I hear many parents saying that their teenagers are rebellious(反叛的). 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 feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at 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 way is that the cords 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 teenager 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 marks 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.
73. The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is mainly to tell _____________ .
readers how to be popular in the world
teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves
parents how to control and guide their children
people how to understand and respect each other
74. According to the writer, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but in fact, most of them ______________.
have much difficulty in understanding each other
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 should learn to __________ .
become different from others in as many ways as possible
find one’s real self
get into the right reason and become popular
rebel against parents  
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22. A. helpless                     B. alone                C. sad                          D. tiny
23. A. in the middle of       B. in                    C. among                     D. between
24. A. the one                     B. ones                 C. the ones                   D. one
25. A. make fun of           B. take care of       C. do with                   D. arrange with
26. A. besides                      B. none other than C. but                          D. except for
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28. A. women                      B. boys                C. girls                        D. men
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32. A. said                          B. saying              C. to say                      D. say
33. A. hands                        B. legs                  C. fingers                   D. toes
34. A. ugly                      B. considerate       C. bad                         D. criminal
35. A. though                   B. in spite of         C. no matter how          D. even if
36. A. shook                    B. hugged             C. slapped                    D. patted
37. A. call back                B. look back         C. come back               D. go back
38. A. next                       B. on             C. in front of               D. close to
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d. ensuring people's psychological well-being
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