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．exceptions
B．sameness
C．differences
D．divisions
答案
参考答案：C
解析：differences意为“不同”，A项exceptions意为“例外”，B项sameness意为“相同；相似”，D项divisions意为“分开”。文章一开始就说地理学家对地球上各种各样的地方进行比较和对照。在本句的后边，作者又说如果所有的地方都是相同的，地理学家就没有存在的必要了。由此可见，地理学家应是一个观察、记录和解释地区间差异的人。四个选项中，只有C符合句意。