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广东台山县2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练（一）含答案 （2016高考训练）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。 体裁：议论文　话题：自我推销　词数：307　时间：7′ According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal，we might all be braggarts 大话王 in this competitive society addicted to social networking. Take a close look at your social-networking sites.Do you like to post photos of yourself in restaurants to show others what an exciting life you have？Or do you like to write about how happily in love you are？Or perhaps you are of the subtle type who constantly complain about jobs but really just want to impress others with your important position. According to the results of a series of experiments conducted by Harvard University neuroscientists 神经科学家 ，the reward areas of our brain—the same areas that respond to “primary rewards” such as food—are activated when we talk about ourselves.We devote between 30 to 40 percent of our conversation time to doing just that.Unfortunately，Elizabeth Bernstein，a columnist with The Wall Street Journal，says，some people cant tell the difference between sharing positive information that others might actually want to know and direct bragging.She suggests that bragging involves comparison，whether stated or implied. “We are expected to be perfect all the time.The result is that more and more people are carefully managing their online images，”says Elizabeth Bernstein. But the issue is not limited to the Internet.In a fiercely competitive job market we must sell ourselves on multiple platforms and show that we are better than others.In fact，we have become so accustomed to bragging that we dont even realize we are doing it，according to Bernstein.This is harmful to our relationships and puts people off. Bernstein talked to some experts who said that people brag for all sorts of reasons：to appear worthy of attention；to prove to ourselves we are doing fine and that people who said we would fail are wrong；or simply because were excited when good things happen to us. “Feel sorry for them，because theyre