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2008-11-11

The federal government  operates insurance such as whose premiums most people could not afford to pay________

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【线索词】The federal government 【定位处】Some…Government下第二、三段
【解析】flood and crime。本题涉及到联邦政府提供的保险项目,从而将题目出处定位到Some Kinds of Insurance Are Provided by the Government部分。该部分第二段第二句提到,要想赔付洪水所带来的损失,保险公司就必须收取超出人们支付能力的保险费,因此洪水保险由联邦政府进行操作;第三段介绍的犯罪保险也与此性质相同,故本空应填flood and crime。
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