As so many teenagers are attracted to the wonderful digital products, it comes as a surprise to learn that Apple’s co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs had serious reservations about allowing his own children to spend too much time staring at electronic devices.

In a New York Times article published recently, tech journalist Nick Bilton reveals that Jobs, who died in 2011, once admitted to being a “low-tech parent” When Bilton asked Jobs, in 2010, whether his own kids loved Apple’s iPad, Jobs replied: “They haven’t used it. We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”

Bilton reveals that, since his surprising conversation with Jobs, he has had similar discussions with other well-known figures in the tech industry.

Chris Anderson, a former editor, told Bilton that he set strict time limits and parental controls on every device at home. “My kids accuse me and my wife of being fascists,” he said. “They say that none of their friends have the same rules. That’s because we have seen the dangers of technology first hand. I’ve seen it in myself, I don’t want to see that happen to my kids.”

Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles recently published a study which concluded that removing gadgets from children for just a few days immediately improves their social skills. An article in Newsweek last month suggested that American children spend more than seven and a half hours a day using smartphones and other electronic screens.

So before we all get too carried away with Apple's latest gadgets, perhaps we should all follow the example of Jobs. According to Walter Isaacson, who spent a lot of time at Jobs’ house when they worked on a book together, face-to-face family interaction always came before screentime. “Every evening Steve made a point of having dinner at the big long table in their kitchen, discussing books and history and a variety of things,” Isaacson told Nick Bilton. “No one ever pulled out an iPad or computer. The kids did not seem addicted at all to devices.”

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1.What are “low-tech parents” like according to Steve Jobs?

A Parents who don’t know much about technology.

B Parents who don’t like their kids to learn technology at home.

C Parents restricting their kids from using technology at home.

D Parents not allowing their kids to use Apple products.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第二段，结合文章最后一段可知，乔布斯限制孩子们在家里使用智能手机或直板电脑等电玩产品。并不是家长对技术的无知。

2.What was it that made Chris Anderson to control his children in using digital device?

A He was a fascist that controls everything of his kids.

B He has seen the terrible effect of using digital gadgets himself.

C He didn’t know the pleasure of using electrical gadgets.

D Other parents also limit their kids from using digital devices.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第四段we have seen the dangers of technology first hand可知，由于自己对电玩产品的副作用的亲身体验或观察，才导致Anderson痛下决心，控制孩子们使用电玩，不让他们重蹈覆辙。

3.What can we learn from the research of the University of California Los Angeles?

A Electronic gadgets are making children less sociable.

B Children are spending too much time on digital devices.

C Digital use helps children make new friends.

D Parents are worried about their kids in using smartphones.

解析：选A。A 推理判断题。根据文章第五段…removing gadgets from children for just a few days immediately improves their social skills可知，停止使用数码产品几天之后，孩子们的社交能力有所提高。由此判断，由于沉溺于电玩产品，很多孩子目前的问题是缺乏沟通能力，缺乏社交能力。

4.What does the underlined phrase most probably mean in Paragraph Six?

A Moved to other places.

B Leaving after payment.

C Given admission to use

D Attracted deeply.

解析：选D。D 猜测词义题。根据语境可知，人们对电子产品过于留恋，作者告诫人们应该向乔布斯学习，对自己及孩子使用电玩的行为进行控制。由此判断，carried away意为“吸引，留恋”。

5.Why does the author include the words of Walter Isaacson in the passage?

A To prove that Jobs’ reservation about his kids’ using digital devices.

B To tell us that Jobs spent much time teaching his children.

C To show us that Jobs had good relations with his children.

D To tell us that Jobs was a knowledgeable businessman leader.

解析：选A。A 推理判断题。文章的开头用serious reservation描述乔布斯限制孩子使用电子产品的思想意识，此处用Walter Isaacson的话对此进行印证，使文章结构完整、紧凑。