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HSK 1 listening practice: sample questions with audio

The Listening part of an HSK 1 practice paper in the new exam format (HSK 3.0): 20 tasks, 12 minutes on the real exam. Below are all its tasks in order. The answers are not printed here: to check yourself, take the whole paper online. It is free and needs no sign-up.

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On the exam each recording plays twice, followed by a pause to answer. Here you can play it as many times as you like; for honest practice, listen no more than twice.

Tasks 1–5

Listen and choose the picture.

1
  1. APicture A
  2. BPicture B
  3. CPicture C
2
  1. APicture A
  2. BPicture B
  3. CPicture C
3
  1. APicture A
  2. BPicture B
  3. CPicture C
4
  1. APicture A
  2. BPicture B
  3. CPicture C
5
  1. APicture A
  2. BPicture B
  3. CPicture C

Tasks 6–10

Listen to the question and choose the answer.

6
  1. A星期天xīngqītiān
  2. B二十岁èrshí suì
  3. C中国人Zhōngguó rén
7
  1. A三点半sān diǎn bàn
  2. B三块钱sān kuài qián
  3. C三个人sān ge rén
8
  1. A五岁wǔ suì
  2. B五口人wǔ kǒu rén
  3. C五号wǔ hào
9
  1. A很漂亮hěn piàoliang
  2. B在商店zài shāngdiàn
  3. C一百块yìbǎi kuài
10
  1. A在医院zài yīyuàn
  2. B她很忙tā hěn máng
  3. C坐出租车zuò chūzūchē

Tasks 11–15

Listen to the dialogue and choose the picture that matches it.

  1. APicture A
  2. BPicture B
  3. CPicture C
  4. DPicture D
  5. EPicture E
  6. FPicture F
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Tasks 16–20

Listen to the sentence and the question about it, then choose the answer.

16
  1. A上班shàngbān
  2. B上课shàngkè
  3. C休息xiūxi
17
  1. A学校xuéxiào
  2. B医院yīyuàn
  3. C公司gōngsī
18
  1. A下雨xià yǔ
  2. B下雪xià xuě
  3. C很热hěn rè
19
  1. A很便宜hěn piányi
  2. B太贵了tài guì le
  3. C不好看bù hǎokàn
20
  1. A五岁wǔ suì
  2. B七岁qī suì
  3. C六岁liù suì

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