The expression “down to earth” means being open and honest. It is easy to get on with some one 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 reality（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 proud B. good and opposite C. real and important D. 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.This passage mainly talks about_____________.

    A. the use of some expressions    B. dreams and achievements

    C. the lifestyle of honest people    D. honesty and understanding

    4.If you want to understand what is real in life, you have to_____________.

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

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

    5.If you only consider your own importance, __________.

    A. you’ll think you are better than others

    B. your life will be like the solid and strong ground

    C. you’ll be hated by down-to-earth people

    D. your life will be filed with love

It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, staring into space and playing with a piece of bread. He’s not even  16 . Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.
When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling   17 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other great weekend. But that was  18  he turned on his computer and  19  he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend, Tony will go online to email friends, read the news to
20 what’s happening in the world and play a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to kill time. The perfect weekend-online.
Just as Tony is  21  how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the  22 “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t think about the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no answer but sighs. “Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum  23   .
“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the corner. We can meet and play chess face to face for a  24  . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad.” Tony  25 , as he walks to the phone. There is life beyond the Internet after all (毕竟).

完型填空（每题1分，满分15分）

      Let me tell you something ___41__ my little dog, Snoopy. Snoopy is a healthy   42       dog. He looks very __43   . He has two small eyes, two big ears, __44__ short legs and a small tail.

   It’s great fun    45   with him. I often teach him __46 __ to play games. Now he can play many kinds of    47    . If I say “Go to __ 48  _ !” he goes to his bed and lies    49   .If I say “__50 __ basketball!” he goes to catch a ball and puts it into a _ _51__ . If I say “Please __52_ _ for us!” he dances to the music. Can he sing a song? Of course he can. But he does not __ 53_   in English or Chinese. When he sings, __54_  can understand    55  .

1. A. for          B. to        C. at          D. about   

2.A. China       B. America   C. American    D. England

3. A. boring       B. lovely     C. ugly        D. dangerous

4. A. one         B. two       C. three        D. four

5.A. playing      B. to play    C. play         D. plays

6. A. what        B. where     C. how        D. when

7. A. game       B. games      C. a game     D. sport

8. A. sleep        B. play       C. swim       D. bring

9. A. down.       B. up        C. in          D. to

10. A. Do         B. Help       C. Run        D. Play

11. A. floor        B. basket     C. bed         D. sofa

12. A. write        B. cry       C. dance        D. jump

13. A. sing         B. say       C. show        D. speak

14. A. somebody    B. many     C. nobody      D. some

15. A. he          B. his        C. him         D. they

It's Saturday morning and Tony's sitting at the kitchen table, staring（凝视）into space and playing with a piece of bread. He's not even hungry. Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do and there's just one reason: the Internet is down and Tony has nothing to do.
When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling great. He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other—a great weekend. But that was before he turned on his computer and wasn’t able to go online. No Internet changed everything.
Just as Tony is wondering how he can possibly have a normal(平常的)weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the kitchen. "Is everything OK?" she asks. "No, mum, everything is definitely(的确)not OK," her sad son replies. "I can't go online  and  I  have homework to finish." His mum laughs, "The word program is still working, so what's the problem?"
What's the problem? Tony can't believe his own mother isn’t able to see how serious the problem really is. To start with, he still needs to do research for his homework. He knows his mum will tell him to go to the library but he hates the library. It's so dark and uncomfortable. And forget homework—what about the rest of his weekend! Every weekend, he goes online to email friends. Then he reads the news to catch up on what's happening in the world. He plays a few online games and finishes the weekend off with an online chess game with his cousin Helen. The wonderful weekend-online! Now it's Saturday morning and he's not going to have access to（进入）the Internet for two whole days.
【小题1】Tony stared into space and played with a piece of bread __________.

Mr. White looks out of his window. There is a boy at the other side of the street. The boy takes some bread out of a bag and begins eating it.There is a very thin dog in the street, too. The boy says to it, “I’ll give you some bread.”
The dog is hungry and goes to the boy, but he does not give it any bread. He kicks(踢) the dog. It runs away, and the boy laughs.
Then Mr. White comes out of his house and says to the boy. “I’ll give you a shilling(先令).”The boy is happy and says “Yes.”“Come here,” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him, but Mr. White does not give him a shilling. He hits him with a stick(用棍子打他).The boy cries and says, “Why do you hit me? I do not ask you for any money.” “No,” Mr. White says, “and the dog does not ask you for any bread, but you kick it.”
【小题1】Where is Mr. White at first?