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．still
B．then
C．nevertheless
D．moreover
答案
参考答案：B
解析：全文介绍了地理学家及其两个分支的概念，叙述了它们各自不同的研究对象，到文章的最后，作者对地理学进行了总结，说明它是一种观点，一种特殊的方法。四个选项中B项then意为“那么；因此”，符合上下文的逻辑意义，因而是答案。A项still意为“尽管如此”；C项nevertheless意为“然而”，表示语气的转换；D项moreover意为“此外；而且”，它所表示的是对前面内容作进一步的补充说明，在此均不符合句子要求。