大纲要求
《大学英语教学大纲》对四级词汇的要求是：“领会式掌握4200单词（其中复用式掌握的单词为2500），以及由这些词构成的常用词组1600条（中学所掌握的词和词组均包括在内），并且有按照基本构词法识别生词的能力。”
四级考试在2003年6月给考生带来的巨大的震撼，因为尽管语法题的比重自2001年起逐年递减，但从突然消失着实出乎人们意料，9月北京考题又只出现 3道语法题，12月最新题为2道，2004年出现一道。可见语法不再作为词汇与结构部分的考点，而词汇题成为主流。所以我们要全力以付攻克词汇，因为词汇是一切的基础。离开了词汇，阅读任你有多少技巧都会英雄无用武之地，然而阅读如果拿不到分，想过四级则难上加难，可以这样讲： 得阅读者得四级。 阅读的重要性不言而喻。阅读过关了，完形填空、简答也就都不是问题了。写作离开了词汇，巧妇难为无米之炊。而词汇结构本身作为四级考试的必答题占了15分的分值更是你过级的保障。
如果能将历年真题中相关题目整理出来，则基本可以覆盖考查的范围。单词题除了极少量的搭配题（选项为介词，要求与题干中动词搭配），全部是单词辨义题。
1.精研历年全真题。切勿简单地认为考过的题毫无价值可言，恰恰相反，因为四级考试是一项标准化的命题考试，某一种题型如果特别有针对性，或者其答案被多数考生选错，那就证明该题的效度和信度较高，重考的机率相对来说也就大一些。例如：90年1月的42题和97年6月的33题；95年1月的49 题和97年1月的36题：98年1月的42题和2000年6月的46题等等。
2.熟悉常考的词汇题型。
3.应该多阅读，甚至背诵一些经典句型和篇章。《21世纪报》、《新概念英语》三、四册。
四级词汇题中重点考词词汇如下：冲刺阶段重点背诵
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，备战2017年6月大学英语四级高频词汇