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。
