与传统听写填空的不同之处在于：
①空格位置没有规律。
②填充内容由原来的一个词增加到若干个(平均每空5个词)，乃至填写句子。因此，在难度上比传统式填空有所增加。下面是一篇Spot Dictation的样题。
Believe or not，43 000 000 Americans are gardening．That’Sabout one in six．Gardenem，of course，come in many varieties．Not surprisingly，most of them are people who live in the suburbs，and enojy planting flowers，or maybe a small vegetable garden．
The average age of gardeners in America is about 45 years old；they usually fall somewhere in the middle class，，But the fa,stest growing groups are city dwellers．，Urban residents are finding ways of gardening even in their crowded areas．Many go to large public gardens，as a place designed by the city for garden，and you can actually ranch your own plot．&
