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individual places and consider the earth as a whole. The English word geography
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would be little need for geographers. We know, however, that no two places are
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special way of looking at place.
【答案解析】从空格所在的句子来看,四个选项都可以选用。但与上下文联系起来看,就只能选A项Some。在英语中some与others常常连用,“some...others”意思是“一些……,另一些”;D项Few是否定词,意为“几乎没有;很少”,这里不能选用。根据下面的“Many geography books deal with the whole earth”可知,此处也不能选B项Many“许多”或C项Most“大部分”。