文章大纲
考研试题的阅读是根据国外一些杂志的文章经过“中国特色改写”而成的——比如强行增加长难句——并不是原文。
本文我们来结合具体案例说明，为什么说考研英语阅读题目出得很烂——
这里的“烂”并不单指偏难怪，有些题目已经可以算命题事故了。
I混乱不清的逻辑
① 2025年英二Text 1
In the early 2010s, a wide range of businesses started processing purchases with iPads and other digital payment systems.
【翻译】2010 年代初，许多企业开始使用 iPad 和其他数字支付系统处理采购业务。
不知道是什么样的逻辑素养，才会让命题组“砖家”认为iPad是一种数字支付系统。iPad只是可以运行支付系统的硬件。
正确的说法应该类似：“In the early 2010s, a wide range of businesses began adopting digital payment systems, often using tablets like iPads, to process transactions.”
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② 2024年英二第39题
Section 5 of the FTC Act empowers the FTC to initiate enforcement action against unfair or deceptive acts, meaning the FTC can only act after the fact if a company's privacy practices are misleading or cause unjustified consumer harm. While the FTC is doing what it can to ensure apps are keeping their promises to consumers around the handling of their sensitive health information, the rate at which these health apps are hitting the market demonstrates just how immense of a challenge this is.
39. What challenge is the FTC currently faced with?
[A] The complexity of health information.
[B] The rapid increase in new health apps.
[C] The subtle deceptiveness of health apps.
[D] The difficulty in assessing consumer harm.
与其说是39题的问题，不如说，原文本身就有问题。
第二个长句：“尽管FTC正在尽其所能，确保APP在处理消费者的敏感健康信息时，遵守对消费者的承诺，但是这些健康APP进入市场的速度表明，这是一个多么巨大的挑战。”
这句话简直是前言不搭后语。从“FTC的行动”转到“健康APP数量的增长”，却没有清楚地解释这两个概念之间的关系。读者不清楚健康APP在市场上的日益增多是如何影响FTC确保合规的能力。
或者换句话说，结合前文，FTC只能在侵权行为发生后行动，那么新APP的数量增长就跟FTC没有关系，因为“新APP的数量增长”不等同于“违规APP的数量增长”。假如新的APP全都是守规矩的（迫于法律压力），那FTC根本就不会介入。
下面是笔者认为更优的表述：
"Section 5 of the FTC Act empowers the FTC to initiate enforcement actions against unfair or deceptive acts, but it can only intervene after a company's privacy practices have been found to be misleading or cause unjustified consumer harm. While the FTC is working to ensure that health apps are meeting their privacy commitments, the rapid growth of the health app market presents a challenge, as new apps entering the market may not comply with these standards."
撰稿过程中，笔者也发现，有考生发表过类似疑问。
Ⅱ模棱两可的选项
① 2025年英一第25题
But could the results be replicated with any old dramatist? O'Hanlon said more research would be needed but suggested that Shakespeare's use of 20000 words, compared with the everyday 2000 words,gave a "massive expansion of language into children's lives", which was combined with children “using their whole bodies to bring words to life”.
25. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that
[A] the new teaching method may work best with Shakespeare.
[B] the language of Shakespeare may be formidable for pupils.
[C] other old dramatists may be included in primary education
[D] pupils may be reluctant to work on other old dramatists.
选A的理由
文章最后一段提到，“莎士比亚拥有20,000个词汇”，这为学生的语言扩展提供了巨大的资源。结合“bringing words to life”，这种方法尤其适用于语言复杂且丰富的莎士比亚作品。而对于其他作家，O'Hanlon提到需要更多研究验证，未明确说明效果。因此，答案为[A]。
选C的理由
关键短语“任何老戏剧家都能复制结果吗？”和 “需要更多的研究”表明了： 1. 将这种方法应用于其他戏剧家的可能性 2. 在初等教育中探索这一方法的开放性 3. 以科学的方法检验这种潜在的扩展
虽然提到了莎士比亚的独特优势（20,000字），但这是在承认了与其他戏剧家进行复制的可能性之后。文中没有排除其他剧作家的可能性，因此C是最合乎逻辑的推论。排除A的理由
排除C的理由
- 这段话没有提供证据来得出“其他老剧作家可能会被纳入小学教育”的结论。
- O'Hanlon 的评论侧重于莎士比亚，对其他剧作家能否取得类似的成果表示怀疑，强调了进一步研究的必要性。
笔者观点
二者皆对。不同的理解角度都能找到相应的依据。
该题各培训机构、各大AI给出了不同的答案（A或C）。
这道题无法通过这道题准确区分出考生对知识的掌握程度和思维能力，在难度和区分度上是失衡的。广告2
② 2025年英一第28题
(Para.5) Recognising the hope that science and engineering can bring was the impetus(动力) behind the creation of the Millennium Technology Prize, which is now entering its 20th year as a celebration of human ingenuity(创造力). One of the past winners, Professor Martin Green from the University of New South Wales, Australia, is the inventor of the Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell technology which is now found in most of the world's solar panels. Thanks to his invention, we have a real chance to decrease the world’s carbon emissions.
