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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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People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 36 and have made up their minds to 37 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy trucks which run 38 through the narrow High Street. “They not only make it 39 to sleep at night, but they are 40 damage to our houses and shops of historical 41 . ”said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“ 42 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads, ”said Jean Lacey, a biology student, “why don’t they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a 43 village. Its streets were never 44 for heavy traffic. ”
Harry Fields also studying 45 said they wanted to make as much 46 as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to 47 . “Most of them don’t 48 here anyway, ”he said, “they come in for meetings and the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably don’t 49 . It’s high time they realized the problem. ”The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were 50 on their side, and even if they weren’t, they soon would be.
I asked if they wer 51 that the police might come to 52 them.
“Not really, ”she said, “actually we are 53 bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers for the church. There is no 54 against practising. ”
I 55 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
36. A. college B. village C. town D. church
37. A. change B. repair C. ring D. shake
38. A. now and then B. day and night C. up and down D. over and over
39. A. terrible B. difficult C. uncomfortable D. unpleasant
40. A. doing B. raising C. putting D. producing
41. A. scene B. period C. interest D. sense
42. A. If B. Although C. When D. Unless
43. A. pretty B. quite C. large D. modern
44. A. tested B. meant C. kept D. used
45. A. well B. hard C. biology D. education
46. A. effort B. time C. trouble D. noise
47. A. stand B. accept C. know D. share
48. A. shop B. live C. come D. study
49. A. notice B. mention C. fear D. control
50. A. hardly B. unwillingly C. mostly D. usually
51. A. surprised B. afraid C. pleased D. determined
52. A. seize B. fight C. search D. stop
53. A. proper B. experienced C. hopeful D. serious
54. A. point B. cause C. need D. law
55. A. left B. found C. reached D. passed
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A. allowance B. consent C. permit D. appreciation
查看习题详情和答案>>More than four out of five people admit to telling little white lies at least once a day and the preferred way of “being economical with the truth” is to use technology such as cell phones, texts and e-mails, a survey last Thursday said.
The research by UK pollsters 72 Point found that “techno-treachery(高科技说谎)” was wide-spread with nearly 75 percent of people saying gadgets made it easier to fib(撒小谎).
Just over half of respondents(被调查者) said using gadgets made them feel less guilty when telling a lie than doing it face to face.
The workplace was a favorite location for fibbing with 67 percent of the 1,487 respondents admitting they had lied at work.
The top lie was pretending to be ill (43 percent) followed by saying work had been completed when it hadn’t (23 percent). Worryingly for bosses 18 percent said they lied to hide a big mistake.
But, employers were not the only ones on the receiving end of dishonest statements. Just over 40 percent of the respondents said they had lied to their families or partners.
Key topics to lie about were: buying new clothes or the cost of them (37 percent), how good someone looked in something (35 percent), how much they had eaten (35 percent) and drunk (31 percent) and how much they weighed (32 percent).
1. The underlined phrase “being economical with the truth” probably means ________.
A. telling lies B. making apologies C. feeling guilty D.admitting mistakes
2. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.
A. employers sometimes lie to their employees, too
B. 75% of people have ever lied to someone
C. without gadgets, people may feel more pressure when telling white lies
D. more people lie to their family than to their bosses
3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Cell phones make people more likely to lie.
B. Some people might lie to their bosses when they are not doing their work well.
C. 40% of employers admit that they have lied to their families or partners.
D. Nearly 1,500 people were questioned in the survey.
4. According to the passage, in which of the following situations are you most likely to lie?
A. You are going to spend the night at your friend’s, which your parents won’t allow.
B. Your friend is wearing a new dress and asks you how you find it.
C. You are a little too fat, and you’re trying to tell your friend how heavy you are.
D. You want to ask your boss for a sick leave, although you are not ill.
5. The main idea of the passage is that __________.
A. people are getting more likely to lie
B. gadgets are seen as the best way to tell white lies
C. most people tell white lies at the workplace
D. 18% of people lie to their bosses
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