Passage 6

　　Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed the _1_purchase of a Texas low-end hotel into a multimillion-dollar hotel empire that earned him the _2_ 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 didnt interest him, however, so he became a _3_ legislator, founded a bank and went off to war. In 1919, after Hiltons father died, a friend suggested he go to Texas to make his _4_. Hilton ended up in Cisco; when his bank deal there _5_, he headed to a nearby hotel, the Mobley. It _6_ to oil-field workers, so its 40 rooms turned over every eight hours. A week later, Hilton owned it. He soon acquired more hotelsand started to build new ones. His first, the Dallas Hilton, opened in 1925. By the late 1940s, Hiltons list included the Town House in Beverly Hills and Chicagos Palmer House, as well as _7_ nightclubs featuring A-list stars. He also expanded internationally. And in 1949, he bought the greatest of them all: New York Citys magnificent Waldorf- Astoria. Typically American, Hiltons were _8_ too: the first to have rooms with air-conditioning, TVs, ironing boards and sewing kits. Even modern hotel-reservations systems _9_ from one Hilton which was established in 1948.

　　Today the Hilton Hotels Corp. owns some 3,300 _10_ 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

　　Passage 6

　　解題思路

　　1.[K]此處應(yīng)為修飾purchase的定語(yǔ)，可為名詞、形容詞或分詞。康拉德?希爾頓本想成為銀行家，但后來(lái)卻建立起了他的酒店王國(guó)。casual偶然的適合上下文語(yǔ)義。

　　2.[C] the提示此處應(yīng)為名詞。空格后的世界旅館大王是一個(gè)稱號(hào)，故填入nickname詞，earn him the nick?name 意思是為他贏得了 的稱號(hào)。

　　3.[O]此處應(yīng)為定語(yǔ)成分修飾legislator，可為名詞、形容詞或分詞。空格后的legislator(立法者)通常只有聯(lián)邦的立法者或州、市的立法者之分，與此語(yǔ)義聯(lián)系最緊密的是state。

　　4.[I] his提示此處應(yīng)為名詞，并可與動(dòng)詞make構(gòu)成詞組。從下文提到的希爾頓所做的一系列工作推斷他的朋友建議他去得克薩斯發(fā)展，fortune符合語(yǔ)義，make ones fortune意為發(fā)財(cái)，發(fā)跡。

　　5.[A]此處需填人動(dòng)詞過(guò)去式作when從句的謂語(yǔ)。從本句提到的希爾頓從銀行業(yè)轉(zhuǎn)向酒店業(yè)可以推斷當(dāng)時(shí)他從

　　事的銀行業(yè)沒(méi)能成功，因此填入的動(dòng)詞應(yīng)表示消極意義，soured符合句意。

　　6. [D]句子缺謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，此處應(yīng)填入過(guò)去式的動(dòng)詞,并可與介詞to搭配。本句開(kāi)頭的It指Mobley酒店，根據(jù)賓語(yǔ)oil-field workers可推斷此處應(yīng)該講這間酒店專門(mén)為油田工人提供服務(wù)，因此選用catered詞， catered to意為迎合的需求。

　　7.[F]此處應(yīng)為定語(yǔ)修飾nightclubs,可為名詞、形容詞或分詞。從后面的A-list stars可知Hilton所開(kāi)辦的夜總會(huì)是高檔的、豪華的，因此選用luxurious。

　　8.[N]空格所在句缺少表語(yǔ)，空格可能是名詞、形容詞或分詞。句中提到希爾頓連鎖酒店的房間最先配有空調(diào)、電視等設(shè)備，可見(jiàn)其創(chuàng)新性，creative符合句意。

　　9.[J]此處應(yīng)為過(guò)去式的動(dòng)詞作謂語(yǔ)，且可與介詞from搭配。even提示本句內(nèi)容是對(duì)上一句的進(jìn)一步補(bǔ)充，還是講希爾頓連鎖酒店的創(chuàng)造性。動(dòng)詞evolved符合句意，就連現(xiàn)代的酒店預(yù)訂系統(tǒng)也是來(lái)源于一間1948年創(chuàng)建的希爾頓酒店。

　　10.[G]此處應(yīng)為名詞，作owns的賓語(yǔ)。本段對(duì)希爾頓酒店的發(fā)展作總結(jié)，指出希爾頓酒店集團(tuán)擁有多少資產(chǎn)，名詞詞庫(kù)中的properties財(cái)產(chǎn)符合句意。

