C Thousands of people living in the Chinese eapital will celebrate the start of the C

   C

Thousands of people living in the Chinese eapital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year by heading for the ski resorts(滑雪场).Never mind that Beijing’s dry weather seldom produces

Now. 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(热潮).

Since Beijing’s first ski resort was opened ten years ago, the sport has enjoyed an 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 sking craze is partly a result of the recent increase in private(私有的)cars. This has led to the growth of a leisure industry in the capital’s suburbs(郊区).which until the late-1990s were unreachable to ordinary people. According to Mr. Wei,About 40％ of the visitors to his resort some in their own cars. The rest are bused in by schools, businesses or government offices.

The problem is making money.Starting ski resorturequires 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.

50.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

51.Why are some Chinese likely to go skiing in Burope?

A．To visit more ski areas

B．To ski on natrual snow

C．For a large collection of ski suits

D．For better services and equipment

52.The underlined words”leisure industry”in Paragraph 3 refer to        

A．transport to ski resorts

B．production of familycars

C．business of providing spare time enjoyments

D．part-time work for people living in the suburbs

53.What is the main problem in running a ski resort?

A．Difficulty in hiring land

B．Lack of business experience

C．……ski resorts.

D．Shortage of water and electricity

50-53BDCC

【语篇解读】本文是说明文，文章说到了北京人对滑雪的兴趣激增，在这样的背景下，起步较晚的中国的滑雪业也有其弊端。而建设更好的滑雪中心也有一些客观存在的困难。

【小题1】主旨大意题。第一段最后一句话里的是本段的中心句，句中的the rapid growth of a pleasure-seeking middleclass和basis for this new craze 也概括了全文的大意，说明现在越来越多的人喜欢上滑雪这项运动。在最后一段首句说到了创办滑雪场所需的条件，但是并不是本文的中心，所以不能选C项。

【小题2】细节理解题。第二段第三句说到了Mr. Wei见证了这个领域里人们对滑雪这项爱好的程度增加之迅猛。很多人都到欧洲去，去的目的在本段最后一句给予了说明，因为在中国的滑雪行业起步较晚，而且所建的地址较为偏远，使用的滑雪设施也比较落后，由此可以推断D项正确。干扰项是C，虽然本段说到了人们对滑雪用具的收藏，但是对于绝大多数爱好者来说，有适合的设备才是最重要的，所以不能选C。

【小题3】词义猜测题。本句的主语Beijing’s skiing craze属于人们消遣娱乐的范围，而industry意为“行业”，说明leisure industry 是指给人们提供娱乐的行业，C项的business 和spare time enjoyment符合语境。

【小题4】推理判断题。最后一段首句里的making money不是“挣钱”或者“盈利”，而是筹措到开办滑雪场所需要的各种费用，如A项B项和D项所说到的细节方面所需要的费用，但是这三个选项都片面，只有C项和末段首句的the problem is making money吻合。