题目内容
用动词的适当形式填空
Insurance(保险)1.________(be)the sharing of risks.Nearly everyone is exposed(暴露)to risk(冒险)of some sort.The house owner, for example, 2.________(know)that his property can 3.________(damage)by fire; the ship-owner knows that his vessel(船)may 4.________(lose)at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die at an early age and 5.________(leave)his family poorer.On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire nor every vessel lost at sea.If these persons each 6.________(put)a small sum into a pool, there will be enough to meet the needs of the few who do suffer losses.In other words, the losses of the few 7.________(meet)from the contributions of the many.This is the basis of insurance.Those who pay the contribution 8.________(know)as “insure” and those who administer the pool of contributions as “insurers”.
Not all risks lend themselves to being covered by insurance.Broadly speaking, the ordinary risks of business and speculation cannot 9.________(cover).The risk that buyers 10.________(not buy)goods at the prices offered is not of a kind that can be statistically estimated(评估)-and risks can only be insured against if they can be so estimated.
1.is 2.knows 3.be damaged 4.be lost 5.leave 6.put 7.are met 8.are known 9.be covered 10.will not buy |