12．It seems that the great desire among the young is to be popular．The desire to be popular can force you into looking and acting like everyone else．You can lose yourself in a sea of similar hairstyles and thinking styles．
I was forced to think about popularity not too long ago in a talk I had with my daughter．Margy had to change schools when my busy work schedule made it necessary for me to move houses．I suppose that，for a girl in her teens，entering a new school is like spending a season alone in the tropical jungles．At least that's how Margy found it at first．However，as the school year drew to a close，one student after another came to her．I told Margy that I would have been more concerned if she had been an instant social success in her new school．Nobody can please everyone．If you try to do so，you will find values as lasting as soap bubbles blown into the air．
Some teenagers claim they want to dress as they please．But they all wear the same clothes．They set off in new directions in music．But somehow they all end up listening to the same record．Their reason for thinking or acting in a certain way is that the crowd is doing it．They have come out of their cocoon（繭）into a larger cocoon．
I know that it has become harder for a young person to stand up against the popularity wave．Our way of life makes a young non-conformist stand out like a Martian．These days there's a great barrier for the young person who wants to find his or her own path．But the barrier is worth climbing over．You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party．Well，go to it．
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．
24．Why was the author worried about his daughter's popularity in her new school？D
A．She might find no true friends．
B．She would ignore her academic performance．
C．She had no idea of her own．
D．She might betray her true self．
25．What does the author think of most teenagers？C
A．They're afraid of getting lost in life．
B．They have difficulty understanding each other．
C．They lack the courage to be truly different．
D．They find it hard to gain popularity as expected．
26．What is the probable meaning of the underlined word"non-conformist"in Paragraph 4？C
A．Someone who cares about others'opinion．
B．Someone who desires popularity greatly．
C．Someone who behaves in his own way．
D．Someone who wants to please others．
27．What is the author's purpose of writing this passage？A
A．To persuade readers to go after valuable popularity．
B．To tell parents how to guide their children．
C．To criticize the present values and beliefs．
D．To suggest a good way to be popular．
分析 本文作者從自己女兒換了新學(xué)校后迅速受到新同學(xué)歡迎的事實談起，批判了那些為迎合他人而放棄自我的行為方式，并就"受歡迎"表達了自己的觀點：做真實的自己，別人也會尊重你的本真．
解答 24．D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"I would have been more concerned if she had been an instant social success in her new school．That，to me，would have been proof that she had betrayed her true self in order to become popular．Nobody can please everyone"可知，作者認為如果他女兒在新學(xué)校已取得人際交往上的即刻成功的話，那么對作者來說，女兒肯定是違背了真實的自我以取悅他人，使自己變得受歡迎．故選D．
25．C．細節(jié)理解題．由第五段的內(nèi)容可知，一些青少年想要隨心所欲地穿衣搭配，但卻和大多數(shù)人穿得一樣；一些人在音樂方面想走不同的路，但最終卻還是和大多數(shù)人聽一樣的歌；他們思考或做事的方式也總是和大眾差不多．由此推斷，作者認為大多數(shù)青少年缺少與眾不同的勇氣．故選D．
26．C．詞義猜測題．由第六段中的"I know that it has become harder and harder for a young person to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way"可知，想要與眾不同，走自己的路越來越難了．由此可推知畫線詞"nonconformist"指的應(yīng)是"不遵循常規(guī)的人"．故選C．
27．A．主旨大意題．由全文內(nèi)容可知，作者從自己女兒換了新學(xué)校后迅速受到新同學(xué)歡迎的事實談起，批判了那些為迎合他人而放棄自我的行為方式，并就"受歡迎"表達了自己的觀點：做真實的自己，別人也會尊重你的本真．因此，作者的寫作目的在于勸誡讀者追求有價值的名氣，而不要去一味地迎合他人．故選A．
點評 本文是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，題目涉及多道主旨大意題，細節(jié)理解題，推理判斷題．做題時學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測．
