阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Ask someone to name a famous international hotel, and they will probably call the Hilton.__36__， they may not know much about the man whose name is so closely__37__ to comfortable rooms and good service. Conrad Hilton's__38__ took him to the very top of the hotel business. Yet, he was also a man who had great__39__in humanity.
Conrad Hilton was born in New Mexico on Christmas Day, 1887. His father, came from Norway and his mother was a GermanAmerican. Conrad learned __40__ business skills by working in his father's store. He was also strongly __41__ by his Roman Catholic mother. She took him to church where he learned the __42__of helping other people.
Hilton __43__the hotel business in 1919, when he __44__ the 40room Mobley Hotel in Gisco, Texas. The Dallas Hilton, which __45__its doors in 1925, was the first hotel he built under the __46__ of Hilton.
Hilton __47__his biggest business difficulties during the Great Depression of the 1930s.__48__ learning to operate carefully, Hilton's hotels were able to__49__， and his company grew. These days, __50__every large city in the world has a Hilton Hotel.
Conrad Hilton died in 1979. He is remembered for his __51__ work as well as his hotel business. A charity group he __52__up still gives help to people in need all over the world. It __53__ in all kinds of fields, from medicine to farming. Hilton would surely be __54__ about the good work that is being done in his name, just as he once __55__ “It is better to give than to receive, and to be hospitable(好客的；热情的) is sure to be rewarded in a way or another.”
36. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Certainly
37. A. stuck B. turned C. linked D. addicted
38. A. drive B. plan C. work D. methods
39. A. thought B. ambition C. faith D. motivation
40. A. most B. total C. useful D. basic
41. A. taught B. educated C. influenced D. taken
42. A. value B. lessons C. ways D. strategies
43. A. made B. entered C. shared D. walked
44. A. built B. bought C. showed D. created
45. A. opened B. closed C. painted D. kept
46. A. construction B. repair C. work D. name
47. A. came up B. came about C. came across D. came out
48. A. With B. By C. In D. On
49. A. continue B. go C. live D. stand
50. A. seldom B. hardly C. almost D. usually
51. A. charity B. business C. hotel D. home
52. A. took B. set C. turned D. made
53. A. drives B. shows C. operates D. enters
54. A. upset B. frustrated C. frightened D. pleased
55. A. wrote B. said C. quoted D. adapted
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36．A 37．C 38．A 39．C 40．D
41．C 42．A 43．B 44．B 45．A
46．D 47．C 48．B 49．A 50．C
51．A 52．B 53．C 54．D 55．B
36．A 从上下文的逻辑来看，本空前后的句子存在一种转折关系。
37．C 从后文我们知道，他的名字与服务业有关。C项表示“与……有联系”， D项表示“沉溺于……”。
38．A 本句中的drive用作名词，意为“动力”。
39．C 从后文我们知道， Hilton在母亲的影响下，相信人道主义，从事慈善事业。thought“想法”； ambition“抱负”； faith“信念”； motivation“动力”。
40．D Hilton在父亲的商店里所学的经商之道应该是很基础的，而不是什么高深的和系统的知识和技能。
41．C 从后文我们知道， Hilton热心慈善事业，由此，我们可以推测他应是受到了信奉天主教的母亲的极大的影响。本空前面的副词strongly也暗示了本题的答案。
42．A 根据本文后面Hilton常说的一句话可推出Hilton跟母亲去教堂，懂得了帮助他人的价值，这与他后来热心慈善事业是分不开的。value“价值”； strategy“策略”。
43．B 这里指进入酒店业。根据上下文可以看出， Hilton原来只是经营父亲留下的商店。
44．B Hilton买下了Mobley Hotel是他进入酒店业的开端。create“创造”。
45．A 根据上下文我们知道， Dallas Hilton是第一家以Hilton为名字命名的酒店。故应选择open“开业”。
46．D under the name of...为固定词组，意为“以……的名义”。construction“建立；建设”； repair“修理；修补”。
47．C 在二十世纪三十年代，全世界陷入了经济大萧条。Hilton遇上了这场灾难。
48．B 介词by常用来表示方式、方法。
49．A 从后两句可知， Hilton的酒店业越做越大，那么他的酒店应该能够在大萧条中绝处逢生。
50．C 从逻辑上看，由于Hilton是一个知名的品牌，由此可以推测出，它的酒店应差不多在世界各地的大城市都有。
51．A 根据上下文Hilton热心于慈善事业，那么人们能够记住他，这应是原因之一。
52．B 这里指Hilton所成立的慈善组织。
53．C operate在这里表示“经营；起作用”之意。
54．D Hilton一定会对他所成立的慈善组织所从事的事情感到高兴。upset“不高兴”； frustrated“失望的”； frightened“害怕的”； pleased“满意的；高兴的”。
55．B 结尾的这句话应是Hilton经常说的一句话。quote“引用”； adapt“使适合”。