【題目】完形填空
Do you know insurance? Buying insurance is a 1by which people can protect themselves 2 large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large number of people pay 3sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only4will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out or the sums of money it has 5.
The first modern fire insurance company was 6in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 7 most of the city, and people wanted protection against 8losses. The first company 9 rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas.
Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also 10 a new kind of insurance for 11. The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops12 storms.
In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start13 new insurance company in America. This company, 14 offered life insurance, collected some money 15 from many different men. 16a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is 17 in business.
Over the years, people have 18 from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 19accidents as car and plane crashes.20, almost everyone has some kind of insurance.
（1）A.way B.firm C.consideration D.means
（2）A.from B.against C.with D.beyond
（3）A.small B.huge C.much D.little
（4）A.many B.little C.few D.a few
（5）A.stole B.collected C.lent D.brought
（6）A.built B.found C.formed D.organized
（7）A.destroyed B.hurt C.harmed D.wounded
（8）A.farther B.further C.wider D.longer
（9）A.risen B.raised C.grew D.turned
（10）A.suggested B.determined C.asked D.demanded
（11）A.farmers B.workers C.waiters D.doctors
（12）A.with B.by C.from D.for
（13）A.other B.certain C.another D.some
（14）A.where B.which C.whom D.that
（15）A.commonly B.usually C.regularly D.ordinarily
（16）A.If B.Although C.Unless D.Because
（17）A.always B.still C.hardly D.seldom
（18）A.paid B.offered C.bought D.benefited
（19）A.many B.so C.such D.that
（20）A.Today B.Generally C.Lately D.Tomorrow

【答案】（1）、D
（2）、A
（3）、A
（4）、D
（5）、B
（6）、C
（7）、A
（8）、B
（9）、C
（10）、A
（11）、A
（12）、B
（13）、C
（14）、B
（15）、C
（16）、A
（17）、B
（18）、D
（19）、C
（20）、A

【解析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了保險行業(yè)的歷史。
（1）考查名詞。句意：買保險是一個人防止巨大損失的方法。A、way”方法“；B、firm”公司“；C、consideration”考慮“；D、means”方式“。根據(jù)句意可知選D。
（2）考查介詞。A、from”從“；B、against”反對“；C、with”和，具有“；D、beyond”超出“。protect sb. from doing sth.固定搭配”保護(hù)某人免遭…...“，根據(jù)句意，可知選A。
（3）考查形容詞。 A、small”小的“；B、huge”巨大的“；C、much”許多“；D、little”小的，少的“。根據(jù)句意是只需要金額的一小部分，故選 A。
（4）考查形容詞。句意：只有一小部分通過火災(zāi)失去房子。A、many”許多“；B、little”小的，少的“；C、few”幾個“，表否定；D、a few”幾個“，表肯定”。故選 D。
（5）考查動詞。根據(jù)句意可知，用收集到的資金用作賠款。A、stole“偷”；B、collected“收集”；C、lent“借出”；D、brought“帶來”；故選 B。
（6）考查動詞。A、built“建立”；B、found“發(fā)現(xiàn)”；C、formed“形成”；D、organized“組織”。根據(jù)題意是建立了一所公司，故選 C。
（7）考查動詞。A、destroyed“毀壞，毀滅”；B、hurt“傷害”；C、harmed“危害”；D、wounded“受傷”�；馂�(zāi)毀壞了一座城市，故選 A。（8）考查形容詞比較級。A、farther“更遠(yuǎn)的”；B、further“更深的，進(jìn)一步的”；C、wider“更寬的”；D、longer“更長的”。人們想預(yù)防以后的意外，故選 B。
（9）考查動詞。A、risen“上升”；B、raised“舉起”；C、grew“成長”；D、turned“轉(zhuǎn)”。公司成長的很快，故選 C。
（10）考查動詞。A、suggested“建議”；B、determined“決心”；C、asked“問”；D、demanded“要求”。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知，是一個建議，故選 A。
（11）考查名詞。A、farmers“農(nóng)民”；B、workers“工人”；C、waiters“服務(wù)員”；D、doctors“醫(yī)生”。根據(jù)上下文可知是為農(nóng)民推出了新的保險，故選 A。
（12）考查介詞。A、with“用，和”；B、by“被”；C、from“從”；D、for“為了”。此處指被洪災(zāi)毀壞的水稻，故選 B。
（13）考查形容詞。A、other“其他的”；B、certain“某個的，某種的”；C、another“另一個”；D、some“某個，一些”。此處指又建立了另一個保險公司，故選 C。
（14）考查代詞。此句是一個定語從句，company是先行詞，指物，在后面的定語從句中做主語，用 which 指代 company,故選 B。
（15）考查副詞。A、commonly“普通地，常見地”；B、usually“通�！�；C、regularly“定期地，有規(guī)律地”；D、ordinarily“普通地”。此處是常規(guī)性的籌集資金，故選 C。
（16）考查連詞。A、If“如果”；B、Although“盡管”；C、Unless“如果......不.....”；D、Because“因為”。這里是提出假設(shè)，如果他死了，故選 A。
（17）考查副詞。A、always“總是”；B、still“一直”；C、hardly“幾乎不”；D、seldom“很少不”。根據(jù)內(nèi)容可知，那些公司仍然存在，故選 B。
（18）考查動詞。A、paid“付錢”；B、offered“提供”；C、bought“買”；D、benefited“使受益”。根據(jù)內(nèi)容可知，人們從他們買的保險中受益，故選 D。
（19）考查代詞。A、many“許多”；B、so“如此的”；C、such“這樣的”D、that“如此的”。像汽車和飛機(jī)失事這樣的事故，such as固定短語“例如”。根據(jù)句意可知選C。
（20）考查副詞。A、Today“今天”；B、Generally“總的”；C、Lately“最近的”；D、Tomorrow“明天”。最后提到今天的狀況。根據(jù)句意可知選A。

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