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 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.
[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.
