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Ⅰ.短文改错 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。如无错误，在答题卡相应的位置上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正： 此行多一个词：把多余的词写在答题卡相应的位置上，用斜线(﹨)划掉。 此行缺一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该加的词，并附带前(后)词。 此行错一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该错词和改正后的词。 注意：原行没有错的不用改。 Li Ming , who has been working as postman for1.________ two years , always wears a suit of green uniforms. 2.________ He worked with care as well as with effort . He 3.________ serves for the people heart and soul . Every day he 4.________ gets up early to deliver newspapers or magazines. 5.________ He is so careful and he has never been wrong. 6.________ One day he had to send a dead letter and it happened 7.________ to be raining hardly outside . But he set out immediately.8.________ He had asked nearly everybody in the district after 9.________ he tried to hand the letter to the right person. 10.________ Ⅱ.阅读表达 阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到题后的横线上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。 Some expressions have made a jump from sports events to everyday life. One such expression is fall guy. A fall guy is the person who someone decides will be the loser or victim. The first fall guys were men who wrestled for money. At the end of the 19th century, wrestling was a very popular sport in the United States. Wrestling competitions were held not only in big cities but also at country fairs and traveling shows. However, as the sport became more popular, it became less and less of a sport, as many of the matches were operated. The wrestlers knew-before the match-which one of them would be the winner. The goal in wrestling is to hold the shoulders of your opponent down against the floor. This is called a fall. Sometimes, one of the wrestlers would be paid before the match to take the fall. He would agree________________—the fall guy. Today, a fall guy is anyone who is tricked into taking the blame for the crime or wrongdoing of someone else. There are fall guys in many situations-people who publicly take the blame when something goes wrong. A fall guy takes the rap