找准路标词，事半功倍
考研英语阅读中的 "路标词"是指那些具有衔接和转折等功能的词(即，虚词)、词组和句子。这些词对考生有效地应用信息解答试题也是至关重要的。
具体来说， "路标词"有以下三大类：
"继续前进"类：and, more, moreover, More than that, Furthermore, also. Likewise, equally important, another…
"注意转弯"类：but, yet, while, whereas, nevertheless, otherwise, although, despite, instead, in spite of, not, on the contrary, however, in contrast…
其他类：near, far, beside, next to, above, on the side of, across…;for this purpose, so that, in order…; for example, specifically, in particular…;in that case, if, unless…
此类词汇为句与句、段与段之间的关系更清楚的交代架起了一座 "桥梁"。此类词是考生在理解文章中不迷失、不转向的根本。
把握句子间逻辑关系
考研阅读，对学生逻辑判断和推理能力的要求是非常明显的，因此句子间逻辑关系的把握会直接影响文章的理解。阅读中一般出现的逻辑关系有：因果关系、递进关系、修饰、解释关系、复指关系、对比关系，转折关系。因此，在阅读文章过程中，一定要留意句子间的逻辑关系。例如，In the immediate future, Stanley believes that one solution would be to make artificial floods to flush out the delta waterways, in the same way that natural floods did before the construction of the dams. He says, however, that in the long term an alternative process such as desalination may have to be used to increase the amount of water available.句中出现了表示递进的逻辑关系词in the immediate future … in the longer term …；还出现了表示转折关系的关联词however。