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Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geog

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问题     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 (4)_____ from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for "earth" and graphein,(5)_____ means "to write." The English word geography means "to describe the earth."(6)geography books focus on a small area(7)_____ a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an (8)_____ continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another(9)_____ to divide the study of(10)_____ is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses 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. If all places(17)_____ alike, 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. [br] (8)
选项 A、extensive
B、entire
C、overall
D、enormous
答案 B
解析 extensive“广泛的”：overall意为“总的”，强调包含一切；enormous“大量的，庞大的”，强调数量多、体积大或范围广；entire意为“整个”，句中几个名词按面积从小到大排列。比一个国家还大的是整片陆地，故选B。
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