Lin Hanxing is a 30-year-old who lives in Beijing. She owns just five shirts, two pairs of pants, fo

Lin Hanxing is a 30-year-old who lives in Beijing. She owns just five shirts, two pairs of pants, four pairs of shoes and a few other things. It's hard to believe that only five years ago, Lin was one of those people who couldn't stop buying stuff. Back then, she had more than 400 pieces of clothing and handbags
But that was before she saw an online challenge in 2014, introduced by Joshua Becker, a blogger in the United States who was promoting(推广) a minimalist lifestyle(极简生活方式). He encouraged people to reduce the number of their belongings to fewer than 100. Lin wasn’t strongly against it, so she got rid of 90 percent of her stuff. She also deleted(删除) 120 contacts she never spoke to from her social networking account. After doing all that, Lin said she felt “lighter”.
We used to think owning more was the way to lead a rich life. But now many people tend to believe that the opposite is also true--and perhaps truer.
According to US sociologist Joel Stillerman, people who are educated and well-off are more likely to have a minimalist lifestyle. “These people are making the statement: ‘I can afford to have less.’,”he said.
But leading a minimalist lifestyle doesn't mean spending less. A report by UK market research company Euromonitor found young Chinese people spend less on possessions, but more on short holidays and visits to the movies.
“They are looking for a life that is all about culture,” Alison Angus, head of lifestyles at Euromonitor, said about Chinese youth.
So perhaps it all comes down to how we define(定义) “rich”. Is wealth in life about buying more and owning more, or is it about having a more colorful life?
8. The author mentioned the change of Lin Hanxing to _______.
A. introduce the minimalist lifestyle
B. encourage us readers to buy less
C. explain the popularity of owning less
D. explain the importance of a new lifestyle
9. What’s Lin Hanxing’s attitude towards the online challenge in the beginning?
A. She was very fond of it.
B. She thought it worth a try.
C. She was strongly against it.
D. She thought it must be painful.
10. According to the passage, young Chinese people care more about _______.
A. possessions B. culture
C. education D. clothes
11. If one is rich, he is more likely to _______.
A. spend less B. buy more
C. own less D. experience more
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