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  3. Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a【C1】______by which people can protect themselves against large losses. Protectio

Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a【C1】______by which people can protect themselves against large losses. Protectio

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问题     Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a【C1】______by which people can protect themselves against large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay【C2】______sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only【C3】______will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out of the sums of money it has collected.
    The first modern fire insurance company was【C4】______in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just destroyed most of the city, and people wanted to protect against【C5】______losses. The fire company grew rapidly. Soon, other companies were founded in other areas.
    Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company inAmerica in 1752. He also【C6】______a new kind of insurance for farmers. The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops【C7】______storm.
    In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped startanother new insurance. This company, which offered 【C8】______insurance, collected some money regularly from different men. Although a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is【C9】______in business.
    Over the years, people havebenefited from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from【C10】______accidents as car, plane crashes. Tomorrow, almost everyone has some kind of insurance.
【C5】
选项 A、longer
B、farther
C、further
D、deeper
答案C
解析 further“进一步的，更深一层的”；longer“更长的，更久的”；farther“更远的”．指距离；deeper“更深的”。人们害怕再有进一步的损失，所以选C。
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