I heard many parentscomplaining that their teenage children are rebelling,I wish it were so.At yourage you ought to be growing away from your parents.You should be

learning to stand onyour own two feet.______(46)It seems that teenagers are taking the same way ofshowing that they disagree with their parents.Instead of striking out

boldly on theirown,most of them are clutching at one another's hands for reassurance.

They claim they wantto dress as they please.But they all wear the same clothes.They set off in newdirections in music.______(47)Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-

and-such a way isthat the crowd is doing it.They have come out of their cocoon（蚕茧）-into a larger cocoon.

It has become harderand harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go hisor her own way.Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market.______

(48)And many oftoday's parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of theirchildren.All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to findhis

or her own path.

But the barrier isworth climbing over.The path is worth following.You may want to listen toclassical music instead of going to a party.You may want to collect rocks when

everyone else iscollecting records.______(49)Well,go to it.Find yourseff.Be yourself.Popularitywill come with the people who respect you for who you are.______(50）.______(46)

A.Most teenagersclaim that they want to do what they like to,but they are actually doing thesame.

B.That's the onlykind of popularity that really counts.

C.But some how theyall end up crowded round listening to the same record.

D.You may have somethoughts that you don't care to share at once with your classmates.

E.These days everyteenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be.