Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast__1__places on earth. But they also__2__beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a__3__. The word Geography__4__from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for “earth” and graphein,__5__means “ to write”. The English word geography means “to describe the earth”.__6__geography books__7__on a small area like a town or city. Other deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an__8__continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another__9__to divide the study of__10__is to distinguish between physical geography and__11__geography. The former focus on the natural world; the__12__starts with human beings and studies__13__human being and their environment act__14__each other.__15__when geography is considered as a single subject,__16__branch can neglect the other.

　　A geographer might be described__17__one who observes, records, and explains the__18__between places. If places were alike, there would be little need for geographer.

　　We know,__19__,that no two places are exactly the same. Geography,__20__,is a point of view, a special way of looking at places.

　　1. A. similarB. distantC. variousD. famous

　　2. A. passB. go C. reachD. get

　　3. A. wholeB. untilC. part D. total

　　4. A. fallsB. resultsC. removesD. comes

　　5. A. whatB. which C. that D. it

　　6. A. SomeB. MostC. ManyD. Few

　　7. A. relyB. restC. reckonD. focus

　　8. A. extensiveB. overallC. entire D. enormous

　　9. A. wayB. meansC. habitD. technique

　　10. A. world B. earthC. geographyD. globe

　　11. A. mental B. militaryC. economicD. cultural

　　12. A. second B. nextC. laterD. latter

　　13. A. when B. whatC. whereD. how

　　14. A. upon B. asC. forD. to

　　15. A. And B. ButC. ThereforeD. For

　　16. A. neither B. oneC. either D. each

　　17. A. for B. asC. toD. by

　　18. A. exceptions B. samenessC. differenceD. divisions

　　19. A. moreover B. meanwhileC. howeverD. or else

　　20. A. still B. then C. neverthelessD. moreover

　　参考答案：

　　CBADB ADCAC

　　DDDAB ABCCB

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