28. The example of Green in paragraph 5 is used to illustrate ____.
[C] the rewards of scientific endeavors
[D] the value of fostering human ingenuity
A和B项是明显错误的选项。截至发稿前，官方尚未公布答案。但笔者认为，此题选C和D都可以。
选C的理由
选D的理由
排除C的理由
排除D的理由
笔者观点
二者皆对。
两个答案都可以从文本中找到依据。事实上，某个例子在文本中是具有多重功能的。即便考生能通读全文，也很难把握两个选项的微妙(nuanced)差别。
③ 2025年英一第37题
block-2 Have you pondered the life cycle of intangible formats, digital information, given that those who produce these artifacts seldom make provision for their long-term preservation? For millennia, we’ve known what we’ve known due to artifacts that have survived, often despite their original creators’ neglect. The thing itself is the medium that delivers the information. At the time of creation, no attempts were made at intentional preservation, yet analog materials have a chance of surviving and serving as the historical record that biographers, historians, and novelists rely on. Libraries and archives have traditionally shouldered the responsibility of organization, preservation, and access to information. Thus, librarians digitize the tangible so that researchers the world over can quickly search and access their holdings. The result is an embarrassment of historical riches, which brings its own needle-and-haystack problems.
…… When it comes to born-digital information, the terrifying answer can be:if not librarians and archivists, then no one. Digital information requires a great deal more care than analog.
37. Compared with digital objects, tangible artifacts ______.
与数字文物相比，实体文物______。
[A] are less subject to their creators' neglect 较少受到创作者忽视的影响
[B] convey information in a more direct way 传递信息的方式更直接
[C] require more intentional preservation 需要更用心的保存
[D] are less likely to suffer serious damage 不太可能遭受严重破坏
C选项写反了，D选项无中生有。接下来我们详细比较A、B选项。
对于实体文物
- 尽管被创造者忽视，但仍然存活下来
- 事物本身传递信息
- 自然存活了数千年
- 比数字文物更不需要精心呵护
对于数字文物
- 需要积极保存
- 需要不断迁移
- 可能因格式过时而无法访问
- 需要比实体文物更多的保护
- 如果没有图书馆员/档案管理员，可能根本无法保存
选A的理由
原文提到，实体文物和数字文物的保护问题都被忽视了。但这对实体文物没啥影响，而对数字文物的影响则是致命的，说明实体文物更不容易因创作者忽视而受到影响。
选B的理由
原文“事物本身就是传递信息的媒介”，与需要特定技术才能获取的数字对象形成对比。以 ZIP 磁盘为例，说明获取数字信息需要额外的步骤/技术。
笔者观点
二者皆对。
对于这道题，Chat GPT (4o)选择B，Claude AI选择A。这两者是当前业界公认最好的英语AI，而这道题甚至连AI的答案都不能统一，这意味着这道题目的难度过高，超出了大部分考生能够准确判断的范畴。
考生在面对这样模棱两可的选项时，往往会陷入纠结和迷茫，难以凭借自身的知识和能力做出准确的判断，使得这道题的区分度极低，无法有效区分不同水平的考生。④ 2023年英一第33题
PRH declined to comment on the issue, but a spokesperson for Waterstones told me: “Waterstones are currently operating with reduced credit terms from PRH, the only publisher in the UK to place any limitations on our ability to trade. We are not boycotting PRH titles but we are doing our utmost to ensure that availability for customers remains good despite the lower overall levels of stock. We are hopeful with our shops now open again that normality will return and that we will be allowed to buy appropriately. Certainly, our shops are exceptionally busy. The sales for our May Books of the Month surpassed any month since 2018.”
33. What message does the spokesperson for Waterstones seem to convey?
[A] Their customers remain loyal.
[B] The credit limit will be removed.
