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　　W: Are you still teaching at the junior high school?

　　M: Not since June. My brother and I opened a restaurant as soon as he got out of the army.

　　Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?

　　本題也是個(gè)很好的例子，混淆選項(xiàng)中說(shuō)男人開(kāi)了一個(gè)RESTAURANT，實(shí)際為與其兄合開(kāi)，較之正確選項(xiàng)A) He quit teaching in June.，此混淆選項(xiàng)略顯瑕疵，因此舍棄該混淆選項(xiàng)。

　　長(zhǎng)對(duì)話中雖然第一篇篇幅長(zhǎng)達(dá)12個(gè)回合，史無(wú)前例，但考官卻刻意在其中安排了諸多停頓和遲疑來(lái)給考生留出足夠的時(shí)間思考，也不可不謂用心良苦。對(duì)話內(nèi)容本身相對(duì)比較簡(jiǎn)單，屬于租房場(chǎng)景的典型例子。其中甚至引用到了以往真題中出現(xiàn)的一些內(nèi)容，如：

　　W: Em…, I don’t think we have any rooms for tonight. There’s a conference going on in town and…er, let’s see…yeah, no rooms.

　　參考1991年6月四級(jí)考題中第10題：

　　M: I sent a letter to make a reservation for a single room a few days ago.

　　: I’m sorry, your request arrived too late. There are some conferences in town this week and we are full up.

　　Q: Are there any spare rooms at the hotel?

　　甚至連沒(méi)有房間的理由也是一模一樣，這不得不讓人再次深思往年考題的重要性。無(wú)獨(dú)有偶，本次考試中甚至有些短對(duì)話考題就將過(guò)去的真題進(jìn)行小幅的修改后就直接使用，如短對(duì)話第15題：

　　M: Hi, Susan! Have you finished reading the book Professor Johnson recommended?

　　W: Oh, I haven’t read it through the way I read a novel. I just read a few chapters which interested me.

　　Q: What does the woman mean?

　　與03年6月考試中短對(duì)話第8題如出一轍：

　　M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month?

　　W: Oh, I didn’t read it straight through the way you read a novel, I just covered a few chapters which interested me most.

　　Q: How did the woman read the book?

　　甚至從用詞角度而言，今年的15題還不如03年6月的第8題來(lái)得難，去掉了straight，把cover直接用read代替，均降低了句子本身的難度。所以可以說(shuō)今天考試短對(duì)話部分總體而言難度是略有所下降的。但本題的出現(xiàn)再次強(qiáng)調(diào)了往年真題的重要性，告戒考生須戒驕戒躁，將往年真體摸熟吃透，方能兵來(lái)將擋，水來(lái)土淹。

　　長(zhǎng)對(duì)話就出題而言，位置倒頗是符合規(guī)律，以第二篇為例：

　　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.

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

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