Section II Use of English
(15 minutes)
Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word.Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
"Down-to-earth" means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure tofind (31)__________who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk (32) __________and acceptsother people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the (33) __________of someone who acts important or proud.Down-to-earth persons may be (34) __________members of society, of course. But they do not let their impor-tance "(35) __________to their heads". They do not consider themselves to be better persons than (36) __________ofless importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, (37) __________ without cause, is said tohave "his nose in the air". There is (38) __________way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans (39) __________another expression that means almost the same as "down-to-earth". The expressionis "both-feet-on-the-ground". Someone (40) __________ both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good understand-ing (41) __________ reality. He has what is called "common sense, " he may have dreams, (42) __________ he doesnot allow them to block his knowledge of (43) __________is real.
The opposite kind of (44) __________is one who has his "head-in-the-clouds". A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer (45) __________mind is not in the real world.
(46) __________, such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. Sharp words from teacher can usually(47) __________a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.
Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very (48) __________to have both feet on the ground.(49)we have both our feet on the ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly(50) __________others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.
