As the economic crisis goes
worse, some reader are turning to bookstores for advice on how to manage their
own finances. Below are the top-ten selling books in both categories for the
week ended Oct.18 at Barnes & Noble Inc., the country’s largest book
retailer (零售商).
Here readers are buying books whose titles feature such words as “failed”,
“crisis” and “danger”.
1.The total Money Makeover by
Dave Ramsey. A primer on how to cut debt, save money and create a financial
strategy.
2.Debt Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want
You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau. A look into the dangers of credit card
spending and how to reduce your expenses.
3.Women & Money: Owning the
Power to Control Your Destiny by Suze Orman, Ms. Orman writes about how women
can gain better control of their finances by better understanding their
relationship with money.
4.The Money Book for the Young,
Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman. A book on what the young need to know now
about money management.
5.The Smart Cookies’ Gude to
Making More Dough by the Smart Cookies with Jennifer Barrett. The book’s
advice: Take charge and get out of debt.
6.The Forgotten Man: A New
History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes. A look at what happened during
that other crisis.
7.The Partnership: The Making of
Goldman Sachs by Charles D. Ellis. An inside look at the famed
investment-banking firm.
8.“Bad Money: Reckless Finance,
Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin
Phillips. Mr. Phillips documents the unreaveling of the U.S. economy.
9.The New Paradigm for Financial
Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros. An
analysis of the issue behind the crisis and their implications.
10.The World is Cured: Hidden
Dangers to the Global Economy by David M. Smick. An inside look at what went
wrong with the banking system here and abroad.
1.What is the best title for the passage?
A.A Personal
Financial List
B.The Country’s Largest Book
Seller
C.Serious Economic Crisis
D.Ten Books to Read in the
Financial Crisis
2.The reason why readers
are buying books including “failed, crisis, danger” is that .
A.they are
discouraged with the serious financial crisis
B.they are to find advice to get
through the financial crisis
C.they are concerned about
failures in the world
D.they have no choice but to read
such books
3.If you desire to get out of debt, you’d
better read the book written by .
A.David M. Smick
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B.Suze Orman
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C.Kevin Phillips
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D.the Smart Cookies
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4.From the text we know that ______.
A.Charles D. Ellis is famous as
an investment-banking manager
B.George Soros has given the
detailed root of present economic crisis
C.Amity Shlaes is only interested
in the past economic crisis
D.Dave Ramsey is the current
Minister of the USA.