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。 【1】Insurance is the sharing of _______(1). Nearly everyone is exposed ______(2) of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that his _______(3) can be damaged by fire; the ship owner knows that his vessel may be lost at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die by ________(4) and ________(5) his family in poverty. Onthe other hand, not every house is damagedby fire or every vessel lost at sea. If these persons each put a ________(6) sumof moneyinto a pool, there will be enough to _______(7) the needs of the few who do suffer ________(8). In other words the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the _______(9). This is the basis of ________(10). Those who pay the contributions are known as ________(11) and those who administer the pool of the contributions as insurer. The ________(12) for an insurance naturally depends on how the risk is to happen as suggested ________(13) past experience. If the companies fix their premiums too ________(14), there will be more competition in their branch of insurance and they may lose _________(15). On the other hand, if they makethe premiums too low, they will not have _________(16) and may even have to drop out __________(17) business. So the ordinary forces of supply and __________(18) keep premiums at a proper ________(19) to both insurers and those who _________(20) insurance. 【2】Motivation is the“ driving force within individuals that impels them to action. ” And goals are the sought-after results _______(1) motivated behavior. Motivation can be either positive or negative ________(2) direction. We may feel a driving force toward some object or condition, _________(3) a driving force away from some object or con