HSK 2 listening practice: sample questions with audio

The Listening part of an HSK 2 practice paper in the new exam format (HSK 3.0): 25 tasks, 17 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 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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10

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 16–25

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

16
  1. A走路zǒulù
  2. B坐地铁zuò dìtiě
  3. C开车kāichē
17
  1. A一楼yī lóu
  2. B二楼èr lóu
  3. C三楼sān lóu
18
  1. A晴qíng
  2. B很热hěn rè
  3. C可能下雨kěnéng xià yǔ
19
  1. A两百块liǎngbǎi kuài
  2. B三百块sānbǎi kuài
  3. C五百块wǔbǎi kuài
20
  1. A二零一二年èrlíngyī’èr nián
  2. B二零二零年èrlíng’èrlíng nián
  3. C二零二四年èrlíng’èrsì nián
21
  1. A跑步pǎobù
  2. B踢足球tī zúqiú
  3. C游泳yóuyǒng
22
  1. A医生yīshēng
  2. B老师lǎoshī
  3. C学生xuésheng
23
  1. A不想吃bù xiǎng chī
  2. B身体不舒服shēntǐ bù shūfu
  3. C起床晚了qǐchuáng wǎn le
24
  1. A有意思yǒu yìsi
  2. B没意思méi yìsi
  3. C不累bú lèi
25
  1. A门票ménpiào
  2. B手表shǒubiǎo
  3. C手机shǒujī

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