首页
登录
职称英语
Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed
Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed
游客
2023-06-30
63
管理
问题
Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed the【C1】______purchase of a Texas low-end hotel into a multimillion-dollar hotel empire that earned him the【C2】______"innkeeper to the world."
Born in New Mexico in 1887, Hilton was 19 when his parents began renting out rooms in their home. The business didn’t interest him, however, so he became a【C3】______legislator (立法者), founded a bank and went off to war. In 1919, after Hilton’s father died, a friend suggested he go to Texas to make his【C4】______.
Hilton ended up in Cisco: when his bank deal there【C5】______, he headed to a nearby hotel, the Mobley. It【C6】______to oil-field workers, so its 40 rooms turned over every eight hours. A week later, Hilton owned it He soon acquired more hotels—and started to build new ones. His first, the Dallas Hilton, opened in 1925. By the late 1940s, Hilton’s list included the Town House in Beverly Hills and Chicago’s Palmer House, as well as【C7】______nightclubs featuring A-list stars. He also expanded【C8】______. And in 1949, he bought the "greatest of them all": New York City’s magnificent Waldorf Astoria Typically American, Hiltons were creative too: the first to have rooms with air-conditioning, TVs, ironing boards and sewing kits. Even modern hotel-reservations systems【C9】______from one Hilton which was established in 1948.
Today the Hilton Hotels Corp. owns some 3,300【C10】______in 78 countries. Last year more than a quarter-billion guests checked in.
A) casual E) fortune I) motivated M) severe
B) catered F) inherited J) nickname N) soured
C) evolved G) internationally K) previously O) state
D) features H) luxurious L) properties [br] 【C8】
选项
答案
G
解析
空格前的expanded为不及物动词,故空格所在句的主谓成分是完整的,故考虑应填入副词。词库中的internationally指希尔顿名声扩大的范围,填入文中语义通顺。词库中另一副词previously指时间上的“之前”,填入文中语义不通。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2796518.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]W:SometimesIreallyhaveagoodmindtogiveupmyjob.Ifeel
[originaltext]W:SometimesIreallyhaveagoodmindtogiveupmyjob.Ifeel
[originaltext]W:SometimesIreallyhaveagoodmindtogiveupmyjob.Ifeel
[originaltext]W:SometimesIreallyhaveagoodmindtogiveupmyjob.Ifeel
[originaltext]W:You’vesoldyourcar.Youdon’tneedone?M:Notreally.I’ve
[originaltext]W:You’vesoldyourcar.Youdon’tneedone?M:Notreally.I’ve
[originaltext]W:You’vesoldyourcar.Youdon’tneedone?M:Notreally.I’ve
[originaltext]W:You’vesoldyourcar.Youdon’tneedone?M:Notreally.I’ve
[originaltext]Conversationsarereallykindofinteresting.[16]Iguessit’sk
Juicemaybetasty,butit’snotreallythatnourishing.Whileorangejuice
随机试题
承载、复制并传递信息的物理形式是( )。A.公众 B.动机 C.需要 D.
A.高速公路入口预告 B.高速公路终点预告 C.高速公路起点预告 D.高速
行政体系与外界环境之间,行政体系与内部各部门之间、层次之间、人员之间凭借一定的媒
共用题干 KnowingYourRealPersonalityfrom
一护士遵照医嘱给某病人服药,待病人服药后该护士才想起给患者服错了药,就漫不经心地
下边四个图形中,只有一个是由上边的四个图形拼合(只能通过上、下、左、右平移)而成
品牌的特征主要有( )。 A.品牌具有明显的心理特征 B.品牌是一种
在救助对象救治过程中,社会工作者小王帮助救助对象了解医疗机构的诊疗程序,熟悉治疗
甲药品零售企业出售西洋参片短斤缺两,该行为侵犯了消费者的A.安全保障权 B.自
(2018年真题)PPP项目财政承受能力论证中,确定年度折现率时应考虑财政补贴支
最新回复
(
0
)