第二课时 听力
　　一、大纲对该部分的具体要求
　　考查考生在英语的自然语言环境里对语言的适应能力和理解能力。
　　二、PETS四级考试听力的形式、题型及数量

　　1. A节——主要是考查考生理解特定或具体信息的能力。
　　A节的题目通常是表格填充题，大家只须遵循“所听即所得”的原则找寻答案，不需要担心同义转述的情况。在填充表格时大家一定要注意指导语中的“only one word　　or number”，即，每个空格只能填一个单词或一个数字，多填或不填都是不能得分的。
　　针对本节题目的特点，可以采取以下的做题步骤：
　　（1）预测 （2）记录 （3）检查
　　（2007年听力Part A）
　　 [听力原文]
　　Recently， a survey of the nation’s reading habits was conducted in Britain. The survey asked members of different professions how much time they devoted to reading for pleasure every week. The researchers also asked what types of books they enjoyed. Accountants spend an average of five hours and fifteen minutes of their leisure time reading every week. They read all types of fiction， mainly in bed or while commuting to work. Secretaries spend an average of almost five hours reading every week with Jane Austin on top of their list. Politicians who read for just under five hours a week favor biographies and history books. Most of their reading is done in bed. Taxi drivers manage an average of four hours and forty six minutes a week, most of it while waiting in their cabs. They read more self-help books than other workers. Lawyers read the highest percentage of crime fiction in their weekly average of four hours and thirty three minutes. They have no interest in poetry， gardening， self-help books， or romance. Teachers read for an average of four hours and twenty seven minutes a week mainly in bed or on holiday. Teachers’ strong preference is for contemporary fiction over the classics， but their favorite author is Jane Austin. A total of one thousand six hundred people were surveyed. The average time spent reading for pleasure was five hours and nine minutes a week.
　　[考题]

　　在听完第一次录音后，按照录音提及内容的顺序可以记录如下：
　　accounts 5.15hs all type of fiction
　　secretaries almost 5hs Jane Austen’s works
　　politicians under 5hs biographies and history books
　　taxi drivers 4.46hs self-help books
　　lawyers 4.33hs crime fiction
　　teachers 4.27hs contemporary fiction
　　填完以后的表格为：

　　2. B节——主要考查大家理解具体或总体信息的能力。
　　本节考试中仍以细节题为主，考查大家对给定范围细节的定位和获取事实具体信息的能力。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。