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．neither
B．either
C．one
D．each
答案
参考答案：A
解析：前面两句讲述的是自然地理学和文化地理学各有不同的研究对象，此句则说，当把地理学作为学科来看时，显然，后面句子应该是否定意义的，即两个分支间彼此都不能忽视。所以此处应选A项neither，意为“两者都不”。其他三词都表示肯定意义，用在此处不符合句子要求。