KET And PET 2004 Updated Exams
2004年3月开始剑桥成人五级考试中的KET、的PET考试将有以下细微的改动。
In March 2004, the first candidates will sit the updated KET and PET exams. The changes, which are relatively minor, are summarised below.
?eading/Writing
The previous Part 1 questions 1-5 (short signs and notices with three-option multiple-choice format) have been removed, as similar text types appear elsewhere in the paper.
The previous Part 2 dictionary definition matching exercise has been converted into a productive task (Part 6 of the updated test).
There is a new multiple-choice vocabulary section (Part 2 of the updated test).
The previous Part 7 information transfer exercise now samples a wider range of input and output text in the updated test (Part 8 of the updated test).
In the continuous writing question (Part 9 of the updated test), candidates must now write 25-35 words (as opposed to 20-25 words).
Listening
There are no changes to this paper.
Speaking
The Personal Question Activities have been removed from Part 2 of the test, so all candidates will now use the current Non-Personal Question Activity type.
Preliminary English Test
Reading
Part 1 of the test (signs and notices) is now three-option multiple-choice instead of four-option and samples a wider range of formats, including short personal messages such as e-mails and "post-its".
Writing
In the Part 1 sentence transformation task, candidates will be given the beginning and end of the sentence.
The previous Part 2 form-filling task has been replaced with a guided writing task. This expands the range of text types that PET students produce in the writing component.
In Part 3 (extended writing), there is now a choic