2022-2023学年湖北省鄂州市部分高中教科研协作体高二上学期期中考试英语试题含答案

这是一份2022-2023学年湖北省鄂州市部分高中教科研协作体高二上学期期中考试英语试题含答案，共15页。试卷主要包含了选择题的作答，非选择题的作答， 15等内容，欢迎下载使用。

 2022年秋季鄂州市部分高中教科研协作体期中考试
高二英语试卷
试卷满分：150分
注意事项：
1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
3.非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
4.考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并上交。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. £19. 15. B. £9. 18. C. £9. 15.
答案是C。
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What does the woman want to do?
A. Turn on the TV. B. Switch off the TV. C. Watch a TV program.
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Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a bookstore. B. In a cinema. C. In a supermarket.
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What is the woman doing?
A. Making a decision. B. Doing an experiment. C. Taking an examination.
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Who will probably pick up Anne tonight?
A. Michael. B. Jenny. C. John.
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When should the man arrive?
A. 8: 10. B. 8: 20. C. 8: 30.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

6. What subject does Mike like best?
A. Physics. B. Biology. C. Chemistry.
7. How does the man feel about his career prospects?
A. Anxious. B. Confident. C. Confused.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

8. Why does the man feel surprised about Betty?
A She went to the concert late.
B. She didn’t enjoy the concert.
C. She argued with somebody.
9. What did the boy do in the concert?
A. He kept talking. B. He littered the rubbish. C. He stared at the woman.
10. What would the man have done if he was there?
A. Made a complaint. B. Hit the boy. C. Quarreled with the woman.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

11. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Strangers. B. Colleagues. C. Schoolmates.
12. Why did the woman become a tour guide?
A. To visit new places. B. To meet new people. C. To get work experience.
13. What did the woman think of her job as a tour guide?
A. It was boring. B. It was difficult. C. It was creative.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

14. What does the man advise the woman to add to the letter?
A. Her hobbies. B. Her photo. C. Her driving license.
15. Which language is the woman least fluent in?
A. Chinese. B. French. C. Japanese.
16. What did the woman do in Paris?
A. She visited her uncle. B. She received education. C. She worked as a teacher.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

17. How much salt should we eat every day?
A. At most 4 grams. B. At most 5 grams. C. At most 6 grams.
18. What should we do to overcome negative emotions?
A. Have a party. B. Go out for a walk. C. Eat some snack foods.
19. What should we do on the day of an important event?
A. Have a big lunch. B. Avoid eating breakfast. C. Have breakfast as usual.
20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?
A. How to eat healthily. B. What are healthy foods. C. Why health is important.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Choosing a university or college
With over 160 universities to choose from in the UK, and limitless courses and study options on offer, you can make your UK university experience as unique as you are.
Understanding rankings
Higher education institutions are ranked each year by a variety of organisations. The QS World University Rankings, for example, focus heavily on research and reputation, but don’t include the quality of teaching or students’ views. The World University Rankings and the Complete University Guide focus more on research strengths and student satisfaction. The People and Planet University League even ranks UK universities on their environmental and ethical performance.
How to apply—undergraduate (本科)
1. Registering with UCAS
First, go to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) website where you can fill in your application form.
Then write your personal statement. This is your chance to stand out from the crowd by explaining why you are interested in the course, the skills you have that make you suitable, and your life experiences and achievements.
Application deadlines
There are four application deadlines throughout the year:
October—for courses at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, or for most courses in medicine
15 January—“on time” deadline for most undergraduate courses
March—for some art and design courses
30 June—late deadline for most undergraduate courses. While you will be able to apply after the January deadline right up until 30 June, it is better to apply early.
2. Receiving an offer
UCAS will contact you with any offers from your chosen universities or colleges. If your offer is “unconditional”, you can relax. Some offers are conditional-usually this means you need to achieve certain results in your current studies or in English language tests.
