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
2024-04-09
12
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, 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 internationally. And in 1949, he bought the "greatest of them all": New York City’s magnificent Waldorf-Astoria. Typically American, Hiltons were【C8】______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)soured B)motivated C)nickname D)catered
E)previously F)luxurious G)properties H)features
I)fortune J)evolved K)casual L)severe
M)inherited N)creative O)state [br] 【C3】
选项
答案
O
解析
此处应为定语成分修饰legislator,可为名词、形容词或分词。空格后的legislator(立法者)通常只有联邦的立法者或州、市的立法者之分,与此语义联系最紧密的是state。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3548312.html
相关试题推荐
TheTenSkillsStudentsReallyNeedWhenTheyGraduateA)Thenum
TheTenSkillsStudentsReallyNeedWhenTheyGraduateA)Thenum
TheTenSkillsStudentsReallyNeedWhenTheyGraduateA)Thenum
TheTenSkillsStudentsReallyNeedWhenTheyGraduateA)Thenum
TheTenSkillsStudentsReallyNeedWhenTheyGraduateA)Thenum
TheTenSkillsStudentsReallyNeedWhenTheyGraduateA)Thenum
[originaltext]W:Hi,Tim.I’mreallysorrytohearaboutyourdad.Mysincerest
[originaltext]W:Hi,Tim.I’mreallysorrytohearaboutyourdad.Mysincerest
KyleMaguirewantedtoattendtheUniversityofNebraskaassoonashegradu
AreTeenagersReallyCarelessAboutOnlinePrivacy?[A]Theyshar
随机试题
WhichisNOTtheRussiangovernment’sactionaftertherescue?[originaltext]
下列关于桥梁空心板上部构造的说法中,正确的有()。A.构造简单 B.施工
假设投资者有两种金融产品可供选择,一是国债,年收益率为5.5%;二是银行理财产品
下列检查有助于泌尿系结石成分的分析是A.逆性肾盂造影 B.尿常规 C.血常规
一个圆柱形容器盛有高度为8厘米的水,放入3个半径与容器底面半径相同的球后,水恰好
(2017年真题)下列选项中,属于信贷审查岗的职责的是()。A.对财务报表
由于铁路运输部门原因,承包方施工机械未按期运入现场,导致工期延误,该种工期延误属
A.肺动脉瓣区第二心音增强伴分裂 B.主动脉瓣区第二心音增强 C.第一心音分
酵解过程中可被别构调节的限速酶是A.3-磷酸甘油醛脱氢酶 B.6-磷酸果糖激酶
女,26岁。感冒后出现全身无力,双眼睑下垂3天,晨起症状较轻,活动后加重,对该患
最新回复
(
0
)