Geography is the study of the ( 1 ) between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast various places on the earth, but they consider the earth as a ( 2 ). The word “geography”( 3 ) from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for “earth” and graphein,( 4 ) means “to write”. The English word “geography” means “to describe the earth”.( 5 ) geography books focus on a small area ( 6 ) a town or a city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an ( 7 ) continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another ( 8 ) to divide the study of geography is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the ( 9 ) starts with human beings and next how human beings and their environment act ( 10 ) each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject, ( 11 ) branch can neglect the other.A geographer might be described ( 12 ) one who observes, records, and explains the differences between places. If places( 13 ) alike, there would be little need for geographers.We know, however, ( 14 ) no two places are exactly the same， Geography then, is a point of view, a special way of ( 15 )at places.

1.A. relationship B. relativeC. relating D. relate

2. A. unit B. wholeC. part D. total

3. A. falls B. removesC. comes D. results

4. A. what B. whichC. that D. it

5. A. Little B. SomeC. Most D. Few

6. A. outside B. exceptC. like D. as

7. A. extensive B. enormousC. overall D. entire

8. A. way B. meansC. habit D. technique

9. A. second B. latterC. next D. later

10. A. upon B. forC. as D. to

11. A. either B. neitherC. one D. each

12. A. for B. toC. by D. as

13. A. being B. areC. were D. be

14. A. although B. whetherC. since D. that

15. A. working B. gettingC. arriving D. looking