纵观考研英语历年真题，阅读理解虽然文章体裁各有不同，但其实质考点一直是一脉相承。近几年考核的热门考点主要集中在对文章句意段落间的四大关系上：并列;因果;转折;例证。

　　第一：并列关系;并列关系的掌握，除了对并列连词(and，in other words, etc)并列符号(分号)的识别，分清并列的部分外，重点在于理解并列结构的内核：并列等价原则。也就是说：并列的两句话或多句话之间存在着：1，结构相似;2语义相关。因此如果遇到并列结构的考点，可以通过结构相似来推测词义;更可以通过语义相关性，在不能对并列句都读懂的情况下，可以通过语义相关，只要读懂其中一个语意即可。

　　[例1] (2014text1 Q22)22. The author’s attitude toward Americans’ watching TV is___.

　　[A]critical [B]supportive [C]sympathetic [D]ambiguous

　　根据题干关键词Americans’ watching TV 回文定位到第三段第二句：“something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it”有and引导的并列结构，后者易出考点，先看后者，hardly jollier 否定副词+形容词=负向情感，可以直接选择A，critical.

　　第二：因果关系;因果关系历来都是考研英语的热门考点，多出细节因果题。要快速解决此类题型，重点是对因果关系的识别，除了熟悉的because, since, as, so, therefore等因果关系词以外，还要注意把握内在因果的一些词组与句型, 比如说A in response/reaction to B, 此类句型内在的逻辑应该是：B为因，A为果。而选项设置中往往出现的错误干扰选项就是因果倒置。另外还要注意有时定语从句、条件状语也可表示因果逻辑，需要多加留意句子内部的逻辑关系。

　　[例2](2013 text 4 Q40)40. Women entering top management become headlines due to the lack of___.

　　[A] more social justice [B] massive media attention

　　[C] suitable public policies [D] greater “soft pressure”

　　题干Women entering top management become headlines 是对Sandberg 例子的简要概括，还原到原文就是最后一段首句：If appropriate pubic policies were in place to help all women—whether CEOs or their children’s caregivers—and all families, Sandberg would be no more newsworthy than any other highly capable person living in a more just society.此时条件状语从句的虚拟就是原因，直接根据appropriate pubic policies得出正确选项C。

　　第三：转折关系;转折关系逻辑连接词是解答转折关系题的关键，而且往往考点出在后面。有传统的but, however, nevertheless, instead等词，还要注意隐形转折：时态对比引起的古今转折对比;理想与现实的对比;以及unfortunately, regrettably等词通常为隐性转折。

　　[例子3](2012 text 1 Q25)25. A suitable title for this text could be.

　　[A] wrong Interpretations of an Educational Policy

　　[B] A Welcomed Policy for Poor Students

　　[C] Thorny Questions about Homework

　　[D] A Faulty Approach to Homework

　　原文首段引出homework，然后Unfortunately, 引出文章中心话题L.A. Unified has produced an inflexible policy which mandates that with the exception of some advanced courses, homework may no longer count for more than 10% of a student’s academic grade.全文都是针对这一政策的批驳与论证，隐形转折后为重点，这一政策是inflexible负向的，对应选项faulty approach.

　　第四：例证关系。例证关系，考核的重点是证，故例子是什么并不重要。错误干扰选项的设置往往就事论事，就例子讨论例子。正确选项应该是对原文论点句的等价替换。而原文论点句一般都具有抽象概括性，含有表示变化，或者观点类的词语。

　　[例子4](2017 text 2 Q27)27. Radesky’s food-testing exercise shows that mothers’ use of devices _____.

　　[A] takes away babies’ appetite

　　[B] distracts children’s attention

　　[C] slows down babies’ verbal development

　　[D] reduces mother-child communication

　　根据题干例子R的food-testing exercise 定位到原文第二段首句Radesky has studied the use of mobile phones and tablets at mealtimes by giving mother-child pairs a food-testing exercise。紧挨着这句后面就有一个观点动词found，She found that mothers who sued devices during the exercise started 20 percent fewer verbal and 39 percent fewer nonverbal interactions with their children.选项D，reduce对应原文fewer，interaction with their children对应mother-child communication故可直接得出正确选项D。

　　希望各位考生在考前这段关键时间内能把握高频考点，赢取最后的胜利!