Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of possessing a single talent or skill:

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A.certain

B.any

C.some

D.one

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A.heard

B.paid

C.benefited

D.offered

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A.other

B.the other

C.others

D.another

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A.insisted

B.suggested

C.advised

D.wanted

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A.longer

B.farther

C.further

D.deeper

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A.injured

B.hurt

C.destroyed

D.harmed

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A.recognized

B.found

C.come into being

D.formed

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A.few

B.quite a few

C.a few

D.many

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A.small

B.large

C.little

D.a lot of

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Do you know insurance (保险)?Buying insurance is a means by which people can protect themselves____51____large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay____52____sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only____53____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____54____in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just____55____most of the city, and people wanted to protect against____56____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____57____a new kind of insurance for farmers. The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops by storm.

In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped start____58____new insurance. This company, which offered life 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 still in business.

Over the years, people have____59____from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from such accidents as car, plane crashes. Tomorrow, almost everyone has____60____kind of insurance.

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A.against

B.to

C.from

D.on