完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Do you know insurance? Buying insurance is a _______ by which people can protect themselves _____ large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay _______sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only ______will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out or the sums of money it has ________.
The first modern fire insurance company was _______in London, England in 1666. A great fire had just ________ most of the city, and people wanted protection against ________ losses. The first company________ rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas.
Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also ________ a new kind of insurance for ________ . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops ________ storms.
In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start ________ new insurance company in America. This company, _______ offered life insurance, collected some money ________ from many different men. ________ a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is ________ in business.
Over the years, people have ________ from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from ______ accidents as car and plane crashes. _______, almost everyone has some kind of insurance.
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| A．way |
B．firm |
C．consideration |
D．means |
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| A．from |
B．against |
C．with |
D．beyond |
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| A．small |
B．huge |
C．much |
D．little |
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| A．many |
B．little |
C．few |
D．a few |
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| A．stole |
B．collected |
C．lent |
D．brought |
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| A．built |
B．found |
C．formed |
D．organized |
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| A．destroyed |
B．hurt |
C．harmed |
D．wounded |
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| A．farther |
B．further |
C．wider |
D．longer |
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| A．risen |
B．rised |
C．grew |
D．turned |
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| A．suggested |
B．determined |
C．asked |
D．demanded |
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| A．farmers |
B．workers |
C．waiters |
D．doctors |
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| A．other |
B．certain |
C．another |
D．some |
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| A．where |
B．which |
C．whom |
D．that |
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| A．commonly |
B．usually |
C．regularly |
D．ordinary |
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| A．If |
B．Although |
C．Unless |
D．Because |
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| A．always |
B．still |
C．hardly |
D．seldom |
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| A．paid |
B．offered |
C．bought |
D．benefited |
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| A．many |
B．so |
C．such |
D．that |
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| A．Today |
B．Generally |
C．Lately |
D．Tomorrow |
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