A loud noise wakes Jan up suddenly. She looks at the alarm clock beside the bed. It is five o'clock. Then thunder rumbles again, followed by a different sound—something hitting the window. She gets up and looks out to see Tom standing outside in the rain, shouting for 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 when she remembers something.
“The time capsule!”
Tom shows her the biscuit tin under his jacket. “I've got it.” Now maybe she could return to the future.
Soon they come to the river and the old building, running up the path through the trees until they arrive at the apple trees.
“Now what?” 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, buries the tin and 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 that you get home.”
Jan feels sad that Tom doesn't want anything to remember her, but knows he is right. The important thing is to get home.
“I'll never forget you, Tom. Thanks. You're a real friend.”
“Me too.” Then he turns and runs back to the trees. Jan watches his shadow disappear into the darkness.
(Adapted from *The Time Capsule*)
() 36. Jan wakes up suddenly because .
A. Tom is shouting at her
B. there is thunder outside
C. something is hitting the window
D. the alarm clock is too loud
() 37. What can we know about the time capsule from the passage?
A. It is a biscuit tin made of metal (金属).
B. Tom finds it by the river near the old building.
C. It is important for Jan to return to the future.
D. Jan puts only a letter to the future in it.
() 38. What do the underlined sentences mean in the passage?
A. Tom refuses to make Jan forget him.
B. Tom doesn't want to remember Jan.
C. Tom wants Jan to get home as soon as possible.
D. Tom advises Jan to take him to her home in the future.
() 39. If Jan wants to go home, which of the following may be necessary?
① The jacket. ② The apple trees. ③ The time capsule. ④ The storm.
A. ①②③
B. ①②④
C. ①③④
D. ②③④
() 40. 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.