21. Which would be the best choice if you want to know a university’s overall influence in the world?
A. The QS World University Rankings. B. The World University Rankings.
C. The Complete University Guide. D. The People and Planet University League.
22. What should one focus on in a personal statement?
A. Previous stories. B. Future expectations.
C. Hobbies and interests. D. Qualifications and strengths.
23. When is one advised to submit his or her application to apply for an undergraduate course?
A. In October. B. Before 15 January.
C. In March. D. Before 30 June.
B
Yvon Chouinard, who started the clothing company Patagonia, gave all the stock in the company to a trust and a non-profit in September 2022. Mr Chouinard and his family have turned over the $3 billion company to an organization that will work to fight climate change.
Mr Chouinard is a rock climber who began climbing in the 1960s. Back then, he created a company that made climbing equipment. The business closed, but Mr Chouinard was left with a lifelong love of the outdoors and a respect for the environment.
Mr Chouinard began Patagonia in the 1970s. Patagonia sells clothes aimed at outdoor activities. Over time, the company changed the way it did business to do a better job of protecting the environment. Since 1986, Patagonia has given 1% of the money it makes from sales to groups that work to protect the environment.
Mr Chouinard is now 83 years old. He was worried about what might happen after he died. He and his family wanted to find a way for Patagonia to do even more to fight climate change. He was afraid that if he sold the company, the new owners might not work so hard to protect the environment.
So he came up with a new and unusual plan: he gave his company away. And he did it in a way that helped protect both the company and the environment.
Mr Chouinard gave away 2% of the company to a small group called the Patagonia Purpose Trust. This group will still be run largely by Mr Chouinard’s family. It will make all the decisions about the way the company is managed. The group’s job is to make sure that the company is still run in the same way.
The other 98% of the company has been given to a non-profit group called the Holdfast Collective. The goal of the Holdfast Collective is to fight climate change and to protect wild land. The profit that Patagonia makes—about $100 million every year—will go to this organization.
24. What do we learn about Patagonia?
A. It has a history of more than 60 years.
B. It’s an organization fighting climate change.
C. It pays special attention to the environment.
D. It’s a company making climbing equipment.
25. What was Mr Chouinard’s concern about selling Patagonia?
A. It would lose the direction. B. It would become non-profit.
C. It would suffer an economic loss. D. It would be run in a different way.
26. Which of the following can best describe Mr Chouinard’s unusual plan?
A. Kill two birds with one stone. B. What’s done can’t be undone.
C. Two heads are better than one. D. Actions speak louder than words.
27. What does the author intend to stress about Mr Chouinard?
A. His pursuit of success. B. His social responsibility.
C. His rich life experiences. D. His great business talent.
C
Recently, there have been huge advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs that create art. The programs, which create artworks based on short descriptions, have amazed many people. They have also raised difficult questions.
In April, NewsForKids.net reported on Dall-E 2, a tool from OpenAI. Dall-E 2 uses AI to create incredible paintings, photos, and other artworks in many different styles based on simple descriptions. Since then, OpenAI has changed its rules to allow anyone to sign up and use the tool. But it’s still putting strong controls on the art that can be created.
But now there are several other AI tools that work in similar ways. These new tools are free or cheap, and don’t have some of Dall-E 2’s limits. Midjourney is a website that allows users to create images from short descriptions. Stable Diffusion is similar, but users can also run the program on their own computers.
The new tools are entertaining and powerful. They allow people to quickly see almost any idea they can imagine, even if they aren’t artists. For some creative workers, like those at companies that create ads or images, the tools allow them to quickly explore new ideas.
Many artists are upset that they’re now competing against computers for attention, prizes—and jobs. It’s hard for a single artist to compete against all the art and photography that have ever appeared on the Internet. In August, Jason Allen won first place at the Colorado State Fair with his picture Théâtre D’opéra Spatial, which he created with Midjourney. That upset many people.
The images and the descriptions used to train these AI programs were taken from the Internet. The training images were used without permission, which has raised questions about whether what these tools are doing is fair or legal.
The creators of the training pictures haven’t given permission for their images to be used, but their skills and talents are a huge part of what makes the new tools so successful. Some artists’ groups say artists should get to decide if their work can be used by these tools.
