动词点滴谈

高考动词考点总结与练习

在英语中，动词是使用最广、应用起来最复杂的词。有很多动词之间有相似之处又有细微差别，因此正确辨别显得尤为重要。高考题中一般从以下几方面来对动词进行考查：

1. 在特定语境中考查常用动词的基本意义和用法

[高考真题]

Don’t take too much of the medicine; it does you more harm than good if you ______. （江西2007）

A. do

B. take

C. like

D. have

[答案与解析]

A。前面已出现过的实义动词，后文再出现时要用do的适当形式来代替。此句中，do代替前面出现的动词take。

2. 考查常见的意思相近的动词之间的差别

[高考真题]

Don’t respond to any e-mails ______ personal information, no matter how official they look.（天津2006）

A. searching

B. asking

C. requesting

D. questioning

[答案与解析]

C。search“搜索”；ask“要求”；request“请求给予”；question“审问”。根据句子意思“不管它们显得多么正式，都不要回复那些索取个人信息的电子邮件”可知C项正确。

3. 动词的习惯搭配

[高考真题]

Joe Jones, the eldest of the eight children, had to ______ out of high school at the

age of 16 to help his father on the farm.（上海2004春）

A. leave

B. drop

C. fall

D. go

[答案与解析]

B。drop out of school“辍学”，相当于leave school，为固定短语。本句话意思是“乔·琼斯是八个孩子中年龄最大的，为了帮助父亲在农场干活，16岁时他不得不从中学辍学”，故本题答案为B项。

策略提示：

我们在做这类题时，要综合考虑以下因素：句子要表达的意义，动词词义的细微差别，动词与其他成分的习惯搭配，动词后能否跟宾语、双宾语、复合宾语，动词后的宾语要用动词不定式还是动词-ing形式及语法结构的需要等。

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. —Are you happy with your new computer?

—No, it is ______ me a lot of trouble. （安徽2008）

A. showing

B. leaving

C. giving

D. sparing

2. Don’t be so discouraged. If you _______ such feelings, you will do better next time. （安徽2008）

A. carry on

B. get back

C. break down

D. put away

3. ______ a moment and I will go to your rescue. （福建2008）

A. Go on

B. Hold on

C. Move on

D. Carry on

4. Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still ______ the traditional customs. （湖北2008）

A. perform

B. possess

C. observe

D. support

5. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an

engineer to ______ the problem. （湖北2008）

A. handle

B. raise

C. face

D. present

6. The teacher stressed again that the students should not ______ any important details while retelling the story. （湖北2008）

A. bring out

B. let out

C. leave out

D. make out

7. In modern times, people have to learn to ______ all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life. （湖北2008）

A. keep with

B. stay with

C. meet with

D. live with

8. The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time to ______ its reality. （湖北2008）

A. make up

B. figure out

C. look through

D. put off

9. I ______ it as a basic principle of the company that suppliers of raw materials should be given a fair price for their products. （江西2008）

A. make

B. look

C. take

D. think

10. If a person has not had enough sleep, his actions will give him ______ during the day. （江西2008）

A. away

B. up

C. in

D. back

11. The performance ______ nearly three hours, but few people left the theatre early.（2008全国卷I）

A. covered

B. reached

C. played

D. lasted

12. After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ______ her job as a doctor in the countryside. （2008全国卷I）

A. set out

B. took over

C. took up

D. set up

13. —What are you reading, Tom?

—I’m not really reading, just ______ the pages. （2008全国卷II）A. turning off B. turning around