M: Sarah, you work in the admissions office, don’t you?
　　W: Yes, I’m…I’ve been here ten years as assistant director.
　　M: Really? What does that involve?
　　W: Well, I’m in charge of all the admissions of postgraduate students in the university.
　　M: Only postgraduates?
　　W: Yes, postgraduates only. I have nothing at all to do with undergraduates.
　　M: Do you find that you get particular…sort of…different national groups? I mean, do you get large numbers from Latin America or…
　　W: Yes. Well, of all the students enrolled last year, nearly half were from overseas. They were from African countries, the Far East, the Middle East, and Latin America.
　　M: Em. But have you been doing just that for the last 10 years, or, have you done other things?
　　W: Well, I’ve been doing the same job. Er, before that, I was secretary of the medical school at Birmingham, and further back, I worked in the local government.
　　M: Oh, I see.
　　W: So I’ve done different types of things.
　　M: Yes, indeed. How do you imagine your job might develop in the future? Can you imagine shifting into a different kind of responsibility or doing something…
　　W: Oh, yeah, from October 1, I’ll be doing an entirely different job. There’s going to be more committee work. I mean, more policy work, and less dealing with students, unfortunately…I’ll miss my contact with students. (来源：www.EnglishCN.com)

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard:

　　23. What is the woman’s present position?
　　24. What do we learn about the postgraduates enrolled last year in the woman’s university?
　　25. What will the woman’s new job be like?

　　第一题和第三题分别出在文章首、末，符合一直以来的考察特点。而第二句可以根据答案推测和外国学生有关，因此专注听到提问部分：M: Do you find that you get particular…sort of…different national groups? I mean, do you get large numbers from Latin America or…即可知后文的答案的出现。

　　PASSAGE部分这次取材难度较大，但出题位置依然非常规律，除第三篇第一题外，其他每篇的首、末题都出在文章首、末句部分，因此占到了整个考题的一半，可以说比例非常之高。

　　文章首篇描述的是作者的家庭，分别描述了作者的母亲和父亲，最后说了整个家庭以及母亲作出的牺牲。本文为比较典型的发展描述文，考点安排也就非常明朗：母亲一题、父亲一题、母亲作出的牺牲使得家庭能维持作为最后一题。

　　第二篇描述了一个救火队员的痛苦经历。起因部分出了一题，第二题问到使医生惊讶的原因，为原因考点，第三题为时间地点人物考点，第四题则为结果部分。本文因起因复杂，因此连续考查了2题，没有太多涉足其经过部分，中间部分只涉及了一道人物考题，可以认为是篇经过细节变化的完整故事类文章。

　　第三篇则是风土人情类文章的典型代表，也印证了近几年来对风土人情的考察的偏爱：05年6月的馅饼大赛和奥地利订婚习俗到06年6月美国南部的土著植物到第一次新题型的埃及人如何埋葬死人一直以来，风土人情成了考试中受到偏爱的部分。本文出题倒也工整，首句一题、末句一题，外加中间细节一题，平均分布于全文之中，也不难寻找答案。

　　可见这次四级PASSAGE部分以复杂的文章内容来掩饰其简单的出题位置，从而达到使考生紧张从而无法专注解题技巧本身的目的，也从而能测试出考生能力上的差异。所谓艺高人胆大，对于能力本身有欠缺，又在技巧上没有掌握纯熟的考生来说，无疑本次考试的PASSAGE是种莫大的挑战。

　　听写部分单词主要侧重了单词拼写的考察，如adjusting中的d\competition中的元音字母混淆、accustomed中的双写、semester中的元音字母等，也注重了词尾变化的特点，如-ing分词、-ed分词、单复数等。

　　听写句子本身难度较低，难词也少，而且这次考试的听写句子部分，意群都较短，所以方便考生记忆和听写：

　　44. At their worst, /they may threaten to take their children out of college, /or cut off funds.
　　45. think it only right and natural /that they determine /what their children do with their lives.
　　46. who are now young adults, /must be the ones responsible for /what they do /and what they are.