女作家揭秘百万富翁的成功之道
An author who surveyed 600 millionaires has claimed that she found the secrets of getting rich. Sarah Stanley Fallaw, the author of The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth, got her findings after she surveyed American millionaires in 2015 and 2016. The book is a follow-up to her father’s research in the 1998 bestseller The Millionaire Next Door, which Thomas J. Stanley wrote with William D. Danko.
Stanley Fallaw argues that resilience in the face of rejection and strict goal setting are important to building wealth. “To build wealth, to build one’s own business, to ignore critics and media and neighbors, you must have the ambition to keep pursuing your goals past rejection and pain,” wrote Stanley Fallaw in the new book, according to Business Insider. She added, “Millionaires and other economically successful Americans who decide to climb the corporate ladder, or struggle to create a financial independence lifestyle early do so by pushing on without stop.”
Stanley Fallaw stresses the importance of setting goals and sticking to them, especially for budgeting. She says that living modestly even as your income grows will allow you to devote a greater percentage of your income towards savings and building wealth. “Most millionaires we interviewed highlighted the great freedom that comes from spending below their means,” Stanley Fallaw writes.
The author says that the temptation to keep up with the spending habits of the people around can be highly harmful to building wealth. Particularly in the age of social media, when lavish vacations and new purchases are broadcast for the world to see, the perseverance to live thriftily is important, Stanley Fallaw argues.
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1.What was Sarah Stanley Fallaw’s book based on?
A Her own life experiences.
B Her surveys of the American millionaires.
C Her father’s book The Millionaire Next Door.
D Her father’s partner William D. Danko’s advice.
解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第一段第二句Sarah Stanley Fallaw, the author of The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth, got her findings after she surveyed American millionaires in 2015 and 2016.可知她的这本书是在调查了美国很多的百万富翁后进行总结而写出来的。故选B。
2.Which is NOT the important quality for building wealth according to Stanley Fallaw?
A Listening to others’ critics.
B Persevering through failure.
C Sticking to your goals.
D Living a thrift life.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句Stanley Fallaw argues that resilience in the face of rejection and strict goal setting are important to building wealth.及第三段第二句She says that living modestly even as your income grows will allow you to devote a greater percentage of your income towards savings and building wealth.可知面对拒绝时的坚韧毅力、坚持既定的目标和节俭生活都是积累财富过程中的必备品质。故选A。
3.What is harmful for people to build wealth?
A To live thriftily.
B To follow others’ consumption style.
C To avoid the temptation of new purchases.
D To keep away from luxurious vacations.
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句The author says that the temptation to keep up with the spending habits of the people around can be highly harmful to building wealth.可知在积累财富的过程中要避免对周围的人的消费习惯进行跟风。故选B。
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A What People Should Read
B Why We Need Strict Goals
C How Millionaires Get Rich
D When People Will Become Millionaires
解析：选C。文章标题题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了那些百万富翁如何在经济上取得成功的。故选C。