选A的理由
选B的理由
排除A的理由
“we will be allowed to buy”只能按字面意思理解，不能曲解为“顾客期盼能早日从水石书店购书”。
排除B的理由
首先明确credit terms和credit limit的区别。
credit terms：规定客户付款的时间与相应优惠条件，是一系列规则的集合，规范着买卖双方赊账交易下资金回笼的节奏与方式 。比如 “2/10，n/30”，意味着客户如果在10天内付款，能享受2%的现金折扣；要是30天内才付款，就得付全款，不享受折扣。
credit limit：是一个量化的额度上限，明确客户能够赊欠的最大资金数额。打个比方，银行给某客户的信用卡设定了 5 万元的信用额度，那么不管消费场景、时间如何，客户累计未偿还的欠款不能超过这个 5 万的上限。
此外，后面也强调了：PRH是the only publisher in the UK to place any limitations on our ability to trade.（PRH出版商是英国唯一一家对我们有限制的出版商。）
所以，credit limit不可能就此取消。笔者观点
这一道题已在全网掀起讨论热潮，即便是专业的考研教辅机构也无法确定答案。
⑤ 2025年英一第22题*
…… The research shows that the way actors work makes a big difference to the way children use language and also how they think about themselves, Jacqui O'Hanlon of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which commissioned the study said.
Its randomised control trial involved hundreds of year 5 pupils — aged nine and ten — at 45 state primary schools that had not been "previously exposed to RSC pedagogy," and with above-average eligibility for free schools meals. They were split into target and control groups and asked to write, for example, a message in a bottle as Ferdinand after the shipwreck in The Tempest. The target group was given a 30-minute drama-based activity to accompany the passage.
The peer-reviewed results showed that the target group of pupils drew on a wider vocabulary, used words “classed as more sophisticated or rarer”, and wrote at greater length. They also “appear to be more comfortable writing in role ... while control pupils imagine how they themselves would react to being shipwrecked, target children put themselves in the shoes of a library character and express that character's emotion”.
22. The study divided the pupils into two groups to find whether ___.
[A] the change in instruction enhances learning outcomes.
[C] emotion affects understanding of sophisticated works.
选A的理由
（新东方）A. 教学方式的改变提高了学习效果。
本题题干定位至第三段第二句，结合上文第二段尾句和下文第四段信息可以确定研究目的，文章提到研究通过随机对照试验，将学生分为两组：目标组接受戏剧化教学活动，对照组未接受。研究的目的是比较两种教学方法的效果，特别是目标组是否在词汇使用、写作能力和情感素养上表现更好。这表明研究关注情境变化对学习成果的影响，而非词汇扩展、情感或艺术兴趣的直接作用。因此，答案为[A]。选C的理由
（万学海文/启航考研）C. 情感会影响对复杂作品的理解。
在这个30分钟的戏剧活动中，目标学生群体“似乎更愿意以角色写作……当对照组学生想象自己对遭遇海难的反应时，目标组则站在文学人物的立场上来表达该人物的情感。”可以看出目标群体由于受到人物的情绪影响，因而表达更好。笔者观点
选A。（*因网络上存在争议，因此在此列出）
该研究使用目标组和对照组来检验教学（排练室教学法）的改变是否能提高学习效果，如词汇量、写作质量和情感投入。对教学方法的关注使[A]更符合研究目的。[C]反映的是次要观察结果，而不是研究的主要目的。
⑥ 2025年英二第30题*
Reform wants to ask how power and resources should be distributed in our health system. What health functions should remain at the centre, and what should be given to local leaders, often responsible for services that create health, and with a much better understanding of the needs of their populations?
30. It can be inferred that local leaders should
[A] exercise their power more reasonably
[B] develop a stronger responsibility
[C] play a bigger role in the health system
[D] understand people's health needs better
选C的理由
文章的核心论点是：地方领导人应该获得更多的权力和资源，这自然意味着他们在卫生系统中会发挥更大的作用。这个推断与文章的主旨——地方领导人应承担更大责任并参与更多决策——相符。
选D的理由
文章提到，地方领导人更好地理解他们所在社区的健康需求，这的确是文章的一部分重点。
笔者观点
选C。（*因网络上存在争议，因此在此列出）
这道题的模糊性就在于，文章在描述地方领导人角色时，不仅强调了他们对健康需求的理解，还强调了他们应该在健康系统中承担更大责任，获得更多的资源和权力。因此，这道题存在一定的解释空间，不同的理解可能导致不同的答案。
如果我们从文章的总体框架出发，理解地方领导人不仅要“理解需求”，还要“发挥更大的作用”，那么 [C] 更符合文章的主旨。然而， [D] 作为一个更具体的理解，也可以被认为是合理的。
但是，文章不仅仅强调了地方领导人对健康需求的理解（这是 [D] 的重点），还提到地方领导人需要有更多的权力和资源来“参与决策”，这更符合 [C] 的表述。也就是说，文章传达的不只是“理解”，而是“更大的角色”和更多的“责任”。Ⅲ不可一世的傲慢
① 印刷质量
网络上大量考生反馈，2025考研英一试卷存在严重印刷质量问题，如纸张洇墨、字母毛边等，影响阅读。从考试信度看，这些问题干扰考生正常作答，导致成绩无法精准反映其英语水平，严重拉低试卷信度。
这背后反映出考试组织方观念偏差，无视考试公平与尊重原则。对试卷印刷细节的忽视，实质是对考生权益的侵害和技术层面的失职。试卷可读性是考试基本要求，若无法保证可读性，考试的科学性、权威性与公信力将荡然无存。
② 2025年英一第33题
Rivkin joined the MPA in 2017 after the organization failed five years earlier to build consensus between Hollywood and Silicon Valley to win passage of legislation in Congress aimed at stopping online piracy. In 2017 the association formed the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), an enforcement taskforce of about 100 detectives circling the globe to help local authorities arrest streaming pirates.
