Thomas Suarez is a 12-year-old schoolboy. He is now in the 6th grade at a middle school in Los Angeles. While most children of Thomas’ age are playing basketball or watching the Disney Channel, he’s creating apps and giving talks at TED (美国一家私有非营利机构).
Thomas is not even old enough to have a Facebook account (脸书网账号), but he has been strongly interested in computers and technology since before kindergarten (幼儿园 ). He’s established (建立) his own company, Carrot Corp, and has made two popular apps that are now sold in the App Store.
“A lot of kids these days like to play games, but now they want to make them,” he says. “And it’s difficult because not many kids know where to go to find out how to make a program. And not many parents have written apps.” So Thomas starts an App Club at school. Any student can come to learn to design (设计) an app. He says he is inspired (启发) by Steve Jobs.
In the future, Thomas wants to create more apps and more games. He also plans on continuing his App Club and finding other ways for students to share knowledge with each other.
根据短文内容,回答下面的问题。【小题1】What do children of Thomas’ age usually like to do?
【小题2】Does Thomas have a Facebook account?
【小题3】Since when has Thomas been strongly interested in computers and technology?
【小题4】Where did Thomas start his App Club?
【小题5】Who inspired him?