28. What should you do to create artworks with Dall-E 2 or Midjourney?
A. Write a short article. B. Upload some photos.
C. Draw simple pictures. D. Offer brief descriptions.
29 How do many artists react to the new AI tools?
A. They welcome them warmly. B. They accept them unwillingly.
C. They are concerned about them. D. They are dissatisfied with them.
30. What does the underlined word “That” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A. Jason Allen’s winning the prize. B. Jason Allen’s using Midjourney.
C. Jason Allen’s creating a picture. D. Jason Allen’s attracting attention.
31. In which column of a website are we likely to read this passage?
A. Business. B. Lifestyle. C. Science. D. Education.
D
The Alps’ glaciers (冰川) are on track for their highest mass losses in at least 60 years of record keeping, data shared with Reuters shows. By looking at the difference in how much snow fell in winter, and how much ice melted in the summer, scientists can measure how much a glacier has shrunk in any given year.
Since last winter, which brought relatively little snowfall, the Alps have gone through two big early summer heatwaves — including one in July marked by temperatures near 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) in the Swiss mountain village of Zermatt.
During this heatwave, the altitude at which water froze was measured at a record high of 5, 184 meters (17, 000 feet) — at an altitude higher than Mont Blanc’s — compared with the normal summer level of between 3, 000-3, 500 meters (9, 800-11, 500 feet).
Most of the world’s mountain glaciers are shrinking due to climate change. But those in the European Alps are especially vulnerable (脆弱的) because they are smaller with relatively little ice cover. Meanwhile, temperatures in the Alps are warming at around 0. 3℃per decade — around twice as fast as the global average.
If greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the Alps’ glaciers are expected to lose more than 80% of their current mass by 2100. Many will disappear regardless of whatever emissions action is taken now, thanks to global warming baked in by past emissions, according to a 2019 report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Swiss residents worry that the glacier losses will hurt their economy. Some area ski resorts of the Alps, which rely on these glaciers, now cover them with white sheets to reflect sunlight and reduce melting. Swiss glaciers feature in many of the country’s fairy tales, and the Aletsch Glacier is considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site. “Losing the glaciers means losing our national heritage, our identity,” said hiker Bernardin Chavaillaz.
32. What happened to the elevation at which water froze in the Alps?
A. It remained stable. B. It increased sharply.
C. It reached a new low. D. It decreased gradually.
33. What’s the purpose of the fourth paragraph?
A. To show temperatures are rising in the Alps.
B. To prove climate change leads to heatwaves.
C. To explain why the Alps’ glaciers are in danger.
D. To predict what will happen to the Alps’ glaciers.
34. What did Bernardin Chavaillaz try to express in the last paragraph?
A. His solution to protecting glaciers. B. His confusion in finding the identity.
C. His concern over the loss of glaciers. D. His interest in improving the economy.
35. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Glaciers in the Alps Are Disappearing Rapidly
B. Climate Change Presents a Threat to the Alps
C. Summer Heatwaves Hit the Alps Frequently
D. Measures Are Needed to Protect the Alps
第二节(共5小题;每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
There are three basic kinds for memory: short-term memory, working memory, and long-term memory. Short-term memory is the sort of memory you use when someone tells you their phone number and you remember it just long enough to write it down. Working memory is a more active version of short-term memory and the brain is able to retain it a little longer. ___36___
To get something into your short-term memory, you need both Input and Output. Here’s a formula: Input＋Output=Short-Term Memory.
___37___ It is something outside of your head being put into your head. Output is even more exciting because you have so many creative choices and it’s up to you to decide how to apply what you’ve learned.
___38___ By thinking about new information and then doing something active with it you are essentially telling your brain that this new information is worth remembering. That “doing something” could be a lot of creative possibilities.
But how should you improve your long-term memory? ___39___ Here’s the formula: Input＋Output＋Review=Long-Term Memory.
Imagine a grassy lawn that is between someone’s driveway and front door. Rather than walk the long way down the path, most people just cut through the grass to get to their car, right? The more times someone cuts through the grass, the flatter the grass becomes on that new pathway until, eventually, there is a permanent dirt path. ___40___ Every time you review something, neurons(神经元) form a “pathway” in your brain and make it more permanent. Maybe we should really be saying “practice makes memory”.
