2014年湖北成人学位英语考试真题及答案解析
Cloze Part III Cloze (10 points)
根据下面资料，回答下面试题
Do you know insurance(保险)?Buying insurance is a (41) by which people Can protect
themselves against large losses.Protection against fire is one kind of insurance.Large numbers of people pay (42) sums of money to an insurance company.Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance，only (43) will lose their homes by fire.The insurance company will pay for these homes out of the sums of money it has collected.
The first modem fire insurance company was (44) in London，England，in 1666.A great fire had just destroyed most of the city，and people wanted to protect against (45) losses.The fire company grew rapidly.Soon，other companies were founded in other areas.
Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752.He also(46) a new kind of insurance for farmers.The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops (47) storm.
In 1759.Benjamin Franklin helped start another new insurance.This company，which offered(48) insurance，collected some money regularly from different men.Although a man died，his family was given a large sum of money.Today，this company is (49) in business
Over the years，people have benefited from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from (50) accidents as car，plane crashes.Tomorrow，almost everyone has some kind of insurance.
第41题 请填入答案()。
A.Idea B.sole C.thought D.means
答案：D
第42题 请填入答案()。
A.small B.1arge C.1ittle D.a lot of
答案：A
第43题 请填入答案()。
A.Few B.quite a few C.a few D.many
答案：C
第44题 请填入答案()。
A.Recognized B.found C.come into being D.formed
答案：D
第45题 请填入答案()。
A.longer B.farther C.further D.deeper
答案：C
第46题 请填入答案()。
A.Insisted B.suggested C.advised D.Wanted
答案：B
第47题 请填入答案()。
A.By B.From C.for D.with
答案：A
第48题 请填入答案()。
A.1ife B.Fight C.fire D.traffic accident
答案：A
第49题 请填入答案()。
A.Still B.yet C.already D.often
答案：A
第50题 请填入答案()。
A.Such B.Many C.the D.more
答案：A