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 theindividual places and consider the earth as a 3 . The word Geography 4 from twoGreek words, ge, the Greek word for “earth” andgraphein, 5 means “ to write”. The English word geography means “to describe theearth”. 6 geography books 7 on a small area like a town or city. Otherdeal with a state, a region, a nation, or an 8 continent. Many geography booksdeal with the whole earth. Another 9 to divide the study of 10 is to distinguishbetween physical geography and 11 geography. The former focus on the naturalworld; the 12 starts with human beings and studies 13 human being and theirenvironment act 14 each other. 15 when geography is considered as a singlesubject, 16 branch can neglect the other.

A geographer might be described 17 one who observes, records, andexplains the 18 between places. If places were alike, there would be littleneed 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

1. 【答案】 C. various

　　【解析】本题测试词义搭配. various 各种各样的，不同的。句子的意思是“地理学家比较和对比地球上各种不同的地域”。可见，similar, famous, distant 均不符合题意

2. 【答案】B. go

　　【解析】本题测试惯用搭配.go beyond(= exceed) 超越，超过。

3. 【答案】A. whole

　　【解析】本题测试词义搭配. as a whole 作为整体，常跟在名词后面，如：We must examine these problems as a whole.

　　本句译为：但是地理学家不但研究各个领域，而且也把地球作为整体来考虑。

4. 【答案】D. comes

　　【解析】本题测试结构型词义搭配. come from 来自，来源于，正合题意。fall from 从…….落下;result from 由……产生，因……而造成：1)Sickness often results from eating too much. 2) Nothing has resultfrom my efforts.

remove…from…把……从…...去掉;撤职：1)It is difficult to remove the stain from the clothes. 2) Theyremoved him from his position. 3) The corrupt official was removed from office.由此可见 falls, results 与removes 均不符合题意。

5. 【答案】B. which

　　【解析】本题测试结构搭配. which 引导非限定性定语从句，修饰graphein.

6. 【答案】A. Some

　　注释：本题测试逻辑搭配.做cloze 试题的时，考生必须从语篇的角度去选择适当的词语，是文章在逻辑意思和结构上完整统一。本题与下句联系密切，下句中有Others,故本题应选Some,从而构成句型：Some…. Others…...。

7. 【答案】D. focus.

　　【解析】本题测试结构型词义搭配. 所列的四个候选动词后都可以接介词on，但词义不同。rely on 依靠。rest on 着落：Science rests on facts. (科学以事实为依据。)

reckon on 指望，依靠：We hope that we can reckon on your support.

focus on 集中讨论研究：These meetings focus on the strategies for the future. (这些会议集中研究未来战略。)focus 也可用作及物动词，意为“把…..集中在…..上”，例如：The students can focus their attention on the meaning of eachsentence.可见，本题应选 D. focus

8. 【答案】C. entire

　　【解析】本题测试逻辑型词义搭配.上下文的意思是：有些地理书主要研究城镇这样的小地区，而另一些地理书则研究州，区域，国家或整个大洲。可见，这里谈话的中心是地理书研究的地区的大小和范围，故应选，C. entire。extensive 广大的，广阔的; overall 全面的，总和的; enormous 巨大的，庞大的均不切题。

9. 【答案】A. way

10. 【答案】C. geography