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In the following passage, there are 20 blanks representing words that are missing from the context. You are to put back in each of the blanks the missing word. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. The time for this section is 20 minutes.
Insurance is the sharing of (1) . Nearly everyone is exposed (2) risk of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that his (3) can be damaged by fire; the ship owner knows that his vessel may be lost at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die by (4) and (5) his family in poverty. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire or every vessel lost at sea. ff these persons each put a (6) sum of money into a pool, there will be enough to (7) the needs of the few who do suffer (8) , In other words the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the (9) . This is the basis of (10) . Those who pay the contributions are known as (11) and those who administer the pool of the contributions as insurer.
The (12) for an insurance naturally depends on how the risk is to happen as suggested (13) past experience, ff the companies fix their premiums too (14) , there will be more competition in their branch of insurance and they may lose (15) . On the other hand, if they make the premiums too low, they will not have (16) and may even have to drop out (17) business. So the ordinary forces of supply and (18) keep premiums at a proper (19) to both insurers and those who (20) insurance.
1. risks[分析] 语境搭配。
根据语境分析，“保险是对风险的分担”，按照下文“风险”的用词，此处应填risks。
2. to[分析] 词语搭配。
此句意为：几乎每个人都会遭遇某种风险。be exposed to使(日光、风雨等)暴露于，使遭受(危险等)，使接触到(作用、影响)。
3. property/house[分析] 语境搭配。
根据语境分析，此处所填之词即为“房屋拥有者的房屋或房产”，所以此处应填property/house。
4. accident/chance[分析] 词语搭配。
此句是举例说明人们可能遇到的风险：房屋的主人知道他的房产可能会被大火毁坏;船主知道他的船只可能会在海上失事，养家糊口的人知道他也许会死于意外/偶然死去，使得家人生活在贫困之中。而“死于意外/偶然死去”应为by accident 或 by chance。
5. leave[分析] 词语搭配。
此处需填一个动词。句意见上题;因表“离别(家人)，离弃，遗弃”，因此应填leave。
6. small/certain[分析] 词语搭配。
此句意为，如果这些人每人拿出少量的/一定的钱汇集起来，就会有足够的钱去满足那些(少数的)遭受损失的人的需要。“少量的/一定的钱”应为a small/certain sum of money。
7. meet[分析] 词语搭配。
此处需填一个动词，句义见上题：“满足……的需要”应为meet…the needs。
8. loss/losses[分析] 词语搭配。
此处需填个名词/名词性的词：句意见第6题。“遭受损失”应为suffer loss/losses。
9. many[分析] 语境搭配。
此句意为：换言之，少数人的损失可用多数人的贡献来应付：此处所填之词与前面的冠词the应与前面的the few构成反义词，因此应填many。
10.insurance[分析] 语境搭配。
此句意为：这就是……的基础。而本文介绍的就是保险的作用。故此处应填名词“保险insurance”。
11.insured[分析] 语境搭配。
此句进一步介绍保险业的术语：那些交捐款的人被称作“保户/加入保险者”，而那些管理这些汇集起来的捐款的人则被称作“保险业者/保险公司”：因此应填insured保户/加入保险者。
12.premium[分析] 语境搭配。
根据上下文，此句意为：保险的费用(保险费)自然应按以往经验估计可能要冒的风险来定。因此应填premium保险费。
13.by[分析] 词语搭配。
此处需填一个表示手段的介词，句意见上题，因此应填by。
14.high[分析] 语境搭配。
根据上下文，此句意为：“如果(保险)公司将保险费定得过高，保险业的竞争将更激烈，他们就有可能失去商机/损失金钱”。如把此句与下一句联系起来看：If the companies fix their premiums too___(14)…On the other hand，if they make the premiums too low，…由此也可推断出此处应填high。
15.business/money[分析] 词语搭配。
此处需填一个名词，句意见上题：因此应填business/money。
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