A. All you need to do is review.
B. A good memory is very important.
C. That is pretty much how the brain works.
D. It’s quite different from long-term memory.
E We make a memory only when we use information.
F. Input is quite simply putting something into your brain.
G. However, long-term memory stores information for a few days up to decades.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Ouyang Zhuo, a hearing-impaired (听力受损的) student from Wuhan, who scored 680 out of 750 points in 2022 national college entrance exam, or gaokao, has made it to Peking University. What’s ___41___ is that he got full marks in the English listening test.
Ouyang was diagnosed with neurological hearing ___42___ in both ears when he was 3 years old and he had to use a hearing aid in his daily life. Despite ___43___ difficulties learning because of his hearing problem, he never ___44___ his dream of going to college. His grandmother helped him ___45___ an interest in mathematics from a very young age.
At first, Ouyang kept a low profile (低调), ___46___ communicating with his classmates as he could not hear what they were ___47___. Gradually, however, he looked at it as a ___48___ life had thrown at him and he was ___49___ to take it up.
Existing ___50___ exempt (免除) students who are hearing-impaired from the English listening test, giving them 50 percent of the total score. But Ouyang ___51___ taking the listening test in the hope of getting a higher ___52___. He not only got high marks in English, but he got full marks in the listening test.
One of the reasons for his success is that he never saw himself as “___53___”. “Wearing a hearing aid is like wearing glasses,” he said. “It’s no different.” “I just want to follow my heart, ___54___ my dream bravely, and enjoy the joy of my efforts. The ___55___ thing for me was learning to solve problems by myself,” Ouyang said.
41. A. ordinary B. remarkable C. interesting D. fortunate
42. A. pain B. issue C. lack D. loss
43. A. taking B. facing C. making D. leaving
44. A. attempt B. confirm C. abandon D. indicate
45. A. develop B. recognize C. devote D. achieve
46. A. frequently B. regularly C. gradually D. rarely
47. A. saying B. doing C. thinking D. wanting
48. A. setback B. problem C. challenge D. symbol
49. A. confused B. determined C. addicted D. delighted
50. A. laws B. policies C. principles D. solutions
51. A. gave up B. got over C. insisted on D. made out
52. A. score B. wage C. status D. position
53. A. strange B. successful C. special D. similar
54. A. pursue B. discover C. identity D. define
55. A. hardest B. easiest C. commonest D. happiest
第二节(共10小题;每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A total of 29 provincial regions have started or made plans to reform the national college entrance exam or gaokao, ___56___ (offer) more options to students taking the critical test, the Ministry of Education said on September 15.
Wang Hui, director of the ministry’s Department of College Students Affairs, said 14 provincial regions have already implemented(实施) gaokao reforms. Seven regions will ___57___ (official) implement them in 2024, while eight others will do so in 2025.
Before the reforms, high school students ___58___ (divide) into liberal arts(文科) and sciences categories, in ___59___ the former needed to answer questions related to politics, history and geography in the gaokao while ___60___ latter concentrated on physics, chemistry and biology. Now, students can choose any three of these six subjects ___61___ (test) on.
High school and university officials said they think the changes encourage students to learn more about the different subjects and ___62___ education officials have made progress in testing students based on their abilities.
To ensure fairness in the national college entrance exam, the ministry has cancelled the bonus-point system(加分政策) considerably for students ___63___ exceptional ability in the sciences and sports.
Athletes, winners of academic Olympiads, including in math, physics, chemistry and biology, winners of science ___64___ (competition), provincial model students and students who ____65____ (undertake) exceptional moral deeds, are no longer being granted extra points in the gaokao.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. China Daily正在举办主题为Discover Beautiful China的照片和小视频征集活动。请你代表校学生会写一份英文通知，内容包括：
1.告知同学们此活动；
2.说明有关活动的一些情况(主题、要求等)；
3.动员同学们参加。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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第二节(满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文
Some years ago, when the General Motors plant closed in our city of 75, 000 people, there was a feeling of sadness and doom. Combine that with gas prices that rose to over $4 a gallon and flooding from the river that went through town, damaging homes and businesses, and we had a recipe for depression.
Our church youth group decided to breathe some life back into our city by doing something nice with no strings attached. So, we donated about $1,700 for us to use.