　　Passage 6

　　Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed the _1_purchase of a Texas low-end hotel into a multimillion-dollar hotel empire that earned him the _2_ 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 didnt interest him, however, so he became a _3_ legislator, founded a bank and went off to war. In 1919, after Hiltons father died, a friend suggested he go to Texas to make his _4_. Hilton ended up in Cisco; when his bank deal there _5_, he headed to a nearby hotel, the Mobley. It _6_ to oil-field workers, so its 40 rooms turned over every eight hours. A week later, Hilton owned it. He soon acquired more hotelsand started to build new ones. His first, the Dallas Hilton, opened in 1925. By the late 1940s, Hiltons list included the Town House in Beverly Hills and Chicagos Palmer House, as well as _7_ nightclubs featuring A-list stars. He also expanded internationally. And in 1949, he bought the greatest of them all: New York Citys magnificent Waldorf- Astoria. Typically American, Hiltons were _8_ too: the first to have rooms with air-conditioning, TVs, ironing boards and sewing kits. Even modern hotel-reservations systems _9_ from one Hilton which was established in 1948.

　　Today the Hilton Hotels Corp. owns some 3,300 _10_ 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

　　Passage 6

　　解題思路

　　1.[K]此處應(yīng)為修飾purchase的定語(yǔ)，可為名詞、形容詞或分詞。康拉德?希爾頓本想成為銀行家，但后來(lái)卻建立起了他的酒店王國(guó)。casual偶然的適合上下文語(yǔ)義。

　　2.[C] the提示此處應(yīng)為名詞。空格后的世界旅館大王是一個(gè)稱號(hào)，故填入nickname詞，earn him the nick?name 意思是為他贏得了 的稱號(hào)。

　　3.[O]此處應(yīng)為定語(yǔ)成分修飾legislator，可為名詞、形容詞或分詞。空格后的legislator(立法者)通常只有聯(lián)邦的立法者或州、市的立法者之分，與此語(yǔ)義聯(lián)系最緊密的是state。

　　4.[I] his提示此處應(yīng)為名詞，并可與動(dòng)詞make構(gòu)成詞組。從下文提到的希爾頓所做的一系列工作推斷他的朋友建議他去得克薩斯發(fā)展，fortune符合語(yǔ)義，make ones fortune意為發(fā)財(cái)，發(fā)跡。

　　5.[A]此處需填人動(dòng)詞過(guò)去式作when從句的謂語(yǔ)。從本句提到的希爾頓從銀行業(yè)轉(zhuǎn)向酒店業(yè)可以推斷當(dāng)時(shí)他從

　　事的銀行業(yè)沒(méi)能成功，因此填入的動(dòng)詞應(yīng)表示消極意義，soured符合句意。

　　6. [D]句子缺謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，此處應(yīng)填入過(guò)去式的動(dòng)詞,并可與介詞to搭配。本句開(kāi)頭的It指Mobley酒店，根據(jù)賓語(yǔ)oil-field workers可推斷此處應(yīng)該講這間酒店專門(mén)為油田工人提供服務(wù)，因此選用catered詞， catered to意為迎合的需求。

　　7.[F]此處應(yīng)為定語(yǔ)修飾nightclubs,可為名詞、形容詞或分詞。從后面的A-list stars可知Hilton所開(kāi)辦的夜總會(huì)是高檔的、豪華的，因此選用luxurious。

　　8.[N]空格所在句缺少表語(yǔ)，空格可能是名詞、形容詞或分詞。句中提到希爾頓連鎖酒店的房間最先配有空調(diào)、電視等設(shè)備，可見(jiàn)其創(chuàng)新性，creative符合句意。

　　9.[J]此處應(yīng)為過(guò)去式的動(dòng)詞作謂語(yǔ)，且可與介詞from搭配。even提示本句內(nèi)容是對(duì)上一句的進(jìn)一步補(bǔ)充，還是講希爾頓連鎖酒店的創(chuàng)造性。動(dòng)詞evolved符合句意，就連現(xiàn)代的酒店預(yù)訂系統(tǒng)也是來(lái)源于一間1948年創(chuàng)建的希爾頓酒店。

　　10.[G]此處應(yīng)為名詞，作owns的賓語(yǔ)。本段對(duì)希爾頓酒店的發(fā)展作總結(jié)，指出希爾頓酒店集團(tuán)擁有多少資產(chǎn)，名詞詞庫(kù)中的properties財(cái)產(chǎn)符合句意。