II．完形填空。從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出一個正確答案，并將所選答案的字母

填寫在答題紙相應(yīng)位置上。(本大題共15小題，每小題1分，共15分)

Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer. (15 points)

Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast   16    places on the earth. But they also go beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a    17   . The word geography comes from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for “earth” and graphein,    18    means “to write.” The English word geography means “to describe the earth.”    19    geography books focus on a small area    20    a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an    21    continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another way to divide the study of   22   is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the    23    starts with human beings and    24    how human beings and their environment act    25    each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject,    26    branch can neglect the other. A geographer might be described as one who observes, records, and explains the    27    between places. If all places    28    alike, there would be little need for geographers. We know, however, that no two places are exactly the same. Geography,    29    , is a point of view, a special way of    30    at places.

16. A. similar                B. various                     C. distant                     D. famous

17. A. whole                 B. unit                          C. part                         D. total

18. A. what                  B. that                          C. which                      D. it

19. A. Some                 B. Many                       C. Most                       D. Few

20. A. outside               B. except                      C. as                           D. like

21. A. extensive            B. entire                       C. overall                     D. enormous

22. A. world                 B. earth                        C. geography                D. globe

23. A. second               B. later                         C. next                        D. latter

24. A. learns                 B. studies                     C. realizes                    D. understands

25. A. upon                  B. for                           C. as                           D. to

26. A. neither                B. either                       C. one                         D. each

27. A. exceptions          B. sameness                 C. differences               D. divisions

28. A. being                  B. are                           C. be                           D. were

29. A. still                     B. then                         C. nevertheless             D. moreover

30. A. working              B. looking                     C. arriving                    D. getting