首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed the【C1】______ purchase of a Texas low-end hotel int
Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed the【C1】______ purchase of a Texas low-end hotel int
admin
2018-05-11
30
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
【C8】
选项
答案
N
解析
空格所在句缺少表语,空格可能是名词、形容词或分词。句中提到希尔顿连锁酒店的房间最先配有空调、电视等设备,可见其创新性,creative符合句意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/UOT7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
KyleMaguirewantedtoattendtheUniversityofNebraskaassoonashegraduatedfromhighschoolyearsago.AnaspiringWebdev
KyleMaguirewantedtoattendtheUniversityofNebraskaassoonashegraduatedfromhighschoolyearsago.AnaspiringWebdev
Thepooroldconsumer!We’dhavetopayagreatdealmoreifadvertisingdidn’tcreatemassmarketsforproducts.Itisprecisel
AreTeenagersReallyCarelessAboutOnlinePrivacy?[A]Theyshare,like,everything.Howtheyfeelaboutasong,theirmathshom
AreTeenagersReallyCarelessAboutOnlinePrivacy?[A]Theyshare,like,everything.Howtheyfeelaboutasong,theirmathshom
AreTeenagersReallyCarelessAboutOnlinePrivacy?[A]Theyshare,like,everything.Howtheyfeelaboutasong,theirmathshom
PresidentBarackObama’spicktoheadtheEnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA),LisaJackson,hasspent20yearsasanenvironme
A、Itoffersawardtowinnerstostarttheirbusiness.B、Itistargetedatteenagersandyoungadults.C、Ithelpscreateachanne
A、Itwastespeopletoomuchtime.B、Ittakespeopletoomuchmoney.C、Itdistractsfromwhatreallymatters.D、Itmakespeopleb
Dr.AlanHirschdesignssmellsforbusinesses.Hesaysthatitdoesn’ttakeawholelotofsmelltoaffectyou.Storeownerscan
随机试题
_______是企业让产品在国际市场上具有竞争力的重要途径。
败血症休克型流脑的治疗不包括
患者,男性,35岁,行腰麻术后5h,烦躁不安,测血压、脉搏、呼吸均正常。护士查体见:下腹部膨隆,叩诊浊音,首先考虑
适用于外网的水量满足室内要,而水压大部分时间不足的建筑等特点的给水方式为()。
下列图形中,光脚阴线的图形为()。
设某商业银行当日现金收入超过库存限额100万元。当日将超限额100万元现金库存送存中央银行后,其现金头寸()。
整理内部会议室要注意()。
下面有关教师为人师表的特征说法正确的是()。
在历史研究法的运用中,主要确定文献资料本身的意义、价值和准确可靠程度的评论被称为是()。
对于网络可靠性要求较高的应用环境,比如金融、证券等,可以将两个接入点放置在同一位置,从而实现无线()备份。
最新回复
(
0
)