Down-to-earth means being honest, open, and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to. He or she accepts others as equals. A down-to-earth person may be an important member of society, of course, but they do not let their importance go to their heads, and they do not consider themselves to be better than others who are less important. Someone who is filled with self-importance and pride, often without cause, is said to have his nose in the air. There is no way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans use another expression that is similar in some way 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 reality. He has what is called common sense. He may have dreams but he does not allow them to block his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of person is one who has his head in the clouds. A man with his head in the clouds is a dreamer whose mind is not in the world. Sometimes such a dreamer can be brought back to reality; and sharp words from the teacher, for example, can usually get a daydreaming student to put both feet back on the ground.
The person who is down-to-earth usually has both feet on the ground. But the opposite is not always true. Someone with both feet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who is down-to-earth. When we have both our feet firmly on the ground, we are realistic and we act honestly and openly toward others, and our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.
1.If a person has his nose in the air, he _______.
A. is confident
B. is easy to deal with
C. is down to the earth
D. is always self-important and pride.
2.What can a daydreamer probably be like?
A. A person full of dreams in life.
B. A person with his head in the clouds.
C. A person with both his feet on the ground
D. A person with a good understanding of reality.
3.The underlined sentence “But the opposite is not always true.” most probably means that ______.
A. the opposite direction is always wrong
B. the person who has his nose in the air is not true
C. a man with his head in the clouds is often not intelligent
D. a person who has both feet on the ground may not be down-to-earth
4.From the passage, we can infer the person who is _____ is the most popular kind of person.
A. down-to-earthB. standing on the ground
C. with his nose in the airD. with his head in the clouds
科目：高中英语 来源：2015届广东省清远市高二下期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
When an important holiday comes, I usually think of what gifts to buy or prepare for my family members. It is the act itself rather than the thing you buy 1. matters. Either a small present, a text message or a phone call can mean a lot to the receivers. 2. , I had never got anything from my son, who is a university student. Parents never forget to celebrate their children’s birthday, but their children seem to be very 3. (forget).They seldom do something in return.
Life is unpredictable, and you never know what will happen tomorrow. When my son came back during the summer vacation, my wife and I, as usual, 4. (meet) him at the station. On arriving home, much 5. my surprise, my son took out a wrist watch and gave it to me, 6. (say) it was a birthday gift for me. It is a very fashionable watch, 7. shows not only hours, minutes and seconds but days as well. You can imagine how surprised and excited I was at that moment.
Some people say children get too much care and love from their parents and just take them for granted. 8. is natural for people to have such concerns and worries, but things may not turn out as badly as 9. (expect).We need to look more at the positive side of life, as a famous writer once said, “Life is 10. best classroom one can never get.”
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届广东省广州市高三上学期第一次质量检测英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.
There are now more than a thousand genetic tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’（老年痴呆症）.
“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.
“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, could be understood as “the beginning of the end.” “That’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”
Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team found that there was “no significant difference” between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.
1.The first paragraph is meant to__________.
A. ask some questions
B. introduce the topic
C. satisfy readers’ curiosity
D. describe an academic fact
2.Which of the following is true of James Watson？
A. He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.
B. He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.
C. He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.
D. He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.
3.According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, if a person is at a higher genetic risk, it is__________.
A. advisable not to let him know
B. impossible to hide his disease
C. better to inform him immediately
D. necessary to remove his anxiety
4.The underlined part “freak out” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“_________”.
A. break down B. drop out
C. leave off D. turn away
5.The study led by Dr. Green indicates that people__________.
prefer to hear good news
B. tend to find out the truth
C. can accept some bad news
D. have the right to be informed
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届山西省高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, a bar of chocolate if given the choice, , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe(脚尖), as high as he could, but even as his tallest he was unable to touch it. He began to up and down, as high as he could, at the of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of .
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he like this, the more unhappy he became.
, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself. This isn’t . I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s more I can do to get the apple—that is unchangeable—but we are supposed to be able to our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?
1.A. preferring B. offering C. receiving D. allowing
2.A. so B. then C. but D. or
3.A. sadder B. angrier C. hungrier D. tastier
4.A. expanding B. stretching C. swinging D. pulling
5.A. strength B. length C. range D. height
6.A. jump B. look C. walk D. glance
7.A. tip B. stage C. top D. level
8.A. hope B. hand C. sight D. reach
9.A. put B. stand C. get D. hold
10.A. break B. shake C. take D. strike
11.A. up B. forward C. down D. around
12.A. for B. with C. on D. of
13.A. After B. Through C. Without D. Upon
14.A. back B. away C. up D. down
15.A. wishes B. beliefs C. efforts D. goals
16.A. thought B. imagined C. tried D. claimed
17.A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. Otherwise
18.A. skilful B. cheerful C. harmful D. helpful
19.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
20.A. change B. express C. forget D. describe
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届山西省忻州市高二下学期期中联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第l1处起）不计分。
Last Saturday I went to the library as usually. At about noon, I was enjoying my reading near a lake while suddenly I hear someone crying for help. I went up to see what was happening. I was shocking to find a little child struggling in the water in the distance while many peoples were standing by without doing anything. Without any hesitation, I had pushed through the crowd as I took off my coat, but jumped into the water quickly. I managed to reach him and carried him back to safety. To his great relief, the kid saved.
