___________, I was made smaller.

随着时间的推移,我被做得越来越小。

A growing prevalence of video games and cars has limited the time ______ most people spend doing sports.

Cathy once studied abroad in Oxford University, _____ she went back to her country to make contributions to her hometown.

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school , I was driving to my parentsˈ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas stationabout 50 miles from Oklahoma City.While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple . They said they would take me.We chatted on the way , and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card. I wrotethema thank-you note . Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

 Years later, I drove to a meeting in the morning. In late afternoon I found that Iˈd left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池)was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership – a shop selling cars – was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

"Thank you" – two powerful words. Theyˈre easy to say and mean so much.

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 On a hill 600 feet above the surrounding land, we watch the lines of rain move across the scene, the moon rise over the hills, and the stars appear in the sky. The views invite a long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house.

   Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are.

   There is space for our three boys to play outside, to shoot arrows, collect tree seeds, build earth houses and climb trees.

   Our kids have learned the names of the trees and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation. As they tell all who show even a passing interest, maple（枫树）makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees.

   The air is clean and fresh. The water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink. Though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water, they never say anything against that.

   The seasons change just outside the door. We watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars’（杨树）putting out the first green leaves of spring. The rainbow smelt fills the local stream as the ice gradually disappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter. A family of birds rules our skies and flies over the lake.

root 1 /ru:t/ n [C]

①►PLANT◄ the part of a plant or tree that grows under the ground and gets water form the soil: Be careful not to damage the roots when repotting. | tree roots —see picture at germinate

②►CAUSE OF A PROBLEM◄ the main cause of a problem: Money is the root of all evil. | be/lie at the root of (=be the cause of a problem) Often allergies are at the root of a lot of the problems. | get to the root of (=find out the cause of a problem) | root cause (=the main reason for a problem)

③►OF A CUSTOM/TRADITION◄ the origins of a custom or tradition that has continued for a long time: has its roots in Jazz has its roots in the folk songs of the southern states of the US.

④►OF AN IDEA/BELIEF◄ the main part of an idea or belief which all the other parts come from: be/lie at the root of Foucault is challenging|the very root of 20th century liberalism.

⑤►FAMILY CONNECTION◄ sb’s roots: your connection with a place because you were born there, or your family used to live there: Naita has come to Ghana in search of her roots.

⑥►put down roots: if you put down roots somewhere, you start to feel that this place is your home and to have relationships with the people there

⑦►TOOTH/HAIR ETC◄ the part of a tooth, hair etc that fixes it to the rest of your body

⑧► take root a) if an idea takes root, people begin to accept or believe it: The concepts of democracy and free trade are finally beginning to take root. b) if a plant takes root, it starts to grow where you have planted it

⑨►have a (good) root round( informal, especially BrE )to search for something by moving other things around

⑩►root and branch: if you destroy something root and branch, you get rid of it completely and permanently because it is bad

⑪►LANGUAGE◄ technical the basic part of a word which shows its main meaning, to which other parts can be added: The suffix ‘ness’ can be added to the root ‘cold’ to form the word ‘coldness’. —compare stem1 (4)

⑫►MATHEMATICS◄ technical a number that when multiplied by itself a certain number of times, equals the number that you have: 2 is the fourth root of 16.

—see also cube root, square root, grass roots

root 2 v

①►SEARCH◄ [I always + adv/prep] to search for something by moving things around: [+ through/in/ around] “Hang on a second,” said Leila, rooting through her handbag for a pen. | [+ for] pigs rooting for food

② ►PLANT◄ a) [I] to grow roots: New shrubs will root easily in summer. b) [T usually passive] to fix a plant firmly by its roots: The bush was too firmly rooted in the hard earth to dig up easily. | root itself Clumps of thyme had rooted themselves between the rocks. —see also deeply rooted (deeply (5))

③►be rooted in: to have developed from something and be strongly influenced by it: policies that are rooted in Marxist economic theory

④►be rooted to the spot: to be so shocked, surprised, or frightened that you cannot move

⑤►root for sb phr v [T] informal a) to give support and encouragement to someone in a competition, test or difficult situation, because you want them to succeed: Good luck – we’ll all be rooting for you! b) especially AmE to support a sports team or player by shouting and cheering: We’ll all be rooting for the Dallas Cowboys in the Superbowl.

⑥►root sth ↔ out phr v [T] a) to find out where a particular kind of problem exists and get rid of it: Racism cannot be rooted out without strong government action. b) informal to find something by searching for it: I’ll try and root out something suitable for you to wear.

⑦►root sth ↔ up phr v [T] to dig or pull a plant up with its roots

1、 目前汽车带来的空气污染和交通堵塞等问题；

2、 骑自行车的益处，如节能环保、有利健康等。

参考词汇：低碳生活(low-carbon life)   节能(energy saving)

注意：1、词数：120词左右；

      2、演讲稿开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Good morning, everyone,

I am Li Hua from Xingguang Middle School. The topic of my speech is “Let’s ride bicycles”.

1.交通：自己走路或骑自行车上学，建议父母亲不开车而骑自行车上班；

2.节约：节约用水用电；

3.回收利用；将用过的课本留给低年级学生；

4.请自拟一条类似上文的低碳生活方式。

Winter Vinecki began running at age five, but got serious in 2009 after her father died of cancer — that's when she decided to honor his memory by running a marathon on every continent (大洲) before her 15th birthday.

Scope: Team Winter is an organization you founded to raise money for cancer research. How did it get started?

Winter: At first, Team Winter was formed to fight childhood obesity (肥胖). When I was 8, I ran a race and raised $1,100 for that cause. But less than a year later, my dad got cancer. I knew I had to do something to help. When I started, my goal was to raise $10,000. I've raised well past that — almost $500,000.

Scope: What goes through your mind when you run?

Winter: When I'm having a hard time during a race, I think about my dad. If he could deal with the pain of cancer, I can deal with any type of pain. He was a very friendly person. He was always smiling and very happy even when he had cancer.

Scope: Is your age ever an obstacle (障碍) in your races?

Winter: I've been turned down by race directors who won't let anyone younger than 16 or 18 compete. But Diana Nyad, the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, told me, “Never let them tell you it can't be done.” From then on I knew my age wasn't the problem.

Scope: You've probably inspired lots of people too.

Winter: I've heard about kids doing projects like me. Once in a restaurant, a boy came up to my mom and me and told us his dad had cancer too. Now he's competing (竞争) in running for his dad. Hearing stories like that helps keep me going.