聽力考試的第一節考查考生理解特定或具體信息的能力。考生根據所聽到的一段180-220詞的獨白或對話，填補表格中的空白。該小節錄音材料將播放兩遍。問題在干中給出，不再在錄音中播放。本小節一共五道題，播放錄音前有25秒的答題時間，第一遍錄音放完后有30秒答題時間，第二遍錄音播放完后有20秒完成答案和檢查答案時間。
本節考試的核心題型為細節題，考查考生對給定范圍細節的定位和獲取事實性具體信息的能力。出題點集中在時間、地點、天氣、人物、數字、電話號碼和價格等細節信息上。由于考題中已給出所要求的細節內容，因此考生只需要聽懂原文并進行合理定位即可。該小節題目比較簡單，考生對該部分的分數應志在必得。

經典例題：

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 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. [聽力原文]

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.

名師精解：該小節所有考點都是細節題，如果能夠聽懂對話，不難得到正確答案。考生在放第二遍錄音時，應注意檢查一遍，防止答案混淆或者誤聽。

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

題型分析：PETS-4級考試大綱明確指出，PETS-4 聽力測試的第一節為表格填空題。表格題主要測試考生聽寫的能力，考生做這類題目時，考生一定要注意題目所要求的字數限制為1個單詞。表格中的空白一般為人名、地名、數字、國籍以及其它一些實義名詞、動詞和形容詞等，而其他一些虛詞，像a, the可以不計算入內，比如說a flower可以計算為一個詞，但是a beautiful flower就是兩個詞了；而一些數字，比如電話號碼（33433438）或者一個大數10，000,000（ten millions）都只是算作一個詞；有時空白處要填入數字時，比如1991，有些考生執意要將答案寫成nineteen ninety-one，也未嘗不可，但是一定要將每個單詞都拼寫正確，否則得不到分。表格中有時會出現一些a.m.或者一些錢幣的符號。這是命題者為了避免考生可能沒有注意到字數的限制，而將聽到的完整信息全部寫了下來，會被視為錯誤而扣分而專門設計的，因此，在填充表格時一定要注意表格的格式以及字數限制。