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  Do you know insurance? Buying insurance(保险)is a 1 by which people can protect themselves against large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 2 sums of money 3 an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 4 will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes 5 the sums of money it has collected.

  The first modern fire insurance company was 6 in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 7 most of the city, and people wanted protection against 8 losses. The first company 9 rapidly. 10 other companies were founded in other areas.

  Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752.He also 11 a new kind of insurance for 12 The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 13 storms.

  In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped start 14 new insurance company in America. This company, which offered 15 insurance, collected some money 16 from many different men. 17 a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is still in business.

  Over the years, 18 have been benefited(受益)from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 19 accidents as car and plane crashes. Today almost everyone has 20 kind of insurance.

1.

[  ]

A.idea
B.company
C.thought
D.means

2.

[  ]

A.small
B.large
C.little
D.a lot

3.

[  ]

A.for
B.to
C.off
D.into

4.

[  ]

A.few
B.quite a few
C.a few
D.many

5.

[  ]

A.out of
B.to
C.by
D.of

6.

[  ]

A.organized
B.found
C.come into being
D.formed

7.

[  ]

A.injured
B.hurt
C.destroyed
D.harmed

8.

[  ]

A.longer
B.farther
C.further
D.deeper

9.

[  ]

A.grew
B.went
C.existed
D.raised

10.

[  ]

A.Quickly
B.Soon
C.Slowly
D.Immediately

11.

[  ]

A.insisted
B.suggested
C.advised
D.wanted

12.

[  ]

A.workers
B.salesmen
C.farmers
D.people

13.

[  ]

A.by
B.from
C.for
D.with

14.

[  ]

A.other
B.the other
C.others
D.another

15.

[  ]

A.life
B.flight
C.fire
D.traffic accident

16.

[  ]

A.regularly
B.often
C.usually
D.always

17.

[  ]

A.Although
B.Even if
C.If
D.Unless

18.

[  ]

A.men
B.women
C.families
D.people

19.

[  ]

A.such
B.many
C.the
D.more

20.

[  ]

A.certain
B.a
C.some
D.one

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  Do you know insurance (保险)? Buying insurance is a 1 by which people can protect themselves 2 large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 3 sums of money 4 an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 5 will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes 6 the sums of money it has collected.

  The first modern fire insurance company was 7 in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 8 most of the city, and people wanted to protect against 9 losses. The fire company grew rapidly. 10 other companies were founded in other areas.

  Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also 11 a new kind of insurance for 12 . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 13 storm.

  In 1759 , Benjamin Franklin helped start 14 new insurance company in America. This company , which offered 15 insurance , collected some money 16 from different men. Although a 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 19 accidents as car and plane crashes. Tomorrow , almost everyone has 20 kind of insurance.

1.

[  ]

A.idea
B.company
C.thought
D.means

2.

[  ]

A.against
B.to
C.from
D.on

3.

[  ]

A.small
B.large
C.little
D.a lot of

4.

[  ]

A.for
B.to
C.off
D.into

5.

[  ]

A.few
B.quite a few
C.a few
D.many

6.

[  ]

A.out of
B.to
C.by
D.of

7.

[  ]

A.organized
B.found
C.come into being
D.formed

8.

[  ]

A.injured
B.hurt
C.destroyed
D.harmed

9.

[  ]

A.longer
B.farther
C.further
D.deeper

10.

[  ]

A.Quickly
B.Soon
C.Slowly
D.Immediately

11.

[  ]

A.insisted
B.suggested
C.advised
D.wanted

12.

[  ]

A.workers
B.salesmen
C.farmers
D.people

13.

[  ]

A.by
B.from
C.for
D.with

14.

[  ]

A.other
B.the other
C.others
D.another

15.

[  ]

A.life
B.flight
C.fire
D.traffic accident

16.

[  ]

A.regularly
B.often
C.usually
D.always

17.

[  ]

A.still
B.yet
C.already
D.often

18.

[  ]

A.heard
B.paid
C.benefited
D.offered

19.

[  ]

A.such
B.many
C.the
D.more

20.

[  ]

A.certain
B.any
C.some
D.one

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  Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, America.In his life he built a successful printing and publishing business in Philadelphia; he conducted scientific studies of electricity and made several important discoveries; he was a diplomat(外交官)and statesman; he helped establish Pennsylvania’s first university and America’s first city hospital; he also organized the country’s first subscription library(收费图书馆).

  Franklin was also unequaled in America as an inventor until Thomas Edison.Ben had poor eyesight and needed glasses to read.He got tired of always taking them off and putting them back on, so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far.He had two pairs of glasses cut in half and put half of them together.Today, we call them bifocals(双光眼镜).Another invention of his, an iron stove, allowed people to warm their homes.

