考研最难的10个题（史上最难考研阅读题）

考研最难的10个题（史上最难考研阅读题）B. the privileges granted by the QueenA. the financial support from the royal family好吧，接招！1999年 英语一 Text 27. The BBC’s “royal charter ”(Line 5，Paragraph 4）stands for .

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真的有那么难吗？！或许是大家没见过史上难度最大的题目 这一题出现在1999年（当年出生的小宝贝们在抖音里已经算是大叔了。。），数据显示该题的难度是0.09，也就是说100个考生里只有9个学生能答对，联想到当年还要考听力……

好吧，接招！

1999年 英语一 Text 2

7. The BBC’s “royal charter ”(Line 5，Paragraph 4）stands for .

A. the financial support from the royal family

B. the privileges granted by the Queen

C. a contract with the Queen

D. a unique relationship with the royal family

我们再来看第三、四段原文：

It is a remarkable record stretching back over 70 years — yet the BBC’s future is now in doubt. The corporation will survive as a publicly-funded broadcasting organization at least for the time being but its role its size and its programmes are now the subject of a nationwide debate in Britain.

The debate was launched by the Government which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC — including ordinary listeners and viewers — to say what was good or bad about the Corporation and even whether they thought it was worth keeping. The reason forits inquiry is that the BBC’s royal charter runs out in 1996 and it must decide whether to keep the organization as it is or to make changes.

重点来了! Charter的意思？！

这一题要答对还真要费思量，为什么？

首先charter本身属于考研词汇中的低频高难词汇，透彻掌握本身就不容易，而这一题就是要问charter在文章代表啥意思。

我们先来看看charter的具体释义

① (N-COUNT) 章程;宪章 Acharter is a formal document describing the rights aims or principles of an organization or group of people.

● ...Article 50 of the United Nations Charter.

《联合国宪章》第50款

②(VERB) (个人、团体)包租，租用(飞机、船只等)If a person or organization charters a plane boat or other vehicle they hire it for their own use.

● He chartered a jet to fly her home from California to Switzerland...

他包了架喷气式飞机把她从加利福尼亚送回瑞士家里。

③(N-COUNT)an official document stating that a ruler or government allows a new organization town or university to be established andgives it particular rights （统治者或政府准许成立新的组织、城镇、大学等并授予某种权利的）特许状，许可证，凭照

TheRoyal College received its charter as a university in 1967.

皇家学院于1967年获得升格为大学的特许状。

④(ADJ) (飞机或船只)包租的，包用的 Acharter plane or boat is one which is hired for use by a particular person orgroup and which is not part of a regular service.

● ...frequent charter flights to Spain.

到西班牙的定期包机航班

如果对charter的意思有深入理解的话，这一题真的不难，看第三个释义（许可证）就知道答案选C。

当年却有59%的考生选择A。问题是第三段里提到了The corporation will survive as a publicly-funded broadcasting organization.Publicly-funded意思是公众资助性质的，可能不少考生忽略了这一点。

真正关键点：run out

必须得说，charter这个词在考研中极少出现，甚至有的考研词汇书都没有收录（可以作为考研词汇书优劣的标准之一）。

其实如果不知道charter的意思的话，还有一个线索是run out，搞清楚！run out 不是 run out of 。如果等而视之，也是会选错。

run out of 是用尽，耗尽的意思 注意of 后面要跟名词或代词。看例句！

① (PHRASAL VERB) 用完;耗尽 If you run out of something you have no more of it left.

● They have run out of ideas...

他们已经想不出任何办法了。

● We're running out of time...

我们快没有时间了。

而run out 除了耗尽，还有到期的意思。且看！

① (PHRASAL VERB) 被用完;耗尽 If something runs out it becomes used up so that there is no more left.

● Conditions are getting worse and supplies are runningout...

情况越来越糟糕，贮备物资也快用完了。

● Time is running out.

时间不多了。

② (PHRASAL VERB) (法律文件)到期，失效When a legal document runs out it stops being valid.

● When the lease ran out the family moved to Campigny.

租约到期后，这家人搬到了坎皮格尼。

● ...the day my visa ran out.

我的签证的到期日

不是尾声的尾声

到这里大家应该很清楚了这一题的出题思路，就是考察大家对charter和run out的理解。

本文的主角charter在沉寂多年之后，突然在2012年英语一的text4中又出现了，且看：

Reform has been vigorously opposed perhaps most egregiously（啥意思？） in education where charter schools academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles. Even though there is plenty of evidence that the quality of the teachers is the most important variable（名词意思哦） teachers’ unions have fought against getting rid of bad ones and promoting good ones.

egregious [ɪˈgri:dʒiəs] 是GRE词汇。很多考研词汇书并没有收录，但是考过就不算超纲词！赶紧记！

① (ADJ-GRADED) 极坏的;极差的;极其恶劣的Egregious means very bad indeed.

● ...the most egregious abuses of the right to subsistence. 注意划线词汇！

对生存权的严重践踏

charterschool 字面意思是特许学校，指的是进行革新改良的公立学校，很典型的特点是它们不用非得遵循其他公立学校的规定，而是允许它们选择其他的教育方法或者项目，而且这些特许学校往往招生数有限 类似于国内的实验小学，外国语学校。

variable这里考的是名词意思！

①(ADJ-GRADED) 多变的;易变的;反复无常的 Something that is variable changes quite often and there usually seems to be no fixed pattern to these changes.

●The potassium content of food stuffs is very variable...

食物中钾的含量差别很大。

②(N-COUNT) （质量、数量、规模等）可变因素，变量 A variable is a factor that can change in quality quantity or size which you have to take into account in a situation.

●Decisions could be made on the basis of price delivery dates after-sales service or any other variable...

购买决定可能会基于价格、送货日期、售后服务以及其他可变因素。

●Other variables in making forecasts for the industry include the weather and the general economic climate.

对该产业进行预测时还要考虑天气和宏观经济环境等其他不确定因素。

charter 又出现在2016年英语一的text1中：

In contrast to France’s actions，Denmark’s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions（啥意思？）regarding the age，health，and other characteristics of models. The newly revised Danish Fashion Ethical Charter clearly states：”We are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals，especially on young people”. The charter’s main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen Fashion Week （CFW），which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute. But in general it relies on a name-and-shame method of compliance.

很明显，这里的charter作名词是章程的意思，这一篇主题是时尚界对追求完美体型的反思。

至于有伙伴认为royal charter 字面意思来看像是皇家宪章，会不会是指英国大宪章什么的。我要说真的是想多了，英国大宪章有专有名词The Magna Carta 或者 The Great Charter 。

最后再来个小测试：

The members of the club _____ a plane to take them on holiday to France.

1. A. bought B. chartered C. leased D. borrowed

当然这一题要选的是主角charter，值得一提的是，lease也有租借的意思，不过一般对象是房屋和土地。

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