《2026年江苏13大市中考名卷优选38套英语》

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When Jan walks into the kitchen, her mum is
sitting at the table, reading a book and drinking a
cup of tea. Jan goes to the fridge and looks inside for
a drink. It's a choice between a cola and an apple
juice. The apple juice wins.
"Don't eat anything," Mum says. "Dinner's in
20 minutes."
Jan doesn't answer. She takes a glass from the
cupboard above the sink, sits down opposite Mum,
and pours the apple juice into the glass.
"Mum?"
"Uh-huh?"
Mum doesn't look up from her book. It's
always the same. When she starts reading a book,
she can't stop until she reaches the end. It makes
Dad mad.
"Can you give me something for my time
capsule?"
Mum looks up from her book. Suddenly she's
interested.
"Your what?"
"My time capsule. It's for a school project."
"What's a time capsule?"
Jan can't believe her mum doesn't know what a
time capsule is. Everyone knows what a time capsule
is.
"A time capsule ... you know."
"No, I don't know."
"You put things inside it and then you bury(埋)
it in the garden for someone to find in the future.
That's why it's called a time capsule."
Mum puts down her book. She drinks some
more tea and looks across at Jan.
"What do you put inside?"
"Things. Personal things ... a letter ... things
related to now ... this year ... a diary or a
newspaper, for example." Jan looks at the apple
juice. "Or a bottle of apple juice. When the person
finds the time capsule in the future, they can
discover things about the past. They can read the
newspaper. They can find out what people ate and
drank, and they can find out about ... me."
"How do you know someone is going to find it?"
"I don't."
"I see. And this is a school project?"
"Yes. It's for History. For Mrs Zinger."
"And you want me to give you something to put
inside the time capsule?" Jan makes a face. It's a
face Mum recognizes. It's the face Jan makes to say
Mum doesn't understand. Mum never understands.
"No, Mum. You don't understand. I want
something to put the things into. I need a container.
Have you got anything? Please?"
"What kind of thing?"
"I don't know. A box? I need something strong
to protect the things inside."
Mum looks around the room and thinks.
Suddenly she has an idea. She goes to one of the
cupboards and takes out a large old biscuit tin.
"Here it is," she says, opening the tin and looking
inside.
—Taken from The Time Capsule
31. From the story, we can know Jan's mother
is C.
A. a woman who often shows off
B. a woman who never reads books
C. a woman who is interested in Jan's time capsule
D. a woman who knows what a time capsule is
32. Why does Jan want to make a time capsule?
A. To travel to the future.
B. To finish her school project.
C. To wake her up on time.
D. To give her mother a surprise.
33. What does Jan use as the container at last?
A. A biscuit tin.
B. A cupboard.
C. A glass.
D. A bottle.
34. What is the RIGHT order of what Jan does in
the story?
①Jan puts the newspaper into the biscuit tin.
②Jan tells her mother about what a time capsule
is.
③Jan's History teacher asks her to make a time
capsule.
④Jan's mother helps her find a biscuit tin as the
container.
A. ②①④③
B. ①③②④
C. ①②④③
D. ③②④①
35. What would probably happen next in the story?
A. Jan will bury the time capsule.
B. Jan will break the time capsule into pieces.
C. Jan will give the time capsule to her mother.
D. Jan will send the time capsule to Mrs Zinger.

答案： 31.C 细节理解。根据第七段和第八段可知，Jan的妈妈对Jan的时间胶囊很感兴趣。
32.B 细节理解。根据第十段内容可知，Jan想要制作一个时间胶囊是因为她要完成学校的一项研究项目。
33.A 细节理解。根据最后一段可知，Jan最终用一个饼干盒作为容器。
34.D 细节排序。通读全文可知，正确的顺序是：Jan的历史老师让她做一个时间胶囊→Jan告诉她妈妈什么是时间胶囊→Jan的妈妈帮她找了一个饼干盒作为容器→Jan把报纸放进饼干盒里。
35.A 推理判断。根据最后一段可知，妈妈帮Jan找到了容器，结合第十五段可推断出，做好时间胶囊后要找个地方埋了。
Plus课外延伸
《时光隧道》是一部充满想象力的科幻作品，讲述主人公意外发现一条能穿越时空的神秘隧道，由此展开的跨时代冒险故事。通过精心设计的时间悖论和不同历史场景的生动再现，小说不仅展现了人类文明的演进历程，更引发读者对科技发展与人性本质的深刻思考。这种将科学幻想与人文关怀相结合的叙事方式，使作品在娱乐性之外更具思想深度。
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