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1）Youfailbyleavingthereader_____aowhyyousentsuchaletter。

2）Hedecidedto_____histriptoEuropewithabriefvisitgoGermany。

3）Theversation_____hisdreams。

&，havea，exformation，and_____good_____。

5）Asamusiclover，hisbookshelvesare_____ow。

6）Weshould_____severechastisement_____als。

7）Iicsociety，theleadersofthegoverare_____servethepeople。

&heslied_____iheer。

9）Catsalto_____softandwarmlittleballoffur。

10）Manyaudiencesfollowedthetour_____。

4。Findtheappropriateprepositionsthatcollocatewiththeneighbwords。

1）Dixoofthewindow_____thefieldswheelingpast。

2）Itwasn’tthedouble-exposureeffect_____thelasthalf-mialk。

3）Itcrystallizedtheartiigglingmisfunerealparadeofyawn-enffacts，thepseudo-lightitthrew_____non-problems。

4）Histhinkingallthis_____havifire_____thetypescript。

&ohisleftagaintofindamaaring_____hisownfromaboutnineinchesa>

6）Ahugebusnowswung_____viewfromfurtherroundthebend。

7）BeforeDixonselfintoaballoreventake_____hisglasses。

8）Dixon，ing_____thethelibrary，hadkickedviolently_____asmallroundstonelyingonthemacadam。

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1。Pairwork:ReadthefollowiKinsleyAmisandshareyourinformationabouthimwithyourpartner。

SirKingsleyWilliamAmis，（16April1922-22October1995）wasanEnglish，poet，dteacher。Hewrotemorethan20novels，sixvolumesofpoetry，amemoir，variousshortstories，radioandtelevisionscripts，alongwithworksofsodliterarycriticism。Agtohisbiographer，ZacharyLeader，Amiswas“thefiEnglishiovelistofthesedhalfofthetweury。”HewasthefatherofEnglishinAmis。

In2008，TheTimesrankedKingsleyAmisniofthe50greatestBritishwriterssince1945。

Amis’sfirstnovel，LuckyJim（1954），isperhapshismostfamous，takingitsgermfromAmis’sobservationoftheattheUyofLeicester，wherehisfriendLarki。Theirizesthehigh-browacademicsetofaredbriiversity，seenthroughtheeyesonist，JimDixoomakehiswayasayouory。ThenovelerceivedbymanyaspartoftheAngryYoungMehe195aiifiofalBritishlife，thoughAmisneverehisiion。Amis’sotherhe1950sandearly1960ssimilarlydepictsituationsfromporaryBritishlife，oftendrawnfromAmis’sowhatUainFeeling（1955）ayoungprovinciallibrarian（agaihrefereoLarkin，librarianatHull）aiontowardsadultery;ILikeItHere（1958）presentsAmis’sptuousviewof“abroad”andfolloweduponhisowhetwithayoungfamily;TakeaGirlLikeYou（1960）stepsawayfromtheimmediatelyautobiographical，butremaihesofsexandloveinordinarymoderragthecourtshipandultimateseduoftheheroineJennyBunnbyayoungsaster，Patridish。

2。Groupwork:OutliofthenovelLuckyJim，andmapoutallthecharacteristidtemperameerofJimDixon。

*SometednotionsaboutthecharaDixon:

ThereismorethanatouchofthepicaresquerogueinJimDixoesasuofpracticaljokes，triddesoersinthenovel，especiallythosewhooffeisibility。Hehasatalentffadprojegvoices—gesturesAmisusestoenhanceJim’ssoeimesaidedaedinhisroguerybyhisfellowboarder，thesalesmanBillAtkinson。

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