I was proud with what I had done. I hope everyone can give a hand when someone else is in need.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届山西省忻州市高三上学期第一次四校联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Great changes have taken place in the countryside in our country.
As a child, I lived in a poor family. The second hand clothes, rain-leaking roof of old house became part of my memory. 1. , the worst impression is that I 2. (feel) hungry all the time. Sometimes hunger hit me so severely3. I regarded dried sweet potato slices as delicious snack. At that time, my dream was getting enough to fill my empty stomach .
In the early years of the 1980s, as the reform and opening-up policy 4. (carry) out, our dream came true. And then, 5. dream became clearer and clearer in my
mind. I must try my best to escape out of my poor and backward hometown. I worked 6. __ (hard) at my study than most of my classmates, and , after luckily7. (succeed) in the national college entrance examination, I realized my dream again: after graduation, I became a citizen working in a city. 8. the first college graduate out of a remote village, my success set9. example for my folks. They came to realize that schooling is a good way to change one’s fate(命运). In the following years, there were fewer drop-outs and more college graduates in my village, 10. I am proud of even today.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届山西省高二下期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
环境恶化直接或间接地影响到我们每个人的生活质量，某英文报社将举行一次英文作文竞赛，呼吁人们保护环境，提出有效的保护措施。请以下面的内容为参考，写一篇文章投稿。
1. 不要乱扔垃圾，应该保持环境清洁；
3. 植树造林，保护环境；
4. 保护海洋，禁止过度捕鱼；
5. 充分利用自然资源。
注意：1. 词数：100左右。开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2. 内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯。
Nowadays, pollution is getting worse and worse.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届山西省高二下期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.
For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫无掩饰的)．
In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy—love, marriage, birth—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss.For adults, happiness is complicated(复杂的)．
My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”．The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are.It's easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.
I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch－box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work.I don't think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.
We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we've got to have. We're so self－conscious about our “right” to it that it's making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren't necessarily happier.
Happiness isn't about what happens to us—it's about how we see what happens to us. It's the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It's not wishing for what we don't have, but enjoying what we do possess.
1.As people grow older, they ________．
A．feel it harder to experience happiness .
B．associate their happiness less with others
C．will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness
D．tend to believe responsibility means happiness
2.What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 5 and 6?
A．She cares little about her own health.
B．She enjoys the freedom of traveling.
C．She is easily pleased by things in daily life.
D．She prefers getting pleasure from housework.
3.What can be inferred from Paragraph 7?
A．Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness.
B．Psychologists' opinion is well proved by Grandma's case.
C．Grandma often found time for social gatherings.
D．Grandma's happiness came from modest expectations of life.
4.People who equal happiness with wealth and success ________．
A．consider pressure something blocking their way
B．stress their right to happiness too much
C．are at a loss to make correct choices
D．are more likely to be happy
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届山东省德州市高二下学期期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
There were a young couple who led a very happy life. The only thing they worried about was whether their would last forever.
One day, they heard a wise man had , who could solve all kinds of . So they visited him and told him their source of . The wise man told them, “ Travel around the and seek a couple who are happy. When finding such a couple , ask them for a piece of cloth from the man’s , then keep it with you, and you always remain happy.”
The couple began their . They visited many countries, cities, towns and villages didn’t find what they were looking for.
One day they a shepherd in the desert, who was grazing (放牧) his sheep when his wife and child came along. The shepherd his wife and gently patted the child. The wife laid a mat and they started to eat contentedly. The came to ask them, “ Are you the happiest couple?”
The shepherd and his wife replied, “ Nobody is unhappier than the king. ” The young couple immediately they were the happiest couple and a piece of the shepherd’s shirt. The shepherd said, “ If I give you a piece of cloth, I’ll be without any clothes since I just one”.
The young couple at once understood it was too to find perfect happiness anywhere in the world. They to the wise man and related all that had taken place.
The wise man laughed and said, “ Did you learn something from it?”
The young couple replied, “Yes, after this trip we have learnt in this world is perfectly happy. In order to be happy, we should be thankful and with whatever we have.”
1.A. lifeB. happinessC. businessD. health
2.A. agreedB. diedC. disappearedD. come
3.A. problemsB. fightsC. argumentsD. puzzles
4.A. joy B. angerC. worryD. interest
5.A. townB. cityC. countryD. world
6.A. perfectly B. seldomC. quicklyD. never
7.A. mat B. shirtC. coatD. sweater
8.A. tradition B. experimentC. journeyD. conversation
9.A. but B. soC. orD. and
10.A. called onB. looked forC. saw off D. came across
11.A. followedB. persuadedC. greetedD. praised
12.A. wifeB. childC. coupleD. king
13.A. provedB. realizedC. admittedD. imagined
14.A. paid forB. asked forC. hoped forD. cared for
15.A. keptB. allowedC. adjustedD. left
16.A. buy B. knowC. ownD. like
17.A. difficult B. convenientC. expensiveD. important
18.A. shouted B. returnedC. explainedD. applied
19.A. everybodyB. anybodyC. nobodyD. somebody
20.A. contentedB. upsetC. carefulD. greedy
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