PhonePassTM SET考试是通过电话的方式测试受试者口语水平的测试方法。它可以在五到十二分钟的电话交谈中测定出参试者的英语口语实际听说能力，由智能电脑系统自动评分。计分是根据被测试者在测试期间的电话交谈中实际使用的词汇、以及在所运用的句子和短语中体现出的语速、流利程度及发音情况来评估的。该测试服务和测试结果为美国、加拿大、德国和中国香港政府所接受认可。目前，一些外企已经在招聘考试中采用PhonePassTM SET来测试应聘者的口语能力，比如全球第一大日用品公司宝洁。

    为了帮大家熟悉一下PhonePassTM SET考试，我们特将宝洁公司的考试样卷提供给大家（注：样卷，非实际考试应用的试卷）。

    Introduction¹: Thank you for calling Ordinate's testing system. Please enter your Test Identification² Number on the telephone keypad. Now, please say your name. Now, please follow the instructions for Parts A through E.

    Part A: Reading. Please read the sentences as you are instructed. 1. Traffic is a huge problem in Southern California³. 2. The endless city has no coherent⁴ mass transit⁵ system. 3. Sharing rides was going to be the solution to rush-hour traffic. 4. Most people still want to drive their own cars, though. 5. Larry's next door neighbors are awful. 6. They play loud music all night when he's trying to sleep. 7. If he tells them to stop, they just turn it up louder. 8. He wants to move out of that neighborhood. 9. My aunt recently rescued a dog that was sick. 10. She brought her index⁶ and named her Margaret. 11. They weren't sure she was going to live, but now she's healthy. 12. I just wish she could get along better with their cat.

    Part B: Repeat. Please repeat each sentence that you hear. Example: a voice says, "Leave town on the next train." and you say, "Leave town on the next train."

    Part C: Questions. Now, please just give a simple answer to the questions. Example: a voice says, "Would you get water from a bottle or a newspaper?" and you say, "a bottle." or "from a bottle."

    Part D: Sentence Builds. Now, please rearrange the word groups into a sentence. Example: a voice says, "was reading" …… "my mother" …… "her favorite magazine" and you say, "My mother was reading her favorite magazine."

    Part E: Open Questions. You will have 20 seconds to answer each of three questions. The questions will be about family life or personal choices. Each question will be spoken twice, followed by a beep. When you hear the beep, you will have 20 seconds to answer the question. At the end of the 20 seconds, another beep will signal⁷ the end of the time you have to answer.

    在PhonePassTM SET考试中，有几点受试者一定要注意：

    1. 话筒离嘴巴不能太远，也不能太低，否则会影响通话效果。

    2. 当不知道如何回答问题的时候，应保持沉默或是回答I don't know。

    3. 如果话筒的声音小，请与监考老师联系，不要随意拍打话筒。

    4. 在考试过程中不可随意挂断，否则成绩无效。

    5. 当听到Thank you for completing the SMT test的时候，考试就结束了，可以挂断电话

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