ThousandsofpeoplelivingintheChinesecapitalwillcelebratethestartoftheChineseNewyearbyheadingfortheskiresorts（滑雪场）．NevermindthatBeijing'sdryweatherseldomproducessnow．Itiscoldenoughinwinterfors

　　ThousandsofpeoplelivingintheChinesecapitalwillcelebratethestartoftheChineseNewyearbyheadingfortheskiresorts（滑雪场）．NevermindthatBeijing'sdryweatherseldomproducessnow．Itiscoldenoughinwinterforsnow-makingmachinestomakeacoveringforthe

　　hillsnorthtothecapital．Andtherapidgrowthofapleasure-seekingmiddleclasshasformedthebasisforthisnewcraze（热潮）.

　　SinceBeijing'sfirstskiresortwasopenedtenyearsagothesporthasenjoyedanastonishingincrease．Therearenowmorethanadozenresorts．Clothesmarketsinthecityhaveaddedbrightcoloredskisuitstotheirwintercollections．Mr.Weiamanagerofanewly-openedskiresortinBeijingseesthegrowthofanindustrythatcouldsoonleadChinesetoheadfortheskiresortsofEurope.InrecentyearsskiresortsofferingnaturalsnowhaveopenedinChina．Butmanyareinfarawayareasofthecountryandcan'treallymatchtheequipmentandservicesofsomeskiresortsinEurope．

　　Beijing'sskiingcrazeispartlyaresultoftherecentincreaseinprivate（私有的）cars．Thishasledtothegrowthofaleisureindustryinthecapital'ssuburbs（郊区）whichuntilthelate-1990swereunreachabletoordinarypeopleAccordingtoMr.Weiabout40%ofthevisitorstohisresortcomeintheirowncars．Therestarebusedinbyschoolsbusinessesorgovernmentoffices．

　　Theproblemismakingmoney．Startingskiresortsrequiresquitealotofmoney;hiringlandfromthelocalgovernmentpreparingthehillsbuyingsnowmachinesmakingsurethereareenoughwaterandelectricitytorunthemandbuyingskiequipmentforhiringouttocustomers．TheskiresortwhereMr.Weiworkscostnearly$4mtosetup．AndassoofteninChinawhensomeonecomesupwithagoodideamanyothershashinandpricewarsbreakout．Beijingnowofferssomeofthecheapestskitrainingclassesintheworldthoughwithmostpeoplerathernewtothesportexpectingafewmoredoingthesamejob．

　　1．Whatdoesthistextmainlytalkabout?

　　A．Convenienceforskiersbroughtaboutbyprivatecars．

　　B．Skiingasanewwayofenjoyingone'ssparetime．

　　C．Thingstobeconsideredwhenstartingaskiresort．

　　D．AsuddenincreaseofskitrainingclassesinBeijing．

　　2．WhyaresomeChineselikelytogoskiinginEu