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根据下面内容,回答题 Doyouknowinsurance(保险)?Buyinginsuranceisa(41)bywhichpeoplecanprotectthemselvesagainstlargelosses.Protectionagainstfireisonekindofinsurance.Largenumbersofpeoplepay(42)sumsofmoneytoaninsurancecompany.Althoughthousandsofpeoplehavepaidforfireinsurance,only(43)willlosetheirhomesbyfire.Theinsurancecompanywillpayforthesehomesoutofthesumsofmoneyithascollected.
Thefirstmodemfireinsurancecompanywas(44)inLondon,England,in1666.Agreatfirehadjustdestroyedmostofthecity,andpeoplewantedtoprotectagainst(45)losses.Thefirecompanygrewrapidly.Soon,othercompanieswerefoundedinotherareas.
BenjaminFranklinhelpedformthefirstfireinsurancecompanyinAmericain1752.Healso(46)anewkindofinsuranceforfarmers.Thenewinsurancewouldofferprotectionagainstthelossofcrops(47)storm.
In1759,BenjaminFranklinhelpedstartanothernewinsurance.Thiscompany,whichoffered(48)insurance,collectedsomemoneyregularlyfromdifferentmen.Althoughamandied,hisfamilywasgivenalargesumofmoney.Today,thiscompanyis(49)inbusiness.
Overtheyears,peoplehavebenefitedfrommanynewkindsofinsurancewhentheyhavesufferedfrom(50)accidentsascar,planecrashes.Tomorrow,almosteveryonehassomekindofinsurance.
第(41)题选 A.idea
B.sole
C.thought
D.means
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