  He loved to learn about new things.He also thought it was important to make life better with the things that he invented.Electricity was one of the things he experimented with when he retired from his business.Ben discovered that lightning and electricity were the same thing.The lightning rod was an important invention that we still use today to protect buildings and ships from lightning damage.

  Franklin preferred to have his inventions used freely for the comfort and convenience of everyone.Thomas Jefferson, the third president of America, called Benjamin Franklin “the greatest man of the age and country in which he lived”.To Benjamin Franklin there was no greater purpose in life than to “live usefully”.

(1)

Benjamin Franklin was NOT a _________.

[  ]

A.

diplomat

B.

scientist

C.

businessman

D.

president

(2)

The underlined word “unequaled” in paragraph 2 means _________.

[  ]

A.

better than any other

B.

worse than any other

C.

the same as others

D.

confident as others

(3)

The passage is mainly about Benjamin’s achievements in _________.

[  ]

A.

science

B.

politics

C.

education

D.

business

(4)

Which of the following is NOT Benjamin’s invention?

[  ]

A.

Bifocals.

B.

The iron stove.

C.

Printing

D.

The lightning rod

(5)

What was Benjamin Franklin’s purpose in life?

[  ]

A.

o live comfortably every day.

B.

To be useful to others.

C.

To be a famous person in the world.

D.

To earn a lot by inventing things.

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  May: Happenings from the Past

  May 5 1884

  Isaac Murphy son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby. He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times.

  May 9 1754

  Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon(漫画) showing a snake cut in pieces with the words “Join or Die” printed under the picture

  May 11 1934

  The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl the result of years of drought(干旱),blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington D.C.

  May 19 1994

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64.

  May 24 1844

  Samuel F.B Morse taps out the first message “What hath God wrought ” over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington D.C. to Baltimore Md.

(1)

We know from the text that Buchanan is ________.

[  ]

A.

Isaac’s father

B.

a winning horse

C.

a slave taking care of horses

D.

the first racing horse in Kentucky

(2)

What is the title of the first American political cartoon?

[  ]

A.

Join or Die

B.

Pennsylvania Gazette

C.

What Hath God Wrought

D.

Kentucky Derby

(3)

In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die?

[  ]

A.

1934

B.

1960

C.

1964

D.

1994

(4)

Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history?

[  ]

A.

WashingtonDC.

B.

New York City

C.

Kentucky

D.

Pennsylvania.

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  Buying insurance(保险)is a way in which people can protect themselves against large losses(损失).Protection against fire is one kind of insurance.Large numbers of people pay small sums of money to an insurance company(公司).Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only a few will lose their homes by fire.The insurance company will pay for these homes out of the small sums of money it has collected.

  The first modern fire insurance company was formed in London, England, in the 1740s.A great fire had just destroyed most of the city, and people wanted protection against further losses.The first company grew rapidly.Some other companies were founded in other areas.

  Benjamin Franklin helped form the fist fire insurance company in America in 1752, and then a new kind of insurance for farmers was suggested.The new insurance would provide protection against the loss of crops from storms.

  Later on another new insurance company was started in America.This company, which offered(办理)life insurance, collected small sums of money regularly from many different men.If a man died, his family was given a large sum of money.

  Over the years, insurance companies have offered new kinds of insurance protection.The new kinds of insurance cover losses from such accidents as car and plane crashes(坠毁).Today, most people have some kind of insurance.

(1)

The first fire insurance company was founded ________.

[  ]

A.

in 1740

B.

by Benjamin Franklin

C.

in America

D.

in London, England

(2)

Which of the following statements is correct?

[  ]

A.

The first modem fire insurance company was founded before a great fire in London.

B.

In America, farmers have protection against the loss of crops from storms if they buy insurance.

C.

Fire insurance will prevent people's homes from burning.

D.

Life insurance was started in London, England.

(3)

Insurance means protection against ________.

[  ]

A.

the loss of fire

B.

the loss of life

C.

the loss of car and plane crashes

D.

losses of many kinds of accidents

(4)

Which of the following statement is not correct?

[  ]

A.

Only a few people buy some kind of insurance.

B.

Benjamin Franklin helped set up the first American fire insurance company.

C.

Many insurance companies were founded after the first insurance company.

D.

If a man buys life insurance, he has to pay small sums of money regularly.

(5)

A good title for this passage is ________.

[  ]

A.

The First Fire Insurance Company

B.

Franklin, the Founder of the First American Insurance Company

C.

Protection for Everyone

D.

Life Insurance

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