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xx年6月英语四级仔细阅读练习与答案xx年6月英语四级仔细阅读练习与答案 Insurance isthe sharingof risks.Nearly everyoneis exposedto riskof somesort.Thehouse-owner,for example,knows thathis propertycan bedamaged byfire;the ship-ownerknows thathis vesselmay belost at sea;the breadwinnerknows thathe maydie atan earlyageand leavehis familythe poorer.On theother hand,not everyhouse isdamaged byfire noreveryvessel lostatsea.If thesepersons eachput asmall suminto apool,there willbe enoughtomeet theneeds of the fewwho dosuffer loss.In otherwords,the lossesofthefew aremetfrom thecontributions ofthe many.This isthe basisof insurance.Those whopay thecontributionare knownas insuredand thosewho administerthe poolof contributionsasinsurers. Not allrisks lendthemselves tobeing coveredby insurance.Broadly speaking,the ordinaryrisksof businessand speculationcannot becovered.The riskthat buyerswill notbuy goodsatthe pricesoffered isnot ofa kin...。