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Do you know insurance （保险）? 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 4 an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 5 will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes 6 the sums of money it has collected.
The first modern fire insurance company was 7 in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 8 most of the city, and people wanted to protect against 9 losses. The fire company grew rapidly. 10 other companies were founded in other areas.
Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also 11 a new kind of insurance for 12 . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 13 storm.
In 1759 , Benjamin Franklin helped start 14 new insurance company in America. This company , which offered 15 insurance , collected some money 16 from different men. Although 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. Tomorrow , almost everyone has 20 kind of insurance.
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A pill，code-named HT-0712，may make forgetfulness a thing of the past. It is being developed in the US and could go on sale within five years.
According to the newspaper The Sun，the wonder drug has been nicknamed “Mind Viagra”and has already been shown to boost the memory power of mice and flies. Next it will be tested on humans. This is just one of a number of drugs in a pharmaceutical (制药的) race to develop an increased memory pill. At least 12 US companies are believed to be working on similar projects.
Tim Tully，the founder of US drug company Helicon Therapeutics，who is in charge of the HT-0712 project，gave this practical example of its use for students：“If it takes two weeks to memorize a verse of Shakespeare，with one of these drugs you might be able to do it in two or three days. ”
“The memory drug business appears to be set to become a multi-million dollar industry，”experts say. This summer，100 Americans suffering mild memory loss will test HT-0712 in the first experiment on people.
“You don’t think better than you did before，you just get the facts in with less practice. There is a growing belief that memory and memory loss is just another treatable condition，”says Tully.
However，there is some doubt whether the drugs can really improve memory. In a study by the US’s Yale University Medical School，researchers suggested that the drug might affect other parts of the memory.
1.Which of the following can be most likely to replace the underlined word “boost” in the second paragraph?
A.Reduce. B.Increase. C.Kill. D.Harm.
2.What will happen to the students most probably if they take HT-0712?
A.They will grow taller.
B.They can memorize things easily.
C.They won’t suffer from illness.
D.They will choose whatever universities they like.
3.The future of HT-0712 can be said according to experts.
A.dim B.uncertain C.bright D.worried
4.HT-0712 is a pill that .
A.has bad effect on the health of mice and flies
B.has been experimented on dozens of animals
C.will be experimented on humans this summer
D.is certain to do no harm to human
5.The purpose of writing the passage is to .
A.warn people the harm of HT-0712
B.introduce to people the advantages of HT-0712
C.tell people something about HT-0712
D.doubt whether it is worth developing HT-0712
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Do you know insurance? Buying insurance(保险)is a 1 by which people can protect themselves against large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 2 sums of money 3 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 5 the sums of money it has collected.
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. 10 other companies were founded in other areas.
Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752.He also 11 a new kind of insurance for 12 The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 13 storms.
In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped start 14 new insurance company in America. This company, which offered 15 insurance, collected some money 16 from many different men. 17 a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is still in business.
Over the years, 18 have been benefited(受益)from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 19 accidents as car and plane crashes. Today almost everyone has 20 kind of insurance.
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