Ihearmanyparentscomplainingthattheirteenagechildrenarerebelling.Iwishitwereso.Atyourageyououghttobegrowingawayfromyourparents.Youshouldbelearningtostandonyourowntwofeet.Buttakeagoodlookatthepresentrebellion.Itseemsthatteenagersarealltakingthesamewayofshowingthattheydisagreewiththeirparents.Insteadofstrikingoutboldly (大胆地) ontheirown,mostofthemareattemptingtoseizeoneanother'shandsforreassurance.
Theyclaimtheywanttodressastheyplease.Buttheyallwearthesameclothes.Theysetoffinnewdirectionsinmusic.Butsomehowtheyallendupcrowdedroundlisteningtothesamerecord.Theirreasonforthinkingoractinginthus-and-suchawayisthatthecrowdisdoingit.Theyhavecomeoutoftheircocoon (蚕茧)-intoalargercocoon.
Ithasbecomeharderandharderforateenagertostandupagainstthepopularitywaveandtogohisorherownway.Industryhasfirmlycarvedout (创造出) ateenagemarket.Thesedayseveryteenagercanlearnfromtheadvertisementswhatateenagershouldhaveandbe.Andmanyoftoday'sparentshavecome toawardhighmarksforthepopularityoftheirchildren.Allthisaddsuptoagreatbarrierfortheteenagerwhowantstofindhisorherownpath.
Butthebarrierisworthclimbingover.Thepathisworthfollowing.Youmaywanttocollectrockswheneveryoneelseiscollectingrecords.Youmayhavesomethoughtsthatyoudon'tcaretoshareatoncewithyourclassmates.Well,gotoit.Findyourself.Beyourself.Popularitywillcome-withthepeoplewhorespectyouforwhoyouare.That'stheonlykindofpopularitythatreallycounts.
72.Thispassageismeantto___.
A.tellreadershowtobepopularamongpeoplearoundthem
B.suggestpeoplehowtounderstandandrespecteachother
C.encourageteenagerstolearntomaketheirchoicesanddecisions
D.suggestparentshowtoguideandteachtheirteenagechildren
73.Accordingtotheauthor,manychildrenaresaidtoberebelling,butactuallymostofthem___.
A.areverymuchafraidofbeingkeptalone
B.arenotcourageousandconfidentenough
C.arenotverypopularamongtheirclassmates
D.aregoodatstrikingoutboldlyontheirown
74.Theexpr