解析：
14.C 信息告诉公路什么时候会实现。所以要对表示时间的数字留意。But I believe that within a decade pretty much that ultimate vision will be available to a lot of people around the world. (decade: ten years).
15. D 信息技术将会如何改变我们的社会生活?所以我们注意听采访者提问的第二个问题：how would information highway affect our social interaction? 我们听到这样的回答：and yet the idea of being able to get so much information about the things going on in the town and how you can get there when it’s scheduled, what your friends thought about it, how you can see the menu before uyou go to a restaurant, etc… 由此我们可以确定B。C两个选项。采访者的最后一个问题是与选项A有关的。Do you mean the information access will play an important role in one’s social interaction? ---Absolutely. 由此选项A也是正确的。
16.A 这道题关键在于理解词组的意思。“And probably the young generation going up with these tools right now would take this tools fullest potential.” Take full potential “充分利用，充分挖掘潜能”相当于bring… into full play.
17. Who suffered from depression according to the research?
A. people who spent a few hours a week on the Internet.
B. people who logged on less frequently than a few hours a week.
C. people who felt lonely when logging on the Net.
D.people who felt lonely when logging on the Net.
18.Why did researchers expect the Net to be healthier than television?
A. Because TV watchers wasted much more time in front of TV sets.
B .Because TV watchers could communicate with others.
C .Because Net users were allowed to choose information.
D. Because Net users could receive all kinds of information.
19. Which of the following doesn’t help explain Net user’s drop in psychological health according to the research?
A. Time available for family and friends is reduced.
B. Conversations through the Net prove to be less satisfying.
C. The increasing knowledge of outside world makes users discontent with their actual lives.
D. The unhealthy information causes much depression.
20. What is the possible solution to the problem?
A. Stop using internet any longer.
B. Take social factors into consideration while designing applications and services.
C. Spend less time logging on internet.
D. Develop a completely new net service.
解析：
17.此题关键在于听清比较级比较的对象。Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged in less frequently.
18.此题关键在于听清Since后面的句子，因为since在这里相当于because，来解释其中的原因。… since the Net allows users to choose information and to communicate with others.
19.注意审题，根据调查，哪一项不是导致心理健康问题日趋严重的原因。“reduce time available for family and friends”, “virtual communication may be less satisfying” , “exposure to the wide world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives”.
20.这个问题的答案比较直接，只要大致明白最后两句话的意思即可。“It really points to the need for considering social factors…” 那么提到了社会因素的选项只有B。
口语
pETS 4 考生应能参与一般性的或专业学术性话题的讨论。口试分为3节，约12分钟。
A节：考查自我介绍的能力。约2分钟。
B节：考查就图片讨论并解决问题的能力。约3分钟。
C节：考查针对图片进行连续表达及简短讨论的能力。约7分钟。
Interlocutor (hometown, family, work/study, leisure/future plans)
First of all, we’d like to know something about you, so I’m gong to ask some questions about yourselves.
1.Where are you from?
2.How long have you lived here?
3.What is it like living here?
Tips:
1. I’m from…
Beijing is my hometown.
I was born in …, but was brought up in…, and later I got my education in…
2. I have been lived here for … years.
I have been lived here since I was born into the world.
I have been lived here since I attended university in this city …years ago.
3. It is a great fun to live here. Beijing is a famous metropolis in the world.
1) Here we can enjoy the life brought by modern science and technology,.
2)You be well informed here and get the latest news and even movement in you field.
3) Meanwhile Beijing is a city with profound culture and long history. You can have many choices for visit. You have many choices for entertainment.
4) Beijing is a city with a lot of opportunities. Here you can develop and fully exert your ability. This is a good arena for your performance.
4. I dislike living here, because Beijing is two big and crowded to live in.
1) It always takes you one and a half hours to go from one part of the city to another part.
2) Because of traffic jams, cars and buses move on the street like snails inch by inch. In some parts of the city, it is even faster to walk than take buses.
3) There are always crowds of people at the bus station though there is a bus every few minutes.
4) pollution is another problem.
5) The climate here is dry and sandy, compared with that of tha south.
Writing
写作是四项语言技能中的一个重要部分，更是语言生成能力的重要表现形式。此部分在试卷中占的权重比较大。
pETS 第四级应会写多种形式的文章。如：私人和公务信函、备忘录、小结和报告。一般叙述、描述和说明性的文章。
考生应掌握:用准确的语法、词汇、拼写、标点进行表达;
遵循文章的特定文体格式;
合理地组织文章的内容与文字、使其连贯、统一;
根据写作目的和特定读者，具有针对性地写作。
考生写出的文章应满足以下几点：
1.内容完整。2，结构连贯。3，语言准确。4，格式和语域恰当。5，书写清楚。
Write an essay entitled “E-mail” of about 160-200 words in three paragraphs by referring to the following information.
E-mail, i.e. electronic mail, is a product of modern technology. Nowadays, more and more people are exchanging a great variety of information by using this high-tech communication tool, instead of traditional way of mailing letters. Some people think that e-mail makes the relationship among people closer. While some others maintain that it makes people drift apart.
In the first paragraph, state clearly your viewpoint on this issue.
In the second paragraph, support your viewpoint with details or examples.
In the last paragraph, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion.
首先，认真审题，领会要求。这是一篇要求陈述观点的短文。在所提供的两个观点中任选一个，然后进行阐述(注意不是分析正反两方面)。
第二，内容要完整，必须包括三个方面，即观点(论点)，论据和结论。
第三，注意论据的逻辑性，和在写作的过程中论据的衔接，即连词的使用，是文章看上去脉络清晰。
提示：
statement: my point of view/email/people/more and more distant/each other
reason 1: friends/greet by email/instead/frequent visit/less time/get together/isolated/ the world of friends
reason 2:prarents/less care/far from children/family ties/traditional morality of family/long-cherished value of family
conclusion: can not completely take place face-to-face communication/spare time to have a party/ go sightseeing with family members/