Ⅰ. (2026 盐城东台第一教育联盟月考) 阅读理解
A loud noise wakes Jan up suddenly. She looks at the alarm clock beside the bed.
It’s five o’clock. Then she hears the noise again. It’s thunder. Then she hears a different noise. It’s the sound of something hitting the window. She gets up and goes to the window. She can see Tom standing outside in the rain. He’s shouting at Jan to tell her to come outside.
Jan gets dressed, puts on her jacket, and goes downstairs quietly, trying not to wake Tom’s parents.
“What are you doing, Tom?”
“The storm!” he says. “It’s the same storm as Thursday night’s. Let’s go to the tree. Maybe you can go home!”
Jan follows Tom down the road and then she remembers something.
“The time capsule(时间胶囊)!”
Tom shows her the biscuit tin under his jacket. “I’ve got it.” And now maybe there’s the possibility that she can return to the future. Soon they come to the river and then the old building. They run up the path through the trees and arrive at the piece of land with the apple tree.
“Now what do we do?” asks Jan.
“I put the time capsule back where I found it and…”
“And I go home.”
“Yes.”
Tom uses his hands to dig a hole by the tree. He buries the time capsule and then stands up.
Jan suddenly thinks of something. “Tom, I want to give you something from the time capsule.”
No, I don’t want anything. It’s more important for you to go home.Jan feels sad that Tom doesn’t want anything to remember her. But he’s right. The important thing is to get home.
“I’m never going to forget you, Tom. Thanks. You’re a real friend.”
“I promise.” Then he turns and runs back to the trees. Jan watches his shadow disappear into the trees.
—Taken from The Time Capsule
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B
)1. Jan wakes up suddenly because
.
A. Tom is shouting at her B. there is thunder outside
C. something is hitting the window D. the sound of the alarm clock is too loud
(
C
)2. What does the underlined part mean in the passage?
A. Tom refuses to make Jan forget him.
B. Tom doesn’t want anything to remember Jan.
C. Tom wants Jan to go home as soon as possible.
D. Tom advises Jan to take him to her home in the future.
(
D
)3. If Jan wants to go home, which things are necessary?
a. The jacket. b. The apple tree. c. The time capsule. d. The thunderstorm.
A. abc B. abd C. acd D. bcd
(
C
)4. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Jan digs a hole by the tree by herself.
B. Jan gives Tom something to remember her.
C. Jan lives in Tom’s home before she goes back home.
D. Jan and Tom haven’t seen each other for a long time.
