Question

    Sarah Stanley Fallaw is the author of The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth. She surveyed 600 millionaires and claimed that she found the_______of getting rich. She got her_______after surveying American millionaires in 2015 and 2016. The book is a(an)_______ to her father's research in the 1998 bestseller The Millionaire Next Door, which Thomas J. Stanley wrote with William D. Danko.

Stanley Fallaw_______ that resilience (恢复能力) in the face of_______and strict goal setting are important to building wealth. "To build wealth, to build one's own business, to_______critics and media and neighbors, you must have the_______to keep pursuing your goals past rejection and pain, " wrote Stanley Fallaw in the new book, _______Business Insider. She added, Millionaires and other_______successful Americans who decide to climb the corporate ladder, or________to create a financial independence lifestyle early do so by pushing on without________. "

Stanley Fallaw stresses the importance of setting goals and________ them, especially for budgeting. She says that living modestly even as your income________will allow you to devote a greater percentage of your income to ________ and building wealth. "Most millionaires we interviewed ________the great freedom that comes from spending below their means," Stanley Fallaw writes.

The author says that the desire to________ the spending habits of the people around can be highly________to building wealth. Particularly in the age of social media,________grand vacations and new purchases are________for the world to see, the perseverance to live ________ is important.

1.A.directions B.consequence C.importance D.secrets

2.A.evidence B.purpose C.findings D.ideas

3.A.follow-up B.inspiration C.reference D.back-up

4.A.argues B.opposes C.answers D.responds

5.A.examination B.rejection C.difficulty D.challenge

6.A.take B.satisfy C.value D.ignore

7.A.determination B.duty C.ambition D.conscience

8.A.according to B.thanks to C.apart from D.in terms of

9.A.mentally B.physically C.powerfully D.economical

10.A.regret B.struggle C.refuse D.hesitate

11.A.consideration B.patience C.stop D.effort

12.A.sticking to B.speaking for C.escaping from D.reaching for

13.A.decreases B.grows C.shrinks D.freezes

14.A.expenses B.accounts C.banks D.savings

15.A.neglected B.declared C.highlighted D.denied

16.A.keep up with B.cast aside C.put up with D.get rid of

17.A.reasonable B.harmful C.instructive D.worthwhile

18.A.where B.when C.which D.as

19.A.appreciated B.encouraged C.delivered D.broadcast

20.A.independently B.wastefully C.simply D.happily

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一位调查了600位百万富翁的作家声称，她发现了致富的秘诀，并介绍了致富的秘诀是什么。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：她调查了600个富翁，随后宣布她发现了变富的秘诀。A. directions方向；B. consequence结果；C. importance重要性；D. secrets秘诀。根据下文的strict goal setting are important to building wealth.可知此处用“秘诀”符合语境，故选D项。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：2015至2016年调查了美国的富翁后她有了发现。A. evidence证据；B. purpose目的；C. findings发现；D. ideas主意。结合常识，做了调查后就会有所发现，故选C项。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这本书是她父亲1998的畅销书Millionaire Next Door的后续，是她父亲和William D. Danko一起写的。A. follow-up后续；B. inspiration启发，灵感；C. reference参考；D. back-up支持。根据上文的书名The Next Millionaire Next Door可知Stanley Fallaw的书是父亲书的后续，故选A项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Stanley Fallaw表明面对拒绝时的坚韧毅力、坚持既定的目标对建立财富很重要。A. argues表明，证明；B. opposes反对；C. answers回答；D. responds回应。结合上下文可知，此处是指Stanley Fallaw的观点，故用“表明”符合语境，故选A项。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. examination检查，考试；B. rejection拒绝；C. difficulty困难；D. challenge挑战。根据下文的you must have the___7___to keep pursuing your goals past rejection and pain可知此处用“拒绝”符合语境，rejection是原词复现，故选B项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：据Stanley Fallaw的新书上说，为了建立财富、建立自己的事业、忽略批评、媒体和邻居，你必须有在被拒绝和痛苦后继续追求目标的抱负。A. take拿，带；B. satisfy使满意；C. value珍惜；D. ignore忽略。结合句意可知，此处是指想要获得财富就要忽略周围否定的声音，故选D项。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. determination决心；B. duty 职责；C. ambition抱负；D. conscience良知。结合句意可知，此处是指想要获得财富，就需要有抱负，故选C项。

