Passage 5

　　I hear many parents saying that their teenage children are rebellion. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they degree with their parents. Instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at one another’s hands for safety.

　　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 a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon—into a larger cocoon.

　　It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly opened up a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from newspapers and TV what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award high narks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to great difficulty for the teenager who wants to find 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 instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once 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’s the only kind of popularity that really counts.

　　1.The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to tell( ).

　　A. readers how to be popular in the world

　　B. parents how to control and guide their children

　　C. teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves

　　D. people how to understand and respect each other

　　2.According to the writer, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact, most of them( ).

　　A. are not sure of themselves

　　B. have much difficulty in understanding each other

　　C. dare not do things

　　D. are very much afraid of getting lost

　　3.During the teenage years, one should learn to( ).

　　A. become different from others in as many ways as possible

　　B. find one’s real self

　　C. get into the right reason and become popular

　　D. rebel against parents

　　答案及解析在下一页

　　1.【答案】C。推断题：根据You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they degree with their parents. Instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at one another’s hands for safety. 可知作者写这篇文章的目的是告诉青少年怎样自己决定事情，故选C。

　　2.【答案】A。理解题：根据It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they degree with their parents. Instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at one another’s hands for safety. 以及It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way.可知作者看来，许多青少年认为他们足够勇敢做出自己的决定，但事实上，他们中的大多数对于自己不确定，故选A。

　　3.【答案】B。细节题：根据Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come-----with the people who respect you for who you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really counts. 可知在青少年时代，一个人应该学会发现自我，故选B。