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You'velikelyencounteredthehumblebragbefore一

boasting（吹嘘）disguisedasacomplaint,suchas:'Tmhaving

suchastressfulday.IgottwojoboffersandIdon11knowwhatto

do."

Thisisatypicalexampleofhumblebragging,atermcoined

bycomedicwriterHarrisWittelsreferringto"aspecifictypeof

boastthatallowstheoffendertobroadcasttheirachievements

withoutthenecessaryshameandguiltthatshouldnormally

accompanysuchclaims”.Insimplerterms,it'sawaytodisguise

aboastwithsomehumility.Humblebraggingcomesintwo

differentforms.Thefirstishumility-based,anexamplebeing,

"Ican'tbelieveIgotthehighestgradeinmyclass."Thesecond

typecomesmixedwithabitofcomplaint,forexample,"Ican,

tbelievethatshopkeeperaskedmeforID.Fm25!z,

Peopledon,tlikeitwhenothershumblebragbecausethey

findtheyarelackinginsincerity.Sincerityisacriticaldimension

ofsocialevaluation,whichisviewedasfundamentaltopeople,

sidentity.Infact,sincerityisprizedevenabovecompetenceand

warmthinothers,accordingtoDrSezer.

Ifhumblebraggingdoesn,twork,andnoonelikesit,whydo

westilldoit?Weallwanttohighlightourpositivequalities

withoutseemingproud.Byspeakinginacomplaintoran

expressionofhumility,wehopewe'IIsomehowlandonthe

"sweetspot“ofself-presentation:promotingourselveswhile

alsoconveyinglikability.Inaddition,researchsuggeststhat

peoplemayexperiencepositiveemotionswhile

humblebragging.

Consideringthatwe'realllikelytofeeltheurgeto

humblebrag,atleasttosomeextent,theproperresponsewhen

wehearafrienddoingitmaybetosimplyletitgo—because

ultimatelywe'regoingtodoitourselves,andtobewhoreally

wanttobecalledoutonit.

5.Whichofthefollowingremarksisanexampleof

humblebragging?

A.HowIhatehearingmyvoiceonTV!

B.Tmthrilledtobeawardedthefirstprize.

C.Izmtheonlypersontogetpromotedinthefirm.

D.HowIdislikedoingthesamethingeveryday!

6.Whichcanbestdescribepeople'simpressionof

humblebraggers?

A.Honest.B.Humble.

C.Insincere.D.Incapable.

7.Whydopeoplehumblebrag?

A.Tolifttheirspirits.

B.Toexpresstheircomplaints.

C.Toimprovetheirmoralqualities.

D.Toshowoffwithoutbringingannoyance.

8.Whatarepeopleadvisedtodowhenhearingahumblebrag

fromafriend?

A.Followitup.B.Leaveitalone.

C.Turnagainstit.D.Gettotherootofit.

ACDB

Dengueisaverypainfulillnessspreadbymosquitoes.In

severecases,denguecanevenbedeadly.Dengueisaserious

diseaseaffectingpeopleinaround120countries.ltcancause

highfevers,headaches,andseverepain.Ifscausedbya

virusspreadbybitesfrommosquitoes.Therefore,dengueis

morecommoninwarmareas.Everyyear,roughly390million

peoplegetdengue,andasmanyas25,000diefromit.

Nowscientistsseemtohavefoundawaytoprotecthumans

fromdenguebyfirstprotectingmosquitoes.Denguefeveris

causedbyavirus.Thoughitmayseemstrangetothinkofitthis

way,themosquitoesthatspreadthedenguevirusarealso

infectedwithit.Butthevirusdoesn,tseemtohurtthe

mosquitoes.

Wolbachiaisakindofbacteriacommonlyfoundinmany

insects.Insomeinsects,Wolbachiacankeepsomeviruses

fromduplicatingthemselves,whichishowvirusesgrowinsidea

body.Wolbachiaisnztnaturallyfoundinmosquitoes.Butby

infectingthesemosquitoeswithWolbachia,scientistscankeep

themosquitoesfromcatchingthedenguevirus.Evenbetter,the

youngmosquitoescomingfromtheeggsoftheinfected

mosquitoesalsocarryWolbachia.

ResearchersworkingwiththeWorldMosquitoProgram

(WMP)rana27-monthstudyinYogyakarta,Indonesia.Theysplit

a10-square-mileareaupinto24smallerareas.Inhalfofthe

areas,thescientistsdidnothing.Intheotherhalf,theysetout

containersofeggsfrommosquitoesthathadWolbachia.They

didthiseverytwoweeksforjust4to6months.

Tenmonthslater,80%ofthemosquitoesinthetreatedareas

carriedWolbachia.Theresearchersreportthenumberofdengue

casesinthetreatedareaswasreducedby77%andthatthe

numberofpeopleneedinghospitalcarefordenguedroppedby

86%.

Becausetheresultsoftheexperimentweresogood,the

WHOhasplacedWolbachia-infectedmosquitoeggsinallparts

ofYogyakartaandsurroundingareas.TheWHOsaysthatwithin

ayear,theireffortswillprotect2.5millionpeopleagainst

dengueandthattheireffortswillbeturnedintoaprogramthat

canberepeatedworldwide.

4.Whatkindofdiseaseisdengue?

A.Itislikelytocausedeath.

B.Itcausesnopainbutfevers.

C.Ithappenslessofteninhotareas.

D.Ithurtsbothpeopleandmosquitoes.

5.Theunderlinedword“duplicating"inParagraph3most

probablymeans"".

A.worseningtheharmof

B.expandingthesizeof

C.increasingforcesof

D.makingcopiesof

6.Whatcanbe