on you.

—Thank you. It’s not new because I it for a long time. I really like the color.