Camping was all the rage across China during the National Day holiday, with some joking that “half of the friends on WeChat were camping.” Outdoor camping sites were popular during the holiday and had to be booked several days in advance. China’s camping market has been growing rapidly as more people turn to short-distance leisure camping during the pandemic(大流行病).

According to research company iiMedia Research, the core market size of China’s camping economy reached 74.75 billion yuan (about 10.5 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, up 62.5 percent year on year. It further predicts that the market will grow to 248.3 billion yuan by 2025. More market-sensitive players are investing a large amount of money into the industry. In 2021, more than 20,000 new camping-related enterprises were established in China, and over 5,000 have been set up this year.

“The year 2020 can be seen as the first year of the camping market, and the market size began to explode this year,” said Zhang Yi, who is in charge of six camping bases. “The camping economy is a good breakthrough for the culture and tourism industry which has been hit hard by the pandemic.” Camping equipment enterprise Mobi Garden has achieved a significant increase in revenue(收益) since 2020. The company’s net profit in the first half of the year more than doubled from the same period in 2021.

Huzhou, a popular tourist destination in east China’s Zhejiang Province, hosted the first Camping Conference in the Yangtze River Delta in June. The city became one of the first to officially regulate(管理) the construction standards and safety supervision of camping sites. Beijing and Nanjing in Jiangsu Province have also introduced related policies for the healthy development of the industry.

“With the increase of per capita disposable income(人均可支配收入) in China, consumers’ demand for outdoor leisure activities has been rising in recent years. I believe more people will join in camping and other outdoor activities in the long run,” said Liang Qidong, vice president of the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences.

1.Which has the closest meaning to the underlined part “all the rage”?

A Fashionable.

B Approved.

C Characteristic.

D Rejected.

解析：选A。A 词义猜测题。根据后文的“half of the friends on WeChat were camping”“Outdoor camping sites were popular”以及“China’s camping market has been growing rapidly”可知，露营在国庆假期间风靡一时。故选A。

2.What can be inferred from the data in the second paragraph?

A No more camping-related enterprises are to be set up.

B Market players are thinking twice about the camping.

C Camping is becoming popular with the Chinese.

D China’s camping economy will stop growing by 2025.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第二段内容可知，2021年中国露营经济的核心市场规模达到747.5亿元人民币（约合105亿美元），同比增长62.5%。到2025年，中国露营经济市场规模将增长至2483亿元。更多对市场敏感的企业正在大举进入该行业。2021年，中国新成立了2万多家与露营相关的企业，而今年已经成立了5000多家。这些数据说明露营越来越受中国大众欢迎。故选C。

3.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A Why more and more people go camping to relax.

B When is the best time for people to go camping.

C How camping benefited the culture and tourism industry.

D What China did for the development of the camping industry.

解析：选D。D段落大意题。该段主要讲了一些城市出台了露营地建设标准与安全监督相关政策，促进该行业的健康发展。故选D。

4.What’s Liang Qidong’s attitude toward the future of camping industry?

A Doubtful.

B Positive.

C Disapproving.

D Sympathetic.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。根据最后一段中梁启东所说的话“I believe more people will join in camping and other outdoor activities in the long run”他相信更多人会加入露营和户外活动，由此可推断他对露营行业的未来持积极态度。故选B。