One of our ideas was to buy $25 gas cards and bouquets of roses and randomly give them out to people all around the city. About twenty-five teens and youth leaders piled into vehicles and our church van and started driving through the streets to find people who might need some encouragement.
Our high-school students had many great interactions as they gave roses to people working in their yards or out walking on the sidewalks on a beautiful day. And our middle-school students gave out the free gas cards to the customers at a gas station.
One interaction really stood out. Two middle-school boys watched as a young woman in her mid-twenties pulled up to the gas pump. The students were told not to approach anyone until they got out of their cars to pump their gas.
The young woman didn’t get out of her car. Instead, she began looking through her purse, then her glove compartment and then frantically under her seats. Then she put her hands and head on her steering wheel(方向盘) and began to sob. The thirteen-year-old boys weren’t sure what they should do so they asked one of our youth leaders. He told them to politely knock on the window and offer a free gas card to her, which they did.
Upon hearing the knock, the young lady wiped away her tears, tried to calm herself down and then rolled down the window. They said to her, “Here is a free twenty-five-dollar gas card for you, no strings attached.”
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Greatly surprised, the young woman accepted the gas card and then told them her story.
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She looked at the boys and said, “You have no idea what you have done for me. Thank you so much!”
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2022年秋季鄂州市部分高中教科研协作体期中考试
高二英语试卷
试卷满分：150分
注意事项：
1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
3.非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
4.考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并上交。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. £19. 15. B. £9. 18. C. £9. 15.
答案是C。
【1题答案】
【答案】B
【2题答案】
【答案】A
【3题答案】
【答案】C
【4题答案】
【答案】C
【5题答案】
【答案】B
第二节(共15小题;每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
【6~7题答案】
【答案】6. C 7. B
【8~10题答案】
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. A
【11~13题答案】
【答案】11. B 12. A 13. A
【14~16题答案】
【答案】14. C 15. B 16. C
【17~20题答案】
【答案】17. B 18. B 19. C 20. A
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
【21~23题答案】
【答案】21. A 22. D 23. B
B
【24~27题答案】
【答案】24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B
C
【28~31题答案】
【答案】28. D 29. D 30. A 31. C
D
【32~35题答案】
【答案】32. B 33. C 34. C 35. A
第二节(共5小题;每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
【36~40题答案】
【答案】36. G 37. F 38. E 39. A 40. C
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
【41~55题答案】
【答案】41. B 42. D 43. B 44. C 45. A 46. D 47. A 48. C 49. B 50. B 51. C 52. A 53. C 54. A 55. D
第二节(共10小题;每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
【56~65题答案】
【答案】56. offering
57. officially
58. were divided
59. which 60. the
61. to be tested
62. that 63. with
64. competitions
65. have undertaken
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
【66题答案】
【答案】One possible version:
Notice
An interesting contest is being held by China Daily to collect photos and short videos describing the beauty of China.
The theme of the contest is “Discover Beautiful China” and individuals around the world are welcome to share their brilliant works. Your works must focus on wonderful landscapes, unique customs, or excellent cultural heritage of China. Not only should they demonstrate the beauty of China, but they should also spread positive values.
I hope you’ll take part in the contest because this is a great chance for you to display both your talent in photographing and your love for China. Wish you the best of luck!
The Students’ Union
第二节(满分25分)
【67题答案】
【答案】One possible version:
Greatly surprised, the young woman accepted the gas card and then told them her story. She was a single mom who had been out of a job for a long time. She was having trouble making ends meet but was optimistic about a job interview that she had that day. In fact, she was on her way to it. Her gas gauge was on empty, but she’d thought she had one last ten-dollar bill in her purse. Then she couldn’t find it and began to cry.
She looked at the boys and said “You have no idea what you have done for me. Thank you so much!” Touched by her story, the boys went back and got four more gas cards and a bouquet of roses for the young woman. She couldn’t believe it when they returned and she finally accepted the gifts with tears streaming down her face. It’s true that giving is receiving. When one is giving, not only does it make a difference in the lives of those who receive the gifts, but it also makes a difference in the lives of the givers themselves.