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Recent years have seen the rapid expansion (扩张) of China's wine market. China imported up to 746 million liters of the libation (饮酒) in 2017, with year-on-year growth of 17 percent, making China the fastest growing and fifth largest market worldwide, according to Xi Kang, joint vice-chairman of the China Wine Associations Alliance.
A growing wine market has led to a rising demand for professional wine tasters, which is listed as one of the 140 vocations that requires a national qualification.
Kong Weibao, professor of Northwest Normal University, set up an elective course called Vintage Science and Wine Culture in 2008, aiming at improving students' understanding of wine. Few students chose Kong's class in the beginning, but now it is hard to find a spare seat in his classroom. Kong said that more than 2,000 students had taken his course, with some of them having waited two years to do so.
While most students take the course out of an interest in wine, there are also students who want to get a qualification certificate as a wine taster in the future. Therefore，more and more private educational institutions in China have found business opportunities in the wine industry. They are offering various wine tasting training courses with prices varying between $120 and $1,600.
Zeng Jing, an employee at wine education service Tasting Annex, said the wine industry was in a growth period, and wine tasting was in great need as wine education, production, marketing, hotels and other fields showed strong demand.
Xi Kang said that China's young generations pursued a healthy and high-quality lifestyle and had "a stronger learning ability and more advanced consumption concept," meaning demand for wine and wine tasters would continue to grow in the future.
21. How does the author show the rapid expansion of China’s wine market?
A. By presenting data. B. By raising questions.
C. By giving a definition. D. By explaining reasons.
22. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. Being a professional wine taster requires a national qualification.
B. Wine tasting training courses in China are not at the same price.
C. All students don’t take wine tasting training courses out of interest.
D. Kong's course was first intended for those who want to be a wine taster.
23. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Wine market expands rapidly in China
B. Growing wine market looks for people with taste
C. Students grow interested in wine tasting training courses
D. More business opportunities created by the wine industry
