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 阅读理解When the parcel arrives, the remote-controlled car inside is broken. That could easily result in an unhappy child -but not this time. The package has come from a British start-up that hopes to equip the nation's youngsters with an endangered skill: the ability to fix gadgets when they fail. The aim is to encourage 10 to 14-year-olds to try fixing electronic devices and learn how they work, by sending them faulty toys that they have to take apart and repair themselves. The company, Team Repair, has been founded by five engineering graduates from Imperial College London. Having begun as a university project， its ultimate goal is to steer children into careers in science and to nurture（培养）a new generation of engineers and inventors. "Every month, we'll send children an electronic gadget with a carefully planned fault," said Patrick McGuckian,22,the chief operating officer. "The idea is that they learn key repair skills, and that they also learn the science and technology behind how the components inside it work. "It is estimated that two million tonnes of electrical and electronic items are thrown away in the UK each year. "Meanwhile, the UK has a Stem [science, technology, engineering and maths ] skills shortage costing£1. 5 billion a year,"McGuckian said. "We wanted to help solve those two problems. "The service-currently in a testing phase-will cost £28 a month, with each kit designed to keep a child occupied for several hours. Once a gadget has been mended, you post it back so it can be broken again for somebody else to fix. There is also an app to provide instructions on how to perform the repair, and also mini science lessons. "As a society we've been tuned to replace rather than repair," McGuckian said. "We want to encourage a different mindset in the next generation-and on top of that, we want them to be creative, to be engineers, to be inventors that solve the biggest problems. " （1） Why does the author mention the remote-controlled car in the first paragraph? A . To introduce the topic. B . To present a fact. C . To make a comparison. D . To explain a point. （2） What's the aim of setting up the company Team Repair? A . To provide children with faulty toys. B . To reduce the use of electronic items. C . To help children learn Stem skills for free. D . To equip children with the ability to repair. （3） What will children get if they sign up for the service? A . The gadget after being repaired. B . Face-to-face guidance to mend. C . Some mini science lessons online. D . A faulty electronic gadget weekly. （4） What is the suitable title for the text? A . Broken Toys Have a Good Place to Go B . Team Repair for Young People was Set Up C . The Ability to Fix Gadgets is to be Improved D . Broken Toys Offer Neat Fix for Skills Shortage 答案： A D C D

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