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　　Insurance(保险)1．________(be)the sharing of risks．Nearly everyone is exposed(暴露)to risk(冒险)of some sort．The house owner, for example, 2．________(know)that his property can 3．________(damage)by fire; the ship-owner knows that his vessel(船)may 4．________(lose)at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die at an early age and 5．________(leave)his family poorer．On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire nor every vessel lost at sea．If these persons each 6．________(put)a small sum into a pool, there will be enough to meet the needs of the few who do suffer losses．In other words, the losses of the few 7．________(meet)from the contributions of the many．This is the basis of insurance．Those who pay the contribution 8．________(know)as “insure” and those who administer the pool of contributions as “insurers”．

　　Not all risks lend themselves to being covered by insurance．Broadly speaking, the ordinary risks of business and speculation cannot 9．________(cover)．The risk that buyers 10．________(not buy)goods at the prices offered is not of a kind that can be statistically estimated(评估)－and risks can only be insured against if they can be so estimated．

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1．is　2．knows　3．be damaged　4．be lost　5．leave　6．put　7．are met　8．are known　9．be covered　10．will not buy