Section Ⅱ Use of English (15 minutes)

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or Don your ANSWER SHEET 1.

Text

Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers (地理学家) compare and contrast   26   places on the earth. But they also   27   beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a   28  . The word geography   29   from two Greek words: ge，the Greek word for "earth" and graphein,   30 . means "to write". The English word geography means "to describe the earth".   31   geography books focus on a small area   32   a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an   33   continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another   34   to divide the study of   35   is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the   36    starts with human beings and   37   how human beings and their environment act   38   each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject,   39   branch can neglect the other.

A geographer might be described   40   one who observes, records, and explains the   41    between places. If all places   42   alike, there would be little need for geographers.

We know, however,   43   no two places are exactly the same. Geography,   44   , is a point of view, a special way of  45   at places.

26. [A] similar         [B] various         [C] distant         [D] famous

27. [A] pass           [B] go             [C] reach          [D] set

28. [A] whole          [B] unit            [C] part            [D] total

29. [A] falls           [B] removes        [C] results         [D] comes

30. [A] what           [B] that            [C] which         [D] it

31. [A] Some         [B]Many         [C]Most         [D]Few

32. [A] outside         [B] except          [C]as             [D]like

33. [A] extensive        [B] entire           [C] overall          [D] enormous

34. [A] way           [B] means          [C] habit          [D] technique

35. [A] world          [B] earth           [C] geography      [D] globe

36. [A] second         [ B] later            [C] next            [D] latter

37. [A] learns         [ B ] studies          [ C ] realizes          [ D ] understands

38. [A] upon         [B] for           [C]as           [D] to

39. [A] neither         [B] either          [C] one            [D] each

40. [A] for       .   [B]to            [C]as           [D]by

41. [A] exceptions      [B] sameness        [C] differences      [D] divisions

42. [A] being          [B] are            [C] be            [D] were

43. [A] although        [B] whether         [C] since           [D] that

44. [A] still            [B] then            [C] nevertheless     [D] moreover

45. [A] working         [ B ] looking          [ C ] arriving         [ D ] getting