I hear many parents saying that their teenagers are rebellious. I wish it were s

I hear many parents saying that theirteenagers are rebellious(反叛的). I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away fromyour parents. You should be learning to stand on your own feet. But take a goodlook at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the sameway of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking outbravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at another’s hands forsafety.

They say they want to dress as they please.But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music.But somehow reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such way is that thecords is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon—into a larger cocoon.

It has become harder and harder for ateenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way.Industry has firmly opened up a teenager market. These days every teenager canlearn from newspapers and TV what a teenager should have and be. And many oftoday’s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of theirchildren. All this adds up to great difficulty for the teenager who wants tofind his or her own path.

But the difficulty is worth getting over.The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music insteadof going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else iscollecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share atonce with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself.Popularity will come—with the people who respect you for who you are. That’sthe only kind of popularity that really counts.

73. The writer’s purpose in writing thispassage is mainly to tell _____________ .

readers how to be popular in the world

teenagers how to learn to decide things forthemselves

parents how to control and guide theirchildren

people how to understand and respect eachother

74. According to the writer, many teenagersthink they are brave enough to act on their own, but in fact, most of them______________.

have much difficulty in understanding eachother

have too much confidence in themselves

dare not do things in their own way

are very much afraid of getting lost

75. During the teenager years, one shouldlearn to __________ .

become different from others in as manyways as possible

find one’s real self

get into the right reason and becomepopular

rebel against parents  

试题答案

【答案】

73-75 BCB 

【解析】略