情景交际。(5分)
根据对话情景选择恰当的选项，其中有一项是多余的。

综合填空

根据短文和所给首字母写出所缺单词，使短文完整，意思通顺、连贯

Do you know something about tree rings (年轮)? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was l__1___, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?

A tree will grow well in a climate with lots of sunshine and rainfall. And l__2__ sunshine or rainfall will limit (限制) the growth of a tree. We can see the change of climate by studying the tree rings. For e___3___, to find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree from o___4___ to the inside. If the t___5___ ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we are sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year. If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad.

Tree rings are i___6___ not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man. Long long ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico. But now you can find only s___7___ there—no trees and no people. What h____8___?

A scientist studied the rings of d___9__ trees there. He found that the people had to leave b__10___ they had cut down all trees to make fires and buildings. As all trees had gone, the people there had to move. 

The Internet, mobile phones and iPads are parts of our lives now. Technology is greatly affecting all ways of our lives, from the ways we work to the ways we play. And it even causes a number of social problems such as cloning (克隆) humans.
We have had lots of technology and it has changed our lives a lot. We are sure that humans will continue to use more and more technology. Here are some examples of modern technology that will change our ideas and will affect our lives greatly.
Global Positioning System (GPS) (全球定位系统)
It's a system that uses radio signals from satellites to show exact (精确的) information.   It tells you where the user is on the earth in all weather conditions.  It's made up of three parts: satellites, control equipments (设备) on land and receivers.
Space Technology
Russian and American scientists have worked together for the International Space Station, (ISS) for a long time. They hope the ISS will provide a long-lasting lab. Such a lab will bring humans limitless (无限的) advantages. It's even hoped that one day space technology will take humans to their new houses in space.
Underwater Robot
Hercules is a kind of underwater robot with some high technology equipments. It will be used to search for ancient ships which were destroyed into the deep sea during their journey long ago.
The world is changing so quickly that it's hard for us to catch up with all the new inventions because they seem to come out every month. It's important for us to learn about new technology and the role that it plays in our lives. So we should be willing to accept modem technology, or we will fall behind the times.
【小题1】 _______ can tell you where the user is on the earth exactly.

I have always been interested in making things. When I was a child, I enjoyed painting, but I also liked malting things out of day. I won a prize for one of my paintings when I was fourteen.
That may be why I went to art school four years later. But I studied painting at first, not pottery. I like being a potter because I like to work with my hands and feel the clay.  I’m happy working by myself and being near my home.  I don’t like mass-produced things, for they are made by machines and are all the same. I think crafts(手工艺) are very important and crafts persons(手艺人)make things cleverly with hands. They make our lives colorful. When I left school, I got some money.  I hope to become a full-time craftswoman. This workplace is small, but I wish tot: move to a larger one next year.
1. The writer went to the art school at the age of___________
2. The writer is talking about her workplace_____________
A. unhappily          B. hopefully
C. seriously          D. angrily
3. From the passage we know that the writer prefers
A. a long way to work
B. group work
C. a small workplace
D. something different
4. What does "mass-produced" mean in Chinese?
5. From the passage we are sure that the writer is a  ________      (man/woman).

针对社会上人们对90后年轻人的某些评论，英语课上同学们与老师就此展开了讨论。作为一名90后的中学生，请参考下面的提示词写一篇英语发言稿，展示真实的你。

要求：1. 语句通顺，表达准确，内容连贯，可适当发挥。

      2. 文中不能出现真实校名、姓名等相关信息；

      3. 词数：不少于80词。发言稿的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：selfish(自私的) ; Internet; believe in oneself; high ideals(崇高理想); in style, creative

As we know, most of us are the only child in our families now. ____________________

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We are growing up. We are sure to do better.