8.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：同上。A. according to根据；B. thanks to由于，幸亏；C. apart from除了；D. in terms of就…...而言。结合上下文可知，此处是引用Stanley Fallaw书中的一段话，故用“根据”符合语境，故选A项。

9.考查副词词义辨析。句意：她补充道：“百万富翁和其他经济上成功的美国人决定爬上公司的阶梯，或者很早就努力创造一种经济上独立的生活方式，通过不停的努力而做到这一点。A. mentally精神上地；B. physically身体上地；C. powerfully有力地；D. economically经济上地。根据下文的or struggle to create a financial independence lifestyle可知此处用“经济上地”符合语境，economically和financial是同义词复现，故选D项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. regret后悔；B. struggle挣扎，努力；C. refuse拒绝；D. hesitate犹豫。结合上下文可知，此处是指想要有经济独立的生活方式，需要付出努力，故选B项。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. consideration考虑；B. patience耐心；C. stop停止；D. effort努力。根据下文的Stanley Fallaw stresses the importance of setting goals and sticking to them可知此处用“不停的努力”符合语境，without stop和 stick to是同义词复现，故选C项。

12.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：Stanley Fallaw强调设定目标和坚持下去的重要性，尤其在预算方面。A. sticking to坚持；B. speaking for为…...辩护；C. escaping from逃避；D. reaching for伸手去够。结合句意可知，此处是指不仅要设立目标还有能够坚持，且下文的the perseverance to live simply is important有暗示，perseverance和stick to是同义词复现，故选A项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管收入会增加也要过简朴生活，这样你就可以把收入中的很大一部分用来增加储蓄和积累财富。A. decreases减少；B. grows增长；C. shrinks减少；D. freezes冰冻。结合句意可知，此处是指即使收入比较高，也要简朴地生活，这样对积累财富有益，故选B项。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. expenses 开支；B. accounts账户；C. banks银行；D. savings存款。结合句意可知，此处是指把必要开支外的钱存起来，故选D项。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Stanley Fallaw在书中写道：“我们采访的大多数富翁都强调了花费低于收入带来的巨大自由。” A. neglected忽略；B. declared宣布；C. highlighted 强调；D. denied否定。结合上下文可知，此处是指即使富翁也不会过入不敷出的生活，他们强调简单生活的重要性，故选C项。

16.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：作者说，要想跟上周围人的消费习惯，这种诱惑对创造财富是非常有害的。A. keep up with跟上；B. cast aside抛弃；C. put up with 忍受；D. get rid of摆脱。结合句意可知，此处是指想和周围富人的消费习惯保持一致对积累财富有害，故选A项。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. reasonable合理的；B. harmful有害的；C. instructive增长知识的；D. worthwhile值得的。结合句意可知，此处是指想和周围富人的消费习惯保持一致对积累财富有害，故选B项。

18.考查定语从句关系词。句意：特别是在社交媒体时代，当奢华的假期和新的购物方式被广播给全世界时，坚持节俭生活是很重要的。A. where关系副词，地点状语；B. when关系副词，时间状语；C. which关系代词；D. as关系代词。分析句子结构可知，此处是定语从句关系词，先行词the age of social media在从句中充当时间状语，故用关系副词when，故选B项。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. appreciated感激，欣赏；B. encouraged鼓励；C. delivered投递；D. broadcast播报。根据上文的social media可知此处用“报道”符合语境，故选D项。

20.考查副词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. independently 独立地；B. wastefully浪费地；C. simply简单地；D. happily幸福地。根据上文的She says that living modestly even as your income___13___可知此处用“简单地生活”符合语境，simply和modestly是同义词复现。