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

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问题      Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast【C1】______ places on the earth. But they also【C2】______ beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a【C3】______ . The word geography【C4】______ from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for "earth" and graphein,【C5】______ means "to write". The English word geography means "to describe the earth". 【C6】______ geography books focus on a small area【C7】______ a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an  【C8】______ continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another  【C9】______ to divide the study of【C10】______ is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the【C11】______ starts with human beings and【C12】______ how human beings and their environment act【C13】______ each other.
     But when geography is considered as a single subject,【C14】______ branch can neglect the other. A geographer might be described【C15】______ one who observes, records, and explains the【C16】______  between places. If places【C17】______ alike, there would be little need for geographers. We know, however,【C18】______ no two places are exactly the same. Geography,【C19】______ , is a point of view, a special way of【C20】______ at places. [br] 【C11】
选项 A、second
B、latter
C、next
D、later
答案 B
解析 根据上文中的"the former(前者)”，就可肯定这里只能使用"the latter(后者)”。例如：The former are called conductors while the latter insulators．前者被称作导体，后者被称为绝缘体。John and Peter are good friends．The former is a teacher；the latter a soldier．约翰和彼得是好朋友，前者是老师，后者是军人。
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