The role of level 4:
First, the hard conditions for banks and civil servants. The four-level certificate is a necessary condition for applying for the five major banks, and some government agencies also require a four-level certificate when recruiting civil servants.
Second, the four-level certificate of recruitment conditions of some private enterprises is the embodiment of their own learning ability. The higher the CET-4 score, the stronger your English ability. The stronger their learning ability, this can be a reflection of their own professional quality. In some English-related industries, CET-4 is also required, which is some professional skills. The higher the score of Band 4, the more popular it is.
Third, the embodiment of self-cultivation. Passing CET-4 is not only a reflection of English ability, but also an exam that can only be taken during college, which proves the performance and learning attitude during college. Failure to pass CET-4 will affect their performance in the university, and employers will also consider this factor when recruiting, taking into account their future performance in the work.
The examination paper structure of CET-4;
As far as the language ability is concerned, the CET-4 in the pilot stage consists of the following four parts: listening comprehension; Reading comprehension; Cloze or correct mistakes; Writing and translation.
Listening comprehension scores accounted for 35%; Among them, listening dialogue 15% and listening passage 20%. The listening dialogue part includes listening comprehension of short dialogue and long dialogue; The listening part includes short comprehension of selected questions and compound dictation.
Reading comprehension accounts for 35%; Among them, deep reading accounts for 25%, skimming and scanning account for 10%.
The close reading part is divided into: reading comprehension of selected topics; Lexical understanding (BankedCloze) or short sentence questions and answers (ShortAnswerQuestions) at the text level. The fast reading comprehension section tests the ability to browse and search.
Cloze score ratio is 10%. Cloze part adopts single choice question type, and the requirement of error correction part is to find out the mistakes and correct them.
Writing and translation scores account for 20%; Among them, writing 15% and translation 5%. The genre of writing includes argumentative writing, expository writing and practical writing. The translation part tests the Chinese-English translation ability at the level of sentences, phrases or common words.