单选题
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B,C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage and put the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast various places on the earth. But they also go beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a (36) . The word geography (37) from two Greek words, gee, the Greek word for” earth" and graphein, (38) means "to write. ” The English word geography means "to describe the earth. ” Some geography books focus on a small area like a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or a (39) continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another way to divide the study of (40) is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the (41) . Starts with human beings and studies how human beings and their environment act upon each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject, (42) branches can neglect the other. A geographer might be described (43) one who observes, records, and explains the differences between places. If places (44) alike, there would be little need for geographers. We know, however (45) no two places are exactly the same. Geography, then, is a point of view, a special way of looking at places.
单选题
A. whole B. unit C. part D. total
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析 [解析] 此处意思是地理学家把地球看成一个整体。whole。：全部，整体；unit：单位；part：部分，区域；total:总数，全部。as a whole为一固定搭配，表示“作为一个整体”，故选A。