2022年考研人數逐年增加，競爭之激烈使得我們不得不加急復習的日程。眾所周知，閱讀理解占據了考研英語二100分試卷的一半分值，而考研英語閱讀文章大多來自英美國家的主流報刊雜志，所以如果能在日常就多多閱讀這些文章，對以后讀懂文章做對題目來說會大有裨益。但是對大多數備考的同學來說，剛開始投入復習，就去讀考試文章難度的新聞報刊，也是不現實、并且不符合循序漸進的學習規律的，所以我們會在每次推送中，給大家給出兩篇短文，一篇是初階水平（大致在初高中水平）；一篇是高階水平（四六級到考研水平）；同學們可以根據自己當前的情況，選擇其中一篇進行學習。
學習步驟如下：
1.不看漢語譯文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看漢語譯文比對自己理解的意思與之出入
3.強化記憶重點單詞（以記憶其漢語意思為主）
初階文段
The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!
短文翻譯
飛機晚點了，警探們在機場等了一上午。他們在等一包來自南非的貴重鉆石。幾個小時前，有人告訴警察，小偷會試圖偷走鉆石。飛機到達時，一些警探在主樓內等候，而另一些則在機場等候。兩個人把包裹從飛機上拿下來，帶進海關。兩個警探把守在門口，另外兩個警探打開了包裹。令他們驚訝的是，這個貴重的包裹里裝滿了石頭和沙子！
重點單詞
detective[d??tekt?v]
n.偵探; 警探;
expect [?k?spekt]
v.期待; 盼望;
valuable [?v?lju?bl]
adj.寶貴的; 貴重的;
precious [?pre??s]
adj.珍貴的; 寶貴的;
*提示：考研英語二單詞考查的重點在于積累同義詞或者近義詞，不在于辨析近義詞的區別。
parcel [?pɑ?sl]
n.包裹; 小包;
customs [?k?st?mz]
n.關稅; (政府部門)海關;
高階文段
Among industries, aviation and tourism were the biggest losers from the pandemic. Even with huge government bail-outs, airlines are reckoned to have lost $510bn in revenue, according to their international association. The UN reported that international tourism declined by 70% in January-August, causing a loss of $730bn in export revenues.短文翻譯
在各行業中，航空和旅游業是遭疫情打擊最嚴重的行業。國際航空公司協會表示，即便有政府的巨額紓困，航空公司的收入估計也損失了5100億美元。聯合國報告稱，國際旅游業在1月至8月下降了70%，造成了7300億美元的出口收入損失。
重點單詞
industry[??nd?stri]
n.行業; 工業; 生產制造; 勤奮; 勤勞;
aviation[?e?vi?e??n]
n.航空;
tourism[?t??r?z?m]
n.旅游業; 觀光業;
bail out
幫助……脫離困境
reckon[?rek?n]
v.認為;
revenue[?rev?nju?]
n.收益; 財政收入; 稅收收入;
export [?k?sp??t , ?eksp??t]
v.出口; 輸出;