33. It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that the MPA
[A] was denied cooperation by Silicon Valley
[C] was urged to form an enforcement taskforce
笔者观点：本题没有正确选项。
A项是4个选项中的最佳，但A的"deny"表述是有问题的。文中提到的是“未能达成共识”，并没有明确表示硅谷方面拒绝合作。未能达成共识的原因可能是利益冲突、优先级不一致或其他原因，而不一定是“拒绝”。更准确的表述可能是“未能获得硅谷的合作”。A项用词夸大。
试题需要题干明确，指令清晰。但此次命题组似乎仅凭主观臆断就敲定题目，强行把漏洞百出的内容塞给考生，仿佛在宣告，他们有权定义何为 “正确”，丝毫不理会考生多年苦学积累的知识体系与学术素养。
这般傲慢，不仅折损了考试的公信力，更是对莘莘学子求知热忱的无情漠视，长此以往，只会让考试沦为一场荒诞不经的闹剧，完全背离选拔人才、推动学术精进的初衷。
③ 2019年英二第35题
首段提出主题：美国农工短缺严重,移民政策亟待改革。
第二段为首段的补充说明,借农工移民政策改革受阻的不良社会影响强调这一政策亟待改革。
第三段由美国农业劳动力的特征变化引出一种不可行解决措施。
第四段介绍另一种不可行解决措施:机械化。
第五段介绍现行解决措施:借助 H-2A 签证引入外籍劳工。
第六段进而分析 H-2A 签证这一解决措施的缺陷。
第七段补充其他相关解决措施:转移生产、进口食品。
第八段独句成段，总结收篇：美国可以进口食品，也可以进口采摘食品的工人。
35. Which of the following could be the best title for this text?
[A] U.S.Agriculture in Decline?
[B] Import Food or Labor?
[C] America Saved by Mexico?
[D] Manpower vs. Automation?
这题简直把命题组的傲慢暴露无遗。
这道题官方答案选择“[B]Import Food or Labor?”。诚然，B项确实比其他三个选项稍微合理一些，但其本身也不具有合理性，理由如下：
一是过度简化，虽文章末涉及劳动力与食品选择，但此前还详论了劳动力短缺原因、移民改革难题、各方案缺陷，将之压缩成“进口食品或劳动力”，太过草率，让人质疑命题者有无通读全文；
二是缺乏移民政策背景，文章核心为移民政策改革，B项却只聚焦“二选一”，无视现有引入外籍劳工制度及其局限，是傲慢式简化，没抓住关键；
三是视角狭隘，标题未涵盖议题在社会、经济、政治层面的影响，只重经济权衡，忽视诸多复杂因素，态度轻率；
四是遗漏反讽批判，文章结尾有反讽，B项却仅是干巴巴“二选一”，未传达对政策、方案的批判态度，没契合文章基调。
Ⅳ结语
考研，作为正式的大型国家选拔性考试，承载着无数学子的梦想与未来。
然而当下的考研英语命题，却实在让人失望透顶。为了刻意提升难度，全然不顾语言最基本的逻辑性、规范性与纯正性。考研英语试题简直就是对英语这门语言的亵渎。
逻辑混乱不清的题目屡见不鲜，让考生在似是而非的表述里摸不着头脑，绞尽脑汁也难以捉摸命题人的 “奇葩” 思路；模棱两可的选项更是成了常态，考生苦学多年积累的知识、打磨的语感，在这种含糊其辞的选项面前统统失效，根本不知道该遵循哪种标准；拟定标题也尽显敷衍与傲慢，忽略文章深度与广度，肆意简化复杂内容。
长此以往，这不是在选拔人才，而是在刁难考生，把莘莘学子的努力当作儿戏，严重破坏了考试应有的公正与严谨，也让英语学习陷入一种畸形的、只重应试技巧而非真实能力提升的怪圈。
若这种命题风向不加以制止，考研英语终将沦为一场闹剧，失去它本应有的一切意义与价值。
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