聽(tīng)力考試的第一節(jié)考查考生理解特定或具體信息的能力。考生根據(jù)所聽(tīng)到的一段180-220詞的獨(dú)白或?qū)υ�，填補(bǔ)表格中的空白。該小節(jié)錄音材料將播放兩遍。問(wèn)題在干中給出，不再在錄音中播放。本小節(jié)一共五道題，播放錄音前有25秒的答題時(shí)間，第一遍錄音放完后有30秒答題時(shí)間，第二遍錄音播放完后有20 秒完成答案和檢查答案時(shí)間。

　　本節(jié)考試的核心題型為細(xì)節(jié)題，考查考生對(duì)給定范圍細(xì)節(jié)的定位和獲取事實(shí)性具體信息的能力。出題點(diǎn)集中在時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、天氣、人物、數(shù)字、電話號(hào)碼和價(jià)格等細(xì)節(jié)信息上。由于考題中已給出所要求的細(xì)節(jié)內(nèi)容，因此考生只需要聽(tīng)懂原文并進(jìn)行合理定位即可。該小節(jié)題目比較簡(jiǎn)單，考生對(duì)該部分的分?jǐn)?shù)應(yīng)志在必得。

　　經(jīng)典例題：

　　For Questions 1-5, you will hear a conversation in which a woman is asking for tourist information about Sudeley Castle and Snowshill Manor.While you listen, fill out the table with the information you’ve heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word in each numbered box. You will heard the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below .(5 points)

　　Information about Sudeley Castle

　　Opening houra.m 1.

　　Closing hour5p.m.

　　Cost for adults￡ 2.

　　Cost for Children￡3

　　Information about Snowshill Manor

　　Collection that children will like3.

　　Payment for visit￡ 4.

　　Close from(month)5.

　　[聽(tīng)力原文]

　　M: Good morning, Can I help you?

　　W: Yes, good morning, I’ve just got a few questions, I wonder if you can help me sort them out. M: I’ll see what I can do.

　　W: Can you tell me when Sudeley Castle, Sudeley? We want to go there this morning.

　　M: Yes,of course. Sudeley Castle, Sudeley, I think it’s open all day, someone asked me this a week or so ago. Here we are, I’ve got the guide, yes, it’s open from 11 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon, well not quite all day, but morning and afternoon.

　　W: Eleven to five, OK, that’s great. Er, can you tell me how much it costs to get in?

　　M: Yes, it costs ￡4.50 fot adults and ￡3.00 for children. It sounds a bit expensive but there’s a lot to do there. I think it’s worth the money.

　　W: OK, now another question: what exactly is Snowshill Manor? What can you see there?

　　M: Oh, it’s a museum, an absolutely fascinating collection of all sorts of things, like clocks and cabinets, and all kinds of swords and masks.　W: Masks? Well, the kids will like them. Do you pay to get into this museum?

　　M: Yes, you do, I think it’s about three pounds fifty.

　　W: Is it open this time of year?

　　M: Yes, it’s open until the end of September, so there are a few weeks before it closes.

　　W: Right, we’ll try it. Thank you very much for the information.

　　M: Enjoy your visit. Good-bye.

　　[Pause 00’30"]

　　W: Now you will hear the recording again.

　　[The recording is repeated.]

　　[Pause 00’20"]

　　W: That is the end of Part A.

　　導(dǎo)師精解：該小節(jié)所有考點(diǎn)都是細(xì)節(jié)題，如果能夠聽(tīng)懂對(duì)話，不難得到正確答案。考生在放第二遍錄音時(shí)，應(yīng)注意檢查一遍，防止答案混淆或者誤聽(tīng)。

　　1. 11/eleven 2.4.50 3.masks 4.3.50 5.october

　　題型分析：PETS-4級(jí)考試大綱明確指出，PETS-4 聽(tīng)力測(cè)試的第一節(jié)為表格填空題。表格題主要測(cè)試考生聽(tīng)寫(xiě)的能力，考生做這類題目時(shí)，考生一定要注意題目所要求的字?jǐn)?shù)限制為1個(gè)單詞。表格中的空白一般為人名、地名、數(shù)字、國(guó)籍以及其它一些實(shí)義名詞、動(dòng)詞和形容詞等，而其他一些虛詞，像a, the可以不計(jì)算入內(nèi)，比如說(shuō)a flower可以計(jì)算為一個(gè)詞，但是a beautiful flower就是兩個(gè)詞了;而一些數(shù)字，比如電話號(hào)碼(33433438)或者一個(gè)大數(shù)10，000,000(ten millions)都只是算作一個(gè)詞;有時(shí)空白處要填入數(shù)字時(shí)，比如1991，有些考生執(zhí)意要將答案寫(xiě)成nineteen ninety-one，也未嘗不可，但是一定要將每個(gè)單詞都拼寫(xiě)正確，否則得不到分。表格中有時(shí)會(huì)出現(xiàn)一些a.m.或者一些錢(qián)幣的符號(hào)。這是命題者為了避免考生可能沒(méi)有注意到字?jǐn)?shù)的限制，而將聽(tīng)到的完整信息全部寫(xiě)了下來(lái)，會(huì)被視為錯(cuò)誤而扣分而專門(mén)設(shè)計(jì)的，因此，在填充表格時(shí)一定要注意表格的格式以及字?jǐn)?shù)限制。