资料：(一) Insuranceisthesharingofrisks,Nearlyeveryoneisexposedtoriskofsomesort.Thehouseowner,forexample,knowsthathispropertycanbedamagedbyfire,theshipownerknowsthathisvesselmaybelostatsea；thebreadwinnerknowsthathemaydieatanearlyageandleavehisfamilythepoorer.Ontheotherhand,noteveryhouseisdamagedbyfirenoreveryvessellostatsea.Ifthesepersonseachputasmallsumofmoneyintoapool,therewillbeenoughtomeettheneedsofthefewwhodosufferloss,Inotherwords,thelossesofthefewaremetfromthecontributionsofthemoney.Thisisthebasisofinsurance,Thosewhopaythecontributionareknownas“insured”andthosewhoadministerthepoolofcontributionsas”insurers”. Notallriskscanbecoveredbyinsurance.Broadlyspeaking,theordinaryrisksofbusinessandspeculationcannotbecovered.Theriskthatbuyerswillnotbuygoodsatthepricesofferedisnotofakindthatcanbestatisticallyestimated,andriskscanonlybeinsuredagainstiftheycanbesoestimated. Thelegalbasisofallinsuranceisthe“policy”.Thisisaprintedformofcontract.Itstatesthatinreturnfortheregularpaymentbytheinsuredofacertainsumofmoney,calledthe“premium”,whichisusuallypaideveryyear,theinsurerwillpayasumofmoneyorcompensationforloss,iftheriskactuallyhappens.Thewordingofpolicies,particularlyinmarineinsurance,oftenseemsveryold-fashioned,butthereisasoundreasonofthis.Overalargenumberofyears,manylawcaseshavebeenbroughttoclearupthemeaningsofdoubtfulphrasesinpolicies.Thelawcourtshavegiventhesephrasesadefiniteandindisputablemeaning,andtoavoidfuturedisputesthephraseshavecontinuedtobeusedinpolicesevenwhentheyhavepassedoutofnormaluseinspeech. Accordingtothispassage,insuranceispossiblebecause______.
A.only a small proportion of the insured suffer loss B.everyone at some time suffers loss C.nearly everyone suffers loss D.only insured people suffer loss正确答案A
