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
2024-01-29
7
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] 【C2】
选项
答案
J
解析
此处应为名词。通过空白处后的双引号及其中的内容可以推断此处最适合的是nickname,而且nickname也可和动词earn搭配,earn him the nickname可理解为“为他赢得了……的称号”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/3403286.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Overtheyears,newtechnologieshavechangedfarming.Change
[originaltext]Overtheyears,newtechnologieshavechangedfarming.Change
[originaltext]Overtheyears,newtechnologieshavechangedfarming.Change
[originaltext]M:ThatisitIknowthatitissmallerthanyouwanted,butiti
[originaltext]I’mgladtoseesomanyofyouhere.We’vebecomereallyalar
[originaltext]I’mgladtoseesomanyofyouhere.We’vebecomereallyalar
[originaltext]I’mgladtoseesomanyofyouhere.We’vebecomereallyalar
ConradHiltonreallywantedtobeabanker.Instead,hesuccessfullychanged
ConradHiltonreallywantedtobeabanker.Instead,hesuccessfullychanged
ConradHiltonreallywantedtobeabanker.Instead,hesuccessfullychanged
随机试题
[originaltext]W:Youhaven’tseenmygymbag,haveyou?M:Haveyoucheckedba
"Congratulations,Mr.Jones,it’sagirl."Fatherhoodisgoingtohavea
Solittle______aboutChinathathecouldnotfindBeijingintheworldmap.A、t
城区内生活出行,采用步行与自行车交通的出行比例不宜低于( )。A.70% B
可防治晕动病的是A.东莨菪碱 B.新斯的明 C.山莨菪碱 D.丙胺太林
1997-160.患者突然昏倒,不省人事,牙关紧闭,肢体强痉,躁扰不宁,二便
下列哪一种疾病最容易引起晕厥A.肥厚梗阻型心肌病 B.肥厚非梗阻型心肌病 C
某经营机构于2016年3月20日与客户王某签定了一份期货经纪合同。经查,该机构不
中药注射剂一般不宜制成A.溶液注射剂 B.乳状液注射剂 C.无菌粉末 D.
下列关于建设项目建筑工程方案的说法,错误的是()。A.建筑工程方案要研究论证主
最新回复
(
0
)