动词是历年高考热点，也是高三英语复习备考重难点。下文对近三年高考题进行盘点，拟总结规律，剖析难点，指出应试策略，指导考生轻松过关。

热点一：动词词义辨析

[热点透视]考查考生在特定语境中恰当运用动词能力。

[难点剖析] 备选动词词义相近，用法相似。

[考题盘点]

1.（03-25）If anybody calls ''tell them I'm out ''and ask them to ______their name and address.

A. pass B. write C. take D. leave

据题意应选leave'' 表"留下"。其余动词不合题意，故选D。

[备考策略] ①结合语境，从区别词义着手；其次从用法上加以区别，如后跟to do\doing做宾语 ，还是跟双宾语，或者是复合宾语等。

②加强对考纲内重要近义动词的复习。如：spend ''waste '' take'' kill；raise'' keep'' support'' feed等。

[过关训练]

2.（沪04-46） Hospital staff burst into cheers after doctors completed a 20-hour operation to have ___one-year-old twins at the head.

A. isolated B. separated

C. divided D. removed

3.(浙04-30) If you are feeling so tired ''perhaps a little sleep would ______.

A. act B. help C. serve D. last

Key B B

热点二、动词短语辨析

[热点透视] 考查考生在具体语境中运用动词短语能力。

[难点剖析] ①备选词组形近或义近，或二者兼备或同一动词不同搭配；

② 除涉及词义辨析外，还结合时态、语态对考生进行综合考查。

[考题盘点]

4.（03-31）News reports say peace talks between the two countries ____with no agreement reached.

A. have broken down B. have broken out

C. have broken in D. have broken up

此题还涉及时态，增加了试题难度。考查同一动词不同搭配，break up表打碎，化合物分解，大学放假等；break down 表（机器等）坏掉，（计划、谈判等）失败，物理分解等；故选A。

5.（04-32）You can take anything from the shelf and read ''but please _____the books when you've finished with them.

A. put on B. put down

C. put back D. put off

put是考生熟悉的词，故此题难度不大，据题意put back 表放回原处，故选C。

[备考策略] ①对词义相近短语加强词义辨析，如：make up(构成，组成)''take up(占据时间、空间)，keep up (保持)，hold up（延误、举起）；

②部分词组本身就表被动，如：come up（被提出）；还有一部分词组无被动语态，如：come about'' break out等。

[过关训练]

6. (京04-35) I don't ______rock roll. It's much too noisy for my taste.

A. go after B. go away with

C. go into D. go in for

7. (津04-33 ) It was not a serious illness'' and she soon _____it.

A. got over B. got on with

C. got around D. got out of

Key D A

热点三：动词时态

[热点透视] 进行时、过去时和完成时是考试热点。

[难点剖析] ①备选答案涉及不同时态的辨析，主要是：一般现在时和一般过去时、一般将来时和过去进行时、过去进行时或一般现在时和完成时、现在完成时和现在完成进行时；

②结合时态、语态对考生进行综合考查。

[考题盘点]

8. (03-27) All morning as she waited for the medical report from the doctor'' her nervousness______.

A. has grown B. is growing

C. grew D. had grown

据as可知主从句时态应保持一致，故选C。

9 . (04-30) My mind wasn't on what he was saying so I'm afraid I ____half of it.

A. was missing B. had missed

C. will miss D. missed

从连词so得知前后句时态应保持一致，据语境，故选D。

[备考策略] 深入情景，揣摩动作发生顺序；重视题干暗示作用，如时间副词、并列或从属连词等；善于运用时态呼应规律。

[训练过关]

10. (京04-25) Now that she is out of a job'' Lucy ____going back to school'' but she hasn't decided yet.

A. had considered B. has been considering

C. considered D. is going to consider

11. (津04-28) - What were you doing when Tony phoned you?

- I had finished my work and_____ to take a shower.

A. had started B. started

C. have started D. was starting

Key B D