问题
单项选择题
| Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast various places on the earth. But they also (51) beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a whole. The English word geography means "to describe the earth. " (52) geography books focus on a small area like a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an (53) continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another (54) to divide the study of geography is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the (55) starts with human beings and studies how human beings and their environment act (56) each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject, (57) branch can neglect the other. A geographer might be described as one who observes, records, and explains the (58) between places. If all places (59) alike, there would be little need for geographers. We know, however, that no two places are exactly the same. Geography, (60) is a point of view, a special way of looking at place. |
A．extensive
B．entire
C．overall
D．enormous
答案
参考答案：B
解析：根据上下文意义来看，本句讲的是另一些书描述的是一个州、一个地区、一个国家或者整个大陆，与上句的small area“小片地区”相对。entire意思是“整个的，全部的”，用来修饰continent，符合句子的意义，因而是答案。A项extensive“广泛的”和D项enormous“巨大的”用在此处不符合句子的意义。C意为overall“总的；全面的”，常用于修饰抽象名词，不用于修饰具体事物，如：an overall impression“总的印象”，the overall situation“总的局势”，此处也不能选用。