Ineveryschoola“top”crowdsetsthepace，whiletheothersfollowtheirlead.Let’ssaythetopcrowddecidesthatitissmarttowearbrightredsweaters.Prettysooneverybodyiswearing 1brightredsweater.Thereisnothingwrongwiththat 2 thefactthatonsomepeopleabrightredsweateris 3 (extreme)unbecoming(不得体的).Thesituationcanevenbecomedangerous，ifthetopcrowddecidesthatitissmarttodrinkortodrivecarsatseventymilesanhour.Thenthepeople 4 (follow)theleadareendangeringtheirlives.Theyarelikethesheep’s 5 (lead)tothebutcher.Nowchancesare 6 youhavecomeacrosssituationslikethesemorethanonceinlife;yourchancesarethatonetimeor 7 youprobablydidsomethingyouknewtobewrong.Youmayhaveexcusedyourselfbysaying，“Gee，thecrowddoesit.”Well，letthecrowddoit，butdon’tdoityourself.Learntosay，“No.”
Developyourownstandardsandyourownjudgment. 8 youknowthecrowdisplanningsomethingyou 9 (agree)with，havethecouragetobowout(辞职)politely.You’llhavethe 10 (satisfy)ofstandingonyourowntwofeet.