1． Points of attention for BCT
(1)You shall put the Test Certificate and ID card at the upper right on the table while taking the test so that the person in charge of the test and examiner may check them at any time.
(2)The alloted time for BCT (listening•reading) is 100 min, BCT (oral• writing) is 50 min. Please allow enough time to answer all questions and finish relevant parts within the stipulated times.
(3)You shall fill in relevant information on the Information Card and Answer Sheet in line with requirements before answering (see the following detailed explanations).
(4)Normally, you are not allowed to leave the test room once the test begins. In special cases you may be given permission to leave the room by the person in charge.
(5)You are not allowed to take the test paper or answer sheet out of the test room, nor can you tear, change or transcribe any contents of the test paper.
(6)Please observe test etiquette and rules, otherwise the person in charge of the test may give you a warning or even dismiss you from the test room.
2． Test paper constitution
BCT includes BCT (listening• reading) and BCT (speaking• writing).
| BCT (listening• reading) | ||
| Test items | Question quantity | Answer time |
| Listening | 50 questions | About 40 min |
| Reading | 50 questions | 60 min |
| Total | 100 questions | About 100 min |
BCT (listening• reading)
BCT (listening• reading) test paper includes listening and reading sections. The test materials include the test paper and answer sheet. Your answers must be marked on the answer sheet. Please clearly fill in only the letter for your answer on the multiple-choice answer sheet. Here is an example: [A][■][C][D]. Please don’t mark like this: [√] [×] [╲] [▂] [▔] [О] [•]. Please erase cleanly in case of any modification. Please fill in your answer clearly on the lines provided on the answer sheet for “Filling in the Blanks or Concisely Replying.”
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[A]
[B] 合同
Please write characters and digits on the lines and don’t mark [A][B]
| BCT (speaking• writing) | ||
| Test items | Question quantity | Answer time |
| Speaking | 2 questions | 10 min (including time fore preparation and recording) |
| Writing | 2 questions | 40 min |
| Total | 4 questions | 50 min |
BCT (speaking• writing)
BCT (speaking• writing) consists of a speaking test and a writing test./p>
The speaking test includes two questions of different difficulties and types. A recording will be used and the specific process is as follows:
(1)The examinees listen to the recording while browsing through the questions.
(2)The examiner asks several warm-up questions in the recording and the examinees answer.
(3)The examiner provides contents and requirements for each question.
(4)Examinees make preparations.
(5)After the conclusion of the preparation time, the examinee will hear a segment of a situational recording related to the question and give answers after the recording.
(6)There’s a chime 10-15 s before the end of each question.
The writing test has two questions and the contents include business activities along with daily life and social activities related with business. The materials for writing include the test paper and answer sheet. The examinees shall write the answer on the answer sheet in Chinese characters.
3． Test sequence
The sequence is from listening, reading to speaking and writing.
4．Examinee information and answer sheet
Examinee information
All examinees are required to fill in their information before the test in order to provide active feedback to customers and examinees and help the test research and development institutions further improve the test. Examinee information include examinee’s sequence number, Chinese name, English name, sex, nationality code, date of birth, mother language code, examination place code, incorporation code and information questionnaire.
Examinee’s sequence number, nationality code, mother language code and examination place code are all printed on the Test Permission Certificate. All these information shall be filled into the examinee information card. Examinees may consult their mother language code in the appended table (Refer to the Appendix.). In case that the mother language is not available in the list, please select “other languages”.
Incorporation examinees are required to fill in the incorporation code while ordinary examinees are not. Incorporation examinees refer to the corporation examinees registered in a collective form. Examinees’ collective score are required by these corporations to be used as the basis for evaluation. The chief examiner shall inform incorporation examinees the incorporation code in the examination room.
The information questionnaire mainly comprises of the examinee’s education level, work experience and relevant information on Chinese tests participation. The answers shall be strictly confidential and haven’t any influence to this test.
Please fill in the test date and affix your signature to it after filling in the questionnaire.
Answer sheet
BCT (Listening & Reading) answer sheet is on the back side of BCT examinee information.
BCT (Writing) answer sheet is a reversible card.