Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed the _1_purchaseof 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 theirhome. The business didn't interest him, however, so he became a _3_ legislator, founded abank and went off to war. In 1919, after Hilton’s father died, a friend suggested he go to Texasto make his _4_. Hilton ended up in Cisco; when his bank deal there _5_, he headed to anearby hotel, the Mobley. It _6_ to oil-field workers, so its 40 rooms turned over every eighthours. A week later, Hilton owned it. He soon acquired more hotels—and started to build newones. His first, the Dallas Hilton, opened in 1925. By the late 1940s, Hilton’s list included theTown House in Beverly Hills and Chicago’s 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 City's magnificent Waldorf- Astoria. Typically American, Hiltons were _8_ too: the firstto 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 aquarter-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

　　解題思路

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

　　2.[C] the提示此處應為名詞。空格后的“世界旅館大王”是一個稱號，故填入nickname—詞，earn him thenick?name 意思是“為他贏得了 ……的稱號”。

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

　　4.[I] his提示此處應為名詞，并可與動詞make構成詞組。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“發展”，fortune符合語義，make one’s fortune意為“發財，發跡”。

　　5.[A]此處需填人動詞過去式作when從句的謂語。從本句提到的希爾頓從銀行業轉向酒店業可以推斷當時他從

　　事的銀行業“沒能成功”，因此填入的動詞應表示消極意義，soured符合句意。

　　6.[D]句子缺謂語動詞，此處應填入過去式的動詞,并可與介詞to搭配。本句開頭的It指Mobley酒店，根據賓語oil-field workers可推斷此處應該講這間酒店專門為油田工人“提供服務”，因此選用catered—詞， cateredto意為“迎合……的需求”。

　　7.[F]此處應為定語修飾nightclubs,可為名詞、形容詞或分詞。從后面的A-list stars可知Hilton所開辦的夜總會是“高檔的”、“豪華的”，因此選用luxurious。

　　8.[N]空格所在句缺少表語，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、電視等設備，可見其創新性，creative符合句意。

　　9.[J]此處應為過去式的動詞作謂語，且可與介詞from搭配。even提示本句內容是對上一句的進一步補充，還是講希爾頓連鎖酒店的創造性。動詞evolved符合句意，就連現代的酒店預訂系統也是來源于一間1948年創建的希爾頓酒店。

　　10.[G]此處應為名詞，作owns的賓語。本段對希爾頓酒店的發展作總結，指出希爾頓酒店集團擁有多少資產，名詞詞庫中的properties“財產”符合句意。

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　　International airlines have rediscovered the business travelers, the man or woman who regularlyjets from country to country as part of the job. This does not necessarily mean that airlinesever _1_ their business travelers. Indeed, companies like Lufthansa and Swissair would rightlyargue that they have always _2_ best for the executive class passengers. But many lines couldbe accused of concentrating too heavily in the recent past on attracting passengers by volume,often at the _3_ of regular travelers. Too often, they have seemed geared for quantity ratherthan quality. Operating a major airline in the 1980s is essentially a matter of finding the rightmix of passengers. The airlines need to fill up the back end of their wide-bodied jets with lowfare passengers,without forgetting that the front end should be filled with people who pay_4_more for their tickets.

　　It is no _5_ that the two major airline bankruptcies in 1982 were among the companies _6_ incheap flights.but low fares require consistently full aircraft to make flights economicallyviable(可行的), and in the recent recession the volume of traffic has not grown. EquaUy thelarge number of airlines jostling for (爭奪)the _7_ passenger has created a huge excess ofcapacity. The net result of excess capacity and cut-throat _8_ driving down fares has been topush some airlines into _9_ and leave many others hovering on the brink.

　　Against this grim background, it is no surprise that airlines are turning increasingly to thebusiness travelers to improve their rates of return. They have _10_ much time and effort toestablish exactly what the executive demands for sitting apart from the tourists.

　　A)competition B)entertained C)coincidence D)abandoned

　　E)expense F)centralizing G)collapse H)attachable

　　I)nvested J)ultimtely K)specializing L)available

　　M)substantially N)approach O)catered

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　　解題思路

　　1.[D]此處應填人that從句的謂語動詞。首句提到國際航空公司rediscovered“重新找到”商務游客，由此推斷這里應該是講有關“失去、拋棄”的經歷，因此選abandoned，表示“這并不一定意味著航空公司放棄過商務游客”。

　　2.[0]have表明此處應填人動詞的過去分詞，且能與for搭配。catered for“迎合，顧及”符合句意，表示“他們一直都在迎合商務階層的乘客”。

　　3.[E] the... of結構表明此處應填入名詞。空格所在句提到航空公司被譴責過于關注乘客的數量，由此可知那些定期乘坐航班的乘客被忽略了，at the expense of“以……為代價”符合句意。at the approach of“在……快到的時候”，意思不對，故排除approach。

　　4.[M]此處應填人副詞，修飾more。根據逗號前后內容的對比，此處應該選與low fare(低票價)意思相反的詞，substantially“大量”修飾more,表示“多得多”，符合句意。

　　5.[C] no表明此處應填入名詞。空格后that從句提到，1982年破產的兩家大航空公司都是廉價航空，由這個共性選擇coincidence“巧合”最恰當。

　　6.[K]此處應填人形容詞或分詞，作后置定語修飾companies,且能與in搭配。specializing與in搭配，意為“專門從事”，表示這些公司專營廉價航班，符合文中語境。

　　7.[L]此處應填人形容詞或分詞，修飾passengers。根據句意“眾多航空公司為爭奪……乘客，已導致了運載量過剩”,可判斷此處的定語應該是available“能得到的”。

　　8.[A]此處應填入cut-throat(激烈的，拼命的)所修飾的名詞。上文提到航空公司爭奪乘客，故competition“競爭”符合此處語境，表示降低票價的激烈競爭。

　　9.[G]此處應填入名詞，作介詞into的賓語。根據driving down fares(降低票價)和該段首句中的bankruptcies(破產)推斷此處應該是講低價競爭將一些公司逼垮，其他許多公司瀕臨倒閉。故collapse“倒塌，崩潰”正確。

　　10.[I]have表明此處應填入動詞的分詞形式，作句子謂語。根據賓語time and effort，此處應選invested“投人(資金、時間等)”。