听力考试的第一节考查考生理解特定或具体信息的能力。考生根据所听到的一段180-220词的独白或对话，填补表格中的空白。该小节录音材料将播放两遍。问题在干中给出，不再在录音中播放。本小节一共五道题，播放录音前有25秒的答题时间，第一遍录音放完后有30秒答题时间，第二遍录音播放完后有20秒完成答案和检查答案时间。
本节考试的核心题型为细节题，考查考生对给定范围细节的定位和获取事实性具体信息的能力。出题点集中在时间、地点、天气、人物、数字、电话号码和价格等细节信息上。由于考题中已给出所要求的细节内容，因此考生只需要听懂原文并进行合理定位即可。该小节题目比较简单，考生对该部分的分数应志在必得。

经典例题：

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 hour 1a.m

Closing hour 5p.m.

Cost for adults ￡2.

Cost for Children ￡3.

Information about Snowshill Manor Collection that children will like

3. Payment for visit ￡ 4.

Close from(month)

5. [听力原文]

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.

名师精解：该小节所有考点都是细节题，如果能够听懂对话，不难得到正确答案。考生在放第二遍录音时，应注意检查一遍，防止答案混淆或者误听。

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

题型分析：PETS-4级考试大纲明确指出，PETS-4 听力测试的第一节为表格填空题。表格题主要测试考生听写的能力，考生做这类题目时，考生一定要注意题目所要求的字数限制为1个单词。表格中的空白一般为人名、地名、数字、国籍以及其它一些实义名词、动词和形容词等，而其他一些虚词，像a, the可以不计算入内，比如说a flower可以计算为一个词，但是a beautiful flower就是两个词了；而一些数字，比如电话号码（33433438）或者一个大数10，000,000（ten millions）都只是算作一个词；有时空白处要填入数字时，比如1991，有些考生执意要将答案写成nineteen ninety-one，也未尝不可，但是一定要将每个单词都拼写正确，否则得不到分。表格中有时会出现一些a.m.或者一些钱币的符号。这是命题者为了避免考生可能没有注意到字数的限制，而将听到的完整信息全部写了下来，会被视为错误而扣分而专门设计的，因此，在填充表格时一定要注意表格的格式以及字数限制。