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 wings, most of them are clutching at one another’s hands for reassurance. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. They have come out of their cocoon—into a larger cocoon.
Teenage rebellion, according to psychologist Laurence Steinberg, coauthor of You and Your Adolescent, has been greatly overstated. Many other psychologists agree. The idea that teenagers inevitably rebel is a myth that has the potential for great family harm. This notion can damage communication during this critical time for parents to influence youngsters.
Still adolescence is often a trying time of transition for child and parent. Teenagers need to establish themselves as individuals—in their own minds and in the eyes of others. This search isn’t about rebellion: it’s about becoming a person of one’s own. " Teenagers ought to be growing away from their parents and learning to stand on their own two feet, " says Steinberg.
Here is one way parents can help: don’t stereotype. " Parents who expect teenage rebellion may actually stir it up, " says Kenneth I. Howard, a member of a research team that collected survey data on more than 20,000 teenagers over a 28-year period.
Howard cautions parents not to resort to suppression at the first sight of adolescent independence, fearful that giving in even slightly now means drugs cannot be far behind. When parents overreact, teenagers assert themselves more, parents clamp down harder, and a full-scale blowup results.
In fact, psychologists say that there is no inevitable pattern to teenage behavior, and no such creature as a typical teenager. Your teenager is now larger, per, older and smarter than before, with an additional supply of hormone raging through the bloodstream. But he or she is still the same human being you have lived with since birth. Given a chance, your son or daughter will continue to behave in ways you have established.
" A larger cocoon " as mentioned in paragraph 2 refers to the situation that（）
A.teenagers disagree with their parents
B. teenagers want to be independent
C. teenagers cannot escape from the popularity wave
D. teenagers need support from their fellow teenagers
参考答案：C
解析：
语义理解题。本题问第二段提到的“更大的束缚”指的是哪种情况。cocoon本意指“茧”，这里可引申为“束缚”的意思。在第二段中作者提到了两个“束缚”：第一个是“…teenagers are…showing that they disagree with their parents”(…青少年…表达他们与父母的分歧)，即青少年想要挣脱父母的束缚，成为一个独立的人；接着作者提到大多数青少年现在还不敢振翅高飞，而是紧握彼此的手以获取安慰，他们之所以如此想、如此做是因为大家都这样。下文又提到对于他们来说越来越难以对抗流行的浪潮。第二段最后一句提到“They have come out of their cocoon—into a larger cocoon.”(他们只是冲破了一重束缚而又陷入了更大的一重束缚而已。)也就是说，流行的浪潮成了他们难以摆脱的更大的束缚了。因此C项正确。A项为第一种束缚；B、D两项是青少年想要达到的目的而不是束缚。