二、微写作
到2070年，人类的生活会变得怎么样？根据提示，发挥想象，完成下面的短文。
What will life be like in the year 2070? No one knows, but of course it will be very different from it today. Here is my imagination.
First, $^{(1)}$ will have become one of the most serious problems because $^{(2)}$.
Second, people will $^{(3)}$.
At last, $^{(4)}$.
到2070年，人类的生活会变得怎么样？根据提示，发挥想象，完成下面的短文。
What will life be like in the year 2070? No one knows, but of course it will be very different from it today. Here is my imagination.
First, $^{(1)}$ will have become one of the most serious problems because $^{(2)}$.
Second, people will $^{(3)}$.
At last, $^{(4)}$.
答案：(1) environmental pollution
(2) more and more factories will be built and a large number of private cars will run on the road
(3) work fewer hours and have more free time to travel or develop their hobbies
(4) robots will help people do most of the housework and dangerous work
(2) more and more factories will be built and a large number of private cars will run on the road
(3) work fewer hours and have more free time to travel or develop their hobbies
(4) robots will help people do most of the housework and dangerous work
解析：
本题要求围绕2070年的生活展开想象完成短文，需结合九年级下册所学的一般将来时相关语法知识，从环境、人们的工作生活、科技发展等合理角度构思内容，保证语句通顺、逻辑连贯。
一、将下列含状语从句的复合句改为简单句
1. The children didn't go to school today because it was snowing heavily.
2. He felt ill because he ate too much ice cream.
3. If you don't help me, I can't finish the work in time.
4. If we don't work hard, we won't pass the exam.
5. When he was three years old, Tom could sing nearly 20 English songs.
1. The children didn't go to school today because it was snowing heavily.
2. He felt ill because he ate too much ice cream.
3. If you don't help me, I can't finish the work in time.
4. If we don't work hard, we won't pass the exam.
5. When he was three years old, Tom could sing nearly 20 English songs.
答案：1. The children didn't go to school today because of the heavy snow.
2. He felt ill because of eating too much ice cream.
3. I can't finish the work in time without your help.
4. We won't pass the exam without working hard.
5. At the age of three, Tom could sing nearly 20 English songs.
2. He felt ill because of eating too much ice cream.
3. I can't finish the work in time without your help.
4. We won't pass the exam without working hard.
5. At the age of three, Tom could sing nearly 20 English songs.
解析：
本题考查复合句转简单句的语法知识，可通过介词短语（如because of, without, at the age of等）替换对应的状语从句，转换时需保持原句语义不变，符合九年级下册语法中简单句与复合句转换的要求。