You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to questions 23 -25. Now you have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to the ANSWER SHEET I. That is the end of the listening comprehension section. 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 betweenphysical 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