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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 number of people pay   3  sums
of money to 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  out or the  sums of  money  it has  5  .
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.
Soon other companies were founded in other areas.
Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. he also10   a
new kind of insurance for11    . the new insurance would off 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 money15   from many different men.16  a man died, his family was
given a large sum of money. Today, this company is17   in business.
Over the years, people have18    from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered  from
19   accidents as car and plane crashes.20   , almost everyone has some kind of insurance.
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