Ihearmanyparentssayingthattheirteen-agechildrenarerebellion(反叛).Iwishitwereso.Atyourageyououghttobegrowingawayfromyourparents.Youshouldbelearningtostandonyourownfeet.Buttakeagoodlookatthepresentrebellion.Itseemsthatteen-agersarealltakingthesamewayofshowingthattheydisagreewiththeirparentsinsteadofstrikingoutbravelyontheirownmostofthemaretryingtoseizeatoneanohter’shandsforsafety.
Theysaytheywanttodressastheyplease.Buttheyallwearthesamecloths.TheysetoffinnewdirectionsinmusicButsomehowtheyallendupcrowdedaroundlisteningtothesamerecordTheirreasonsforthinkingoractinginthus-and-suchawayisthatthecrowdisdoingit.Theyhavecomeoutoftheircocoon(蚕茧)―intoalargecocoon.
Ithasbecomesharderandharderforateen-agertostandupagainstthepopularitywaveandtogohisorherownway.Industryhasfirmlyopenedupateen-agermarket.Thesedayseveryteen-agercanlearnfromnewspapersandTVwhatateen-agershouldhaveandbe.Andmayoftoday’sparentshavecometoawardhighmarksforthepopularityoftheirchildren.Allthisaddstogreatdifficultyofrateen-agerwhowantstofindhisorherpath.
Butthedifficultyisworthgettingover.Thepathisworthfollowing.Youmaywanttolistentoclassicalmusicinsteadofgoingtoaparty.Youmaywanttocollectrockswheneveryoneiscollectingrecords.Youmayhavesomethoughtsthatyoudon’tcaretoshareatoncewithyourclassmates.Wellgotoit.Findyourself.Beyourself.Popularitywillcome-withthepeoplewhorespectyouforwhoyouare.That’stheonlykindofpopularitythatreallycounts.
72.Thewriter’spurposeinwritingthispassageistotell .
A.readershowtobepopularintheworld
B.teen-agershowtolearntodecidethingsforthemselves
C.parentshowtocontrolandguidetheirchildren
D.peoplehowtounderstandandrespecteachother
73.Accordingtothewritermanyteen-agersthinkthattheyarebraveenoughtoactontheirownbutinfactmostofthem .
A.havemuchdifficultyinunderstandingeachother
B.arenotsureofthemselves
C.darenotdothings
D.areverymuchafraidofgettinglost
74.Which