Thousands of people living in the Chinese capital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New year by heading for the ski resorts (滑雪場(chǎng)). Never mind that Beijing’s dry weather seldom produces snow. It is cold enough in winter for snow-making machines to make a covering for the hills north to the capital. And the rapid growth of a pleasure-seeking middle class has formed the basis for this new craze(熱潮）.
Since Beijing’s first ski resort was opened ten years ago, the sport has enjoyed astonishing increase. There are now more than a dozen resorts. Clothes markets in the city have added bright colored ski suits to their winter collections. Mr. Wei, a manager of a newly-opened ski resort in Beijing, sees the growth of an industry that could soon lead Chinese to head for the ski resorts of Europe. In recent years ski resorts offering natural snow have opened in China. But many are in faraway areas of the country and can’t really match the equipment and services of some ski resorts in Europe.
Beijing’s skiing craze is partly a result of the recent increase in private cars. This has led to the growth of a leisure industry in the capital’s suburbs, which until the late-1990s were unreachable to ordinary people. According to Mr. Wei, about 40% of the visitors to his resort come in their own cars. The rest are bused in by schools, businesses or government offices.
The problem is making money. Starting ski resorts requires quite a lot of money: hiring land from the local government, preparing the hills, buying snow machines, making sure there are enough water and electricity to run them, and buying ski equipment for hiring out to customers.
The ski resort where Mr. Wei works cost nearly $4m to set up. And, as so often in China when someone comes up with a good idea, many others rush in and price wars break out. Beijing now offers some of the cheapest ski training classes in the world, though with most people rather new to the sport, expecting a few more doing the same job.
【小題1】What does this text mainly talk about?

A．Convenience for skiers brought about by private cars.
B．Skiing as a new way of enjoying one’s spare time.
C．Things to be considered when starting a ski resort.
D．A sudden increase of ski training classes in Beijing.
【小題2】Why are some Chinese likely to go skiing in Europe?
A．To visit more ski areas.
B．To ski on natural snow.
C．For a large collection of ski suits.
D．For better services and equipment.
【小題3】What is the main problem in running a ski resort?
A．Difficulty in hiring land
B．Lack of business experience
C．Price wars with other ski resorts
D．Shortage of water and electricity


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C

解析試題分析：
本文介紹了北京滑雪運(yùn)動(dòng)的興起、原因以及面臨的問(wèn)題。北京市郊涌現(xiàn)出許多滑雪運(yùn)動(dòng)經(jīng)營(yíng)單位，多為人工造雪。追求享樂(lè)的中產(chǎn)階級(jí)的興起提供了客戶資源、交通的改善方便人們遠(yuǎn)赴市郊。問(wèn)題是設(shè)備和服務(wù)水準(zhǔn)偏低以及行業(yè)內(nèi)價(jià)格競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。
【小題1】主旨大意題。本文圍繞滑雪運(yùn)動(dòng)展開(kāi)，討論了滑雪場(chǎng)所的興起、原因和難題。A，C項(xiàng)都只是文章涉及的某個(gè)方面。D項(xiàng)與文章不符。B項(xiàng)最具概括性。
【小題2】從第二段…that could soon lead Chinese to head for the ski resorts of Europe.及后面兩句可知，雖然中國(guó)也有自然雪場(chǎng)的滑雪服務(wù)商家，但是其設(shè)備和服務(wù)都落后于歐洲的商家。故D項(xiàng)正確。
【小題3】從倒數(shù)第二段可知，賺錢是個(gè)難題，因?yàn)椋簑hen someone comes up with a good idea, many others rush in and price wars break out.一旦有人有了賺錢的主意，馬上就會(huì)有許多人跟進(jìn)，于是爆發(fā)價(jià)格戰(zhàn)。故選擇C項(xiàng)。
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