英语四级考试完形填空的模拟练习题（50）

　　Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast __1__ places on the earth. But they also __2__ beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a __3__. The word geography comes from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for earth and graphein, __4__ means to write. The English word geography means to describe the earth. __5__ geography books focus on a small area __6__ a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an __7__ continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another __8__ to divide the study of __9__ is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former __10__ on the natural world; the __11__ starts with human beings and __12__ how human beings and their environment act __13__ each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject, __14__ branch can neglect the other. A geographer might be described __15__ one who observes, records, and explains the __16__ between places in the world. If places were __17__, there would be little need for geographers. We know, however, __18__ no two places are exactly the same. Geography, __19__, is a point of view, a special way of __20__ at places.

　　1. A) similar B) various C) distant D) famous

　　2. A) pass B) reach C) go D)set

　　3. A) whole B) unit C) part D) total

　　4. A) what B) when C)which D) where

　　5. A) Some B)Many C) Most D)Few

　　6. A) outside B) except C) at D) like

　　7. A) extensive B) entire C) overall D) enormous

　　8. A) way B) means C) habit D) technique

　　9. A) world B) earth C) geography D) globe

　　10. A) focuses B) studies C) researches D) observes

　　11. A) second B) later C) next D) latter

　　12. A) learns B) studies C) realizes D) understands

　　13. A) upon B) for C) between D) among

　　14. A) neither B) either C) one D) each

　　15. A) over B) to C) as D) by

　　16. A) exceptions B) sameness C) differences D) divisions

　　17. A) likely B) likeable C) liking D) alike

　　18. A) although B) whether C) since D) that

　　19. A) still B) then C) nevertheless D) moreover

　　20. A) working B) looking C) arriving D) getting