| 小托福大智慧--閱讀系列【運動時代】——李丹倩 | |||
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Thousands of people living in the Chinese capital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New year by heading for the ski resorts. 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
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.
Vocabulary: ski resorts n. 滑雪場 craze n. 熱潮 private adj. 私有的 suburb n. 郊區
Choose the best answers according to the above: 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.
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.
3. The underlined words "leisure industry" in Paragraph 3 refer to______. A. transport to ski resorts B. production of family cars C. business of providing spare time enjoyments D part-time work for people living in the suburbs
4. 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,
Background Information: 本文主要就北京郊區建起滑雪場的事情,很多中產階層的人們開始追求這種熱潮。 滑雪運動(特別是現代競技滑雪)發展到當今,項目不斷在增多,領域不斷在擴展。世界比賽正規的大項目分為:高山滑雪、北歐滑雪(Nordic Skiing,越野滑雪、跳臺滑雪)、自由式滑雪、冬季兩項滑雪、雪上滑板滑雪等。純競技滑雪具有鮮明的競爭性、專項性,相關條件要求嚴格,非一般人所能具備和適應。旅游滑雪是出于娛樂、健身的目的,受人為因素制約程度很輕,男女老幼均可在雪場上輕松、愉快地滑行,飽享滑雪運動的無窮樂趣。 滑雪運動起源并發展于斯堪的納維亞國家;剞D(SLALOM)也是一個挪威詞,意思是在傾斜的路面上滑行。國際滑雪聯合會成立于1924年。北歐滑雪項目列入了1924年在法國沙莫尼舉行的第一屆冬季奧運會。在世界滑雪運動中居領先地位的國家有斯堪的納維亞各國,如挪威、瑞典、芬蘭,還有西歐的阿爾卑斯山脈周圍的國家:法國、意大利、奧地利、德國和瑞典,以及美國、俄羅斯等
KEYS: 1 B. 主旨大意題。本文主要就北京郊區建起滑雪場的事情,很多中產階層的人們開始追求這種熱潮。故選B。另外,本文也屬于新聞體裁,由第一段可知主旨大意。 2. D. 細節理解題。根據第二段的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以及此段的最后一句But many are in faraway areas of the country and can't really match(敵得過)the equipment and services of some ski resorts in Europe.可知。 3. C. 詞義猜測題。leisure industry指“休閑娛樂業”。仔細理解“And the rapid growth of a pleasure-seeking middle class has formed the basis for this new craze(熱潮)”以及 “Beijing's skiing craze is partly a result of the recent increase in private (私有的) cars. This(指上一句的內容)has led to the growth of a leisure industry in the capital's suburbs (郊區), which until the late-1990s were unreachable to ordinary people.”兩句內容,可推知劃線詞匯應為“休閑娛樂業”之意。由此可知選C。 4. C. 細節理解題。第四段提到的是資金的問題,因為建滑雪場要涉及到很多問題如從政府租地、準備小山、買造雪機器、保證有足夠的水電來運作以及買租給顧客的滑雪設備等。由此可知A項只是資金的問題的一個方面,D項與此部分的內容不符。根據最后一段的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可知,由于很多人都蜂擁去建滑雪場,打起價格戰,致使資金投入很多,但收益不是很大。由此可知C項才是主要的問題。B選項在文中未提及。 |
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