人们常讲“不懂语法说不好英语，而不识词汇就根本说不了英语”，由此可见词汇的重要性了。对高考而言，英语试卷是“词汇制胜”，这不仅是因为单选、完形等试题都涉及词汇的考查，况且，阅读、写作等又何尝离得开词汇认知、猜词能力和词汇运用呢?词汇是英语备考的重中之重，而词汇又“记无常法，学无定式”，只要能准确、高效地扩大词汇，十八班武艺，样样都可尝试。

　　考试说明所附高考词汇，每年都在增加，今年又有140多个词汇列入考纲词汇表。词汇的梳理、学习和练习，要常抓不懈，细水长流，这样才能顺利闯过词汇难关。

　　英语里，动词是组织语言的核心，在所有词类中是最重要的一类。动词和动词词组非常活跃，其词义在不同的语境里富于变化，有时让人有“抓不着，摸不透”的感觉。

　　例如，请你先做一做下面的11个选择题

　　1. Kathy______ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.

　　A. picked up B. took upC. made up D. turned up

　　2. Don't forget to ____ the ice cream on the way home.

　　A. hold up B. come upC. turn up D. pick up

　　3. In the middle of the night, we ______signals for help from another ship.

　　A. picked out B. picked upC. picked on D. picked at

　　4.You've dropped your pencil.______.

　　A. Pick up it B. Pick it upC. Take up it D. Bring it up

　　5. Trains stop here in order to _____ passengers only.

　　A. get off B. pick upC. pull up D. pull in

　　6.——I heard Back Street Boys would sing at the New Century Theater.

　　——Where did you ________?

　　A. pick that up B. put that upC. make that up D. take that up

　　7. Without proper lessons, you could ____ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.

　　A. give up B. catch upC. keep up D. pick up

　　8. You’ll soon after you spend several days on the seaside .

　　A.hold up YC B.bring upC.pick up D.take up

　　9. John _____ knowledge of radio just by staying around the radio station.

　　A. caught on B. worked upC. took up D. picked up

　　10. I might get my brother to come and ___.

　　A. carry me on B. hold me onC. pick me up D. take me up

　　11.——How are you getting on with your business?

　　——I’m glad to say it is_____.

　　A. turning up B. taking upC. breaking up D. picking up