要点1 kick

She is kicking a ball in the playground. 她正在操场上踢球。
The match kicks off at noon. 比赛中午开始。
The painkillers kicked in and he became sleepy. 止痛药开始起作用了，他变得昏昏欲睡。
应用 根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词
1. 我想要和吉姆一起踢球。
I want to with Jim.
2. 灯光表演什么时候开始？
What time does the light show ?

1. kick a ball
2. kick off

【分析】先理解两个句子的汉语含义，第一题需表达“踢球”，对应kick的常用搭配；第二题需表达“（活动）开始”，对应kick的固定短语。解题时要结合语境，回忆kick的相关短语，同时注意动词形式（want to、助动词does后均接动词原形）。
【解析】1. 汉语“踢球”的英文表达为kick a ball，want to后接动词原形，因此填kick a ball；2. 汉语“（表演）开始”对应短语kick off，用于表示活动等的开始，助动词does后接动词原形，因此填kick off。
【答案】1. kick a ball；2. kick off
【知识点】动词短语；kick的用法
【点评】本题考查kick相关短语的语境应用，属于基础题型，掌握核心短语含义即可轻松作答。
【难度系数】0.7

要点2 decide
v. to think carefully about the different possibilities that are available and choose one of them 对……作出抉择；决定
decide
词性及词义
同根词 decision n. 决定
拓展 decide to do = make a decision to do = make up one’s mind to do 决定做
It’s difficult to decide between the two. 很难对这两者作出抉择。
I don’t want to put pressure on you to make a decision, but we don’t have much time left. 我不想催你作决定，只是我们剩下的时间不多了。
He decided to leave his job. = He made a decision to leave his job. = He made up his mind to leave his job. 他下决心放弃他的工作。
应用
1. Think twice before making a (decide), or you may get into trouble.
2. I decided to study harder to improve my English. (改为同义句，每空一词)
I to study harder to improve my English.

1. decision
2. made a decision

【分析】
第1题中，不定冠词a后需接名词，所给词decide是动词，需转换为其名词形式；第2题考查同义短语转换，根据拓展内容，decide to do sth.可转换为make a decision to do sth.，结合原句时态调整动词形式即可。
【解析】
1. 空格前有不定冠词a，此处需填名词。所给词decide是动词，意为“决定”，其名词形式为decision，构成固定短语make a decision（作决定），故填decision。
2. 根据拓展的同义结构：decide to do sth. = make a decision to do sth.，原句为一般过去时，因此将make变为过去式made，故填made a decision。
【答案】
1. decision；2. made a decision
【知识点】
名词转换、同义短语、一般过去时
【点评】
本题围绕decide的基础用法展开，考查词性转换和同义搭配，属于词汇基础题，需掌握同根词和固定结构。
【难度系数】
0.7