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  3. Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a【C1】______by which people can protect themselves【C2】______large losses. Protecti

Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a【C1】______by which people can protect themselves【C2】______large losses. Protecti

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问题     Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a【C1】______by which people can protect themselves【C2】______large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay【C3】______sums of money【C4】______an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only【C5】______will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes【C6】______of the sums of money it has collected.
    The first modem fire insurance company was【C7】______in London, England, in 1666．A great fire had just【C8】______most of the city, and people wanted to protect against【C9】______losses. The fire company grew rapidly.【C10】______, other companies were founded in other areas.
    Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752．He also【C11】______a new kind of insurance for【C12】______. The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops【C13】______storm.
    In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped start【C14】______new insurance. This company, which offered【C15】______insurance, collected some money【C16】______from different men. Although a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is【C17】______in business.
    Over the years, people have【C18】______from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from【C19】______accidents as car, plane crashes. Tomorrow, almost everyone has【C20】______kind of insurance.
【C8】
选项 A、injured
B、hurt
C、destroyed
D、harmed
答案C
解析 destroy表示“破坏，毁坏，消灭”，程度较深，一般无法挽救；injure通常指“人受伤”；hurt往往指“(人心理、感情)受到伤害”；harm“损害，伤害”，但此词比destroy程度轻很多。1666年伦敦的那场大火在历史上都是罕见的，所以该用destroyed。
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