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    Suppose a key man in your firm had just met with a terrible accident．The doctor tell you that this man upon whom you depend for directing sales, checking your books or for performing some other important roles, will be laid up for months, You’d have to replace him, wouldn’t you? And probably at a pay about equal to his ?
    Then you’d be faced with double paying for one job because stopping the pay of an injured man would simply be out of the question．
    You can prevent this kind of unproductive outgo on your payroll by providing your key man with the protection of Travelers Business Accident Insurance!
    This insurance provides total medical expense and a weekly income in case a key man is disabled for some time．Should the disability prove everlasting, an income for life is certainty．Why not make out a list of your key men now? Then get together with Travelers Insurance Company, and let us tell you how little it costs to apply this much needed protection to your business．
    Write and we'll serve you!
    59．The above is most probably________．
    A．a report  B．a letter  C．an announcement  D．an advertisement
    60．Whom might the writing be mainly for?
    A．An important person in a firm．    B．An employee of a firm．
    C．The boss of a company．          D．Readers of a newspaper．
    61．Why would the pay be doubled?
    A．Because two persons are doing one job of the same．
    B．Because the important job is worth double pay．
    C．Because it is necessary that the injured person should be paid．
    D．Because the double pay is for two persons．
    62．Travelers Insurance Company ________ for a person insured．
    A．will pay for all the cost of treatment
    B．will pay the weekly income or even that of lifetime
    C．won’t get much from the firm
    D．will provide everlasting pension as well as medical expense

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