Question

Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a __36_____by which people can protect themselves___37_____large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large number of people pay ___38_____sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only____39____will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out or the sums of money it has ___40_____.

The first modern fire insurance company was ___41____in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just __42_____ most of the city, and people wanted protection against  ___43_____losses. The first company ____44____ rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas.

Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. he also ___45_____  a new kind of insurance for____46_____  . the new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops____47____  storms.

In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start_____48_____ new insurance company in America. This company,____49_____  offered life insurance, collected some money ____50____  from many different men. ____51_____a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is____52_____in business.

Over the years, people have ___53_____ from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from ___54_____accidents as car and plane crashes.____55____, almost everyone has some kind of insurance.

36. A. way          B. firm        C. consideration   D. means

37. A. from         B. against     C. with            D. beyond

38. A. small        B. huge        C. much            D. little

39. A. many         B. quite a few C. few             D. a few

40. A. stole        B. collected   C. lent            D. brought

41. A. built        B. found       C. formed          D. organized

42. A. destroyed    B. hurt        C. harmed          D. wounded

43. A. farther      B. further     C. wider           D. longer

44. A. risen        B. rised       C. grew            D. turned

45. A. suggested    B. determined  C. asked           D. demanded

46. A. farmers      B. workers     C. waiters         D. doctors

47. A. with         B. by          C. from            D. for

48. A. other        B. certain     C. another         D. some

49. A. where        B. which       C. whom            D. that

50. A. commonly     B. usually     C. regularly       D. ordinarily  

51. A. If           B. Although    C. Unless          D. Because

52. A. always       B. still       C. hardly          D. seldom

53. A. paid         B. offered     C. bought          D. benefited

54. A. many         B. so          C. such            D. that

55. A. Today        B. Generally   C. Lately          D. Tomorrow

Answer 1

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