2017考博英语完形填空模拟练习题(8).doc

2017 考博英语完形填空模拟练习题（ 8 ）

Geography

is

the

study

of

the

relationship

between

people

and

the

land.

Geographers

compare

and

contrast

1

places on 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 7 on a

small area like a town or city. Other 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

11

geography.

The former

focus

on

the

natural

world;

the

12

starts

with

human

beings

and

studies

13

human

being

and

their

environment

act

14

each