高考短语pick up的用法及考题
pick up这个词组以其“短小精悍”而闻名在英语世界中。其常见含义为：
⑴ 拾/捡/拿 起            ⑵ 搭载﹙某人﹚； 接﹙某人﹚        ⑶ 营救，搭救；
⑷ (非正式地)学会/获得 ⑸ 接收, 收听﹙信号、声音、图像、节目等﹚⑹ 加快﹙速度﹚
⑺ 用较少的钱﹚买到,便宜地买到                                ⑻ (身体)逐渐恢复
⑼ (生意/天气/生活等情况) 好转，改进，有起
⑽ (从故事、谈话、会议等停顿的地方)继续，重新开始 
⑾ 跌倒后站(爬)起来    ⑿ 收拾，整理          ⒀  染上染上(习惯或疾病等)
① He picked up the letter and read it . 他拿起信看了起来 。
1Jack turned over the wallet he had picked up in the street to the police.
杰克把在街上捡到的钱包交给了警察
③ The children have picked up the local dialect.  孩子们都学会了当地方言了。
④ The train stopped several times to pick up passengers.
火车沿途 停了好几次,让乘客上车
⑤ I'd really like to pick up Grandpa programme用法at the railway station. 我真想去火车站接爷爷。
4The survivors were picked up by fishing boats from nearby village .
5 幸存者被附近村庄的渔船救了起来 。
⑦ The train was gradually picking up speed .  火车正在逐渐加快速度。
⑧ We managed to pick up a few bargains at the auction . 
我们从市场上买到了一些便宜货 。
⑨ I managed to pick up an American news broadcast .
我设法收听到了一个美国的新闻广播节目 。
⑩ He picked up nicely after a long careful treat.
经过较长时间的精 心后,他的健康恢复得很好
⑾ The economy is finally beginning to pick up again .  经济终于开始好转 。
⑿ It seems as if the weather may pick up soon.    看上去天气好像很 快要放晴了
⒀ We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off .
我们早上再开会，从停下的地方继续 。
⒁She fell off her bike, but quickly picked up herself.
她从自行车上 摔了下来,但马上爬了起来
⒂Please pick up all your toys when you've finished playing.  你玩 过后请把玩具收拾好
⒃He must have picked up a cold—he's begun to snuffle.  他开始鼻塞, 一定是感冒了。
pick sb/sth out    挑选；  辨认出，分辨
【实训考题】
⑴  [2009福建]She________ French when she was in France.  she can speak it freely.
    A．picked out    B．made out  C．made up    D．picked up
⑵ —I've heard that Bolt will attend the opening ceremony of the Sports Festival to be held on Sunday.
    —Where did you ________？  A．pick it up  B．keep it up C．make it up    D．take it up
⑶ ﹙上海高考﹚Kathy_______  a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.
A. picked up  B. took up  C. made up  D. turned up
⑷ I can _________ up the programme __________ my radio.
A. pick； in B. pick； on  C. take； from D. make； in
⑸ Without proper lessons， you could ________ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
A. keep up  B. pick up  C. catch up  D. draw up
⑹ While working in the country， the students __________ a great deal of knowledge on plant life.
A. looked  B. picked up  C. put up  D. called up
⑺ I had not only ___________ the purse but also the person who had lost it.
A. picked up  B. found out C. noticed  D. found
⑻People in the far-away mountain village cannot ______ this program.
    A. take down  B. pick up  C. put away  D. get along
⑼ －Sally, would you ______ the story today?
  －But I told the second part yesterday! It should be Jeane’s turn.
A. pick up    B. put up  C. bring up    D. make up
⑽ Under good treatment, Mary is beginning to______ and will soon recover.
    A. pick up  B. dress up    C. turn up  D. show up
⑾Although there were so many people in the square, I could ______ my friend.
        A. pick up  B. pick out  C. make up  D. set out
⑿ You will have an accident if you don’t ______, for the road is icy.
  A. make out B. pick out C. bring out D. watch out
⒀ We couldn't _____any familiar landmarks(地标）when we returned to our hometown last year.
A. make out  B. bring out  C.pick out      D.pick up