Part IV                      Close                 ( 15 minutes )

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked (A), (B), (C) and (D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
   
    Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers (地理学家) compare and contrast ___71___ places on the earth.  But they also ___72___  beyond the individual places  and  consider the earth as a ___73___ The word geography ___74___ from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for "earth" and graphein, ___75___ means  "to write." The English word geography means "to describe the earth." ___76___ geography  books focus on a small area ___77___ a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a  nation, or an ___78___ continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another ___79___ to divide the study of ___80___ is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the ___81___ starts with human beings and ___82___ how human beings and their environment act ___83___ each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject, ___84___ branch can neglect the other. A geographer might be described ___85___ one  who  observes, records, and explains the ___86___ between places.  If all places ___87___ alike, there would be little need for geographers. We know, however, ___88___ no two places are exactly the same. Geography, ___89___, is a point of view, a special way of ___90___ at places.                                   

71.
A) similar     
B) various
C) distant      
D) famous

72.
A) pass        
B) reach
C) go          
D) set

73.
A) whole       
B) unit
C) part        
D) total

74.
A) falls         
B) removes
C) results      
D) comes

75.
A) what        
B) that
C) which       
D) it

76.
A) Some       
B) Many
C) Most       
D) Few

77.
A) outside      
B) except
C) as           
D) like

78.
A) extensive    
B) entire
C) overall       
D) enormous

79.
A) way      
B) means
C) habit       
D) technique

80.
A) world       
B) earth
C) geography   
D) globe

81.
A) second      
B) later
C) next        
D) latter

82.
A) learns       
B) studies
C) realises      
D) understands

83.
A) upon        
B) for
C) as           
D) to

84.
A) neither      
B) either
C) one          
D) each

85.
A) for          
B) to
C) as           
D) by

86.
A) exceptions   
B) samene
C) differences   
D) divisions

87.
A) being       
B) are
C) be          
D) were

88.
A) although    
B) whether
C) since        
D) that

89.
A) still         
B) then
C) nevertheless 
D) moreover

90.
A) working     
B) looking
C) arriving     
D) getting

Part V                      Writing                (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 100 words on Changes in People's Diet. Study the following table carefully and your composition must be based on the information given in the table. Write three paragraphs to:

1, state the changes in people's diet (饮食) in the past five years;
2, give possible reasons for the changes
3, draw your own conclusions.
4, you should quote as few figures as possible.

Food         Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Grain                 49% 47% 46.5% 45%   45%
Milk                   10% 11% 11% 12% 13%
Meet                 17% 20% 22.5% 23% 21%
Fruit and vegetables 24% 22% 20% 20% 21%
Total                 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%