Do you know insurance? Buying insurance is a 1 by which people can protect themselves 2 large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 3 sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 4 will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out of the sums of money it has 5 .

　　The first modern fire insurance company was 6 in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 7 most of the city, and people wanted protection against 8 losses. The first company 9 rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas.

　　Bemjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also 10 a new kind of insurance for 11 . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 12 storms.

　　In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start 13 new insurance company in America. This company, 14 offered life insurance, collected some money 15 from many different men. 16 a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is 17 in business.

　　Over the years, people have 18 from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 19 accidents as car and plane crashes. 20 , almost everyone has some kind of insurance.

1．

[　　]

A．way
B．company
C．thought
D．means

2．

[　　]

A．in
B．to
C．from
D．on

3．

[　　]

A．small
B．large
C．little
D．few

4．

[　　]

A．few
B．quite a few
C．a(chǎn) few
D．many

5．

[　　]

A．robbed
B．taken
C．collected
D．borrowed

6．

[　　]

A．organized
B．found
C．built
D．formed

7．

[　　]

A．injured
B．hurt
C．destroyed
D．harmed

8．

[　　]

A．longer
B．farther
C．further
D．deeper

9．

[　　]

A．grew
B．went
C．existed
D．raised

10．

[　　]

A．insisted
B．suggested
C．a(chǎn)dvised
D．wanted

11．

[　　]

A．workers
B．salesmen
C．farmers
D．people

12．

[　　]

A．by
B．from
C．for
D．with

13．

[　　]

A．other
B．some
C．certain
D．a(chǎn)nother

14．

[　　]

A．which
B．that
C．who
D．where

15．

[　　]

A．regularly
B．often
C．usually
D．a(chǎn)lways

16．

[　　]

A．Although
B．Until
C．If
D．Unless

17．

[　　]

A．still
B．a(chǎn)lso
C．a(chǎn)lready
D．a(chǎn)lways

18．

[　　]

A．heard
B．paid
C．benefied
D．offered

19．

[　　]

A．such
B．many
C．the
D．more

20．

[　　]

A．Gradually
B．Today
C．Tomorrow
D．Lately
答案：D;C;A;C;C;D;C;C;A;B;C;B;D;A;A;C;A;C;A;B
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kind

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able

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friendly

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searched

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begged

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spotted

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witnessed

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