名校名师精讲英语四级考试阅读题的讲义（12）

　　I hear many parents complaining that their teen-age children are rebelling, 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 disagree with their parents. Instead

　　of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching at There is no popularity that really counts.

　　B) What many parents are doing is in fact hindering their children from finding their own paths.

　　C) It is not necessarily bad for a teen-ager to disagree with his or her classmates.

　　D) Most teen-agers claim that they want to do what they like to, but they are actually doing the same.

　　注：1.与文章最后一句话相反

　　2.no + n. 中no 相当于not any 表示没有任何的，为绝对化语气

　　no + adj. 中no 表示否定

　　But the barrier is worth climbing 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 dont 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. Thats the only kind of popularity that really counts.

　　9. The author thinks of advertisements as ____.

　　A) convincing B) influential C) instructive D) authoritative

　　注：态度题，找作者直接评价语句，倒数第二段，应该是负评价。

　　convincing 有说服力的 authoritative 权威的

　　instructive 有启发性的,有教育意义的

　　influential 有影响的

　　A、C、D都属于正面评价，只有B为中性评价

　　It has become harder and harder for a teen-ager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry firmly carved out a teen-age market. These days every teen-ager can learn from the advertisements what a teen-ager should have and be. And many of todays parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teen-ager who wants to find his or her own path.

　　10. During the teen-age years, one should learn to ____.

　　A) differ from others in as many ways as possible

　　B) get into the right season and become popular

　　C) find ones real self

　　D) rebel against parents and the popularity waves

　　注：考最后一段，作者提出的建议