单选题

Passage Two　　

Today’s grandparents are joining their grandchildren on social media, but the different generations’ online habits couldn’t be more different.The over-55s are joining Facebook in increasing numbers, meaning that they will soon be the site’s second biggest user group, with 3.5 million users aged 55 -64 and 2.9 million over-65s.

Sheila, aged 59, says, “I joined to see what my grandchildren are doing, as my daughter posts videos and photos of them.It’s a much better way to see what they’re doing than waiting for letters and photos in the post.That’s how we did it when I was a child, but I think I’m lucky.I get to see so much more of their lives than my grandparents did.”
Ironically, Sheila’s grandchildren are less likely to use Facebook themselves.Children under 17 are leaving the site—only 2.2 million users are under 17—but they’re not going far from their smartphones.Chloe, aged 15, even sleeps with her phone.“It’s my alarm clock so I have to,” she says.“I look at it before I go to sleep and as soon as I wake up.”
Unlike her grandmother’s generation, Chloe’s age group is spending so much time on their phones at home that they are missing out on spending time with their friends in real life.Sheila, on the other hand, has made contact with old friends from school she hasn’t heard from in forty years.“We use Facebook to arrange to meet all over the country,” she says.“It’s changed my social life completely.”
Teenagers might have their parents to thank for their smartphone and social media addiction as their parents were the early adopters of the smartphone.Peter, 38 and father of two teenagers, reports that he used to be on his phone or laptop constantly.“I was always connected and I felt like I was always working,” he says.“How could I tell my kids to get off their phones if I was always in front of a screen myself?” So, in the evenings and at weekend, he takes his SIM card out of his smartphone and puts it into an old-style mobile phone that can only make calls and send text messages.“I’m not completely cut off from the world in case of emergencies, but the important thing is I’m setting a better example to my kids and spending more quality time with them.”
Is it only a matter of time until the generation above and below Peter catches up with the new trend for a less digital life?Which is NOT the author’s attitude toward the future of digital life?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据最后一段第一句“Is it only a matter of time until the generation above and below Peter catches up with the new trend for a less digital life.”可知作者认为无论老年人还是年轻人都应该过上更少电子化的生活。D选项不符合作者观点，故为正确答案。A、B、C选项均符合作者观点，故排除。
【全文翻译】
　　如今，祖父母们也跟随孙辈们加入了社交媒体的行列，但不同年代的人上网习惯截然不同。越来越多55岁以上的用户加入脸书，这意味着他们将很快成为该网站第二大用户群，55—64岁的用户有350万，65岁以上的用户有290万。
　　希拉今年59岁了，她说：“我上脸书是为了看看我的孙子们在做什么，因为我的女儿把他们的视频和照片都发到了网上。通过这样的方式了解他们的近况，比等待邮局寄来的信和照片好多了。在我小的时候人们就是通过邮局来了解亲人的近况。而我觉得自己很幸运，与祖父母的年代相比，现在我能更多地了解孩子们的生活。”
　　讽刺的是，希拉的孙子们不怎么使用脸书。17岁以下的儿童正在远离脸书——只有220万用户是17岁以下的——但他们并没有远离智能手机。15岁的克洛伊甚至会抱着手机睡觉。她说：“这是我的闹钟，所以我必须这么做，我在睡觉前和醒来时都会看看它。”
　　与她祖母那代不同，克洛伊这一年龄段的人在家里玩手机的时间太多了，以至于错过了现实生活中与朋友相处的时间。另一方面，希拉又和学校的老朋友取得了联系，她们已经四十年没有联系了。“我们通过脸书在全国各地安排见面，”她说。“这完全改变了我的社交生活。”
　　青少年沉迷于智能手机和社交媒体可能要归咎于他们的父母，因为他们的父母是智能手机的早期使用者。彼得今年38岁，是两个十几岁孩子的父亲。他过去经常使用手机或笔记本电脑。他说：“我总是在线，感觉自己一直在工作。”“如果我自己总是在屏幕前，我怎么能告诉我的孩子们放下手机呢？”所以，在晚上和周末，他把SIM卡取出，并把它放入一个只能打电话和发短信的老式手机中。“以防紧急情况，我并不是完全与世界隔绝，但重要的是我为孩子们树立了一个更好的榜样并且花更多的时间和他们在一起。”
　　让无论比彼得年纪大还是小的人赶上新趋势，过上较少数字化的生活，这只是时间问题吗？