HSK 2 mock test: paper 1 with tasks and audio

A full HSK 2 practice paper in the new exam format (HSK 3.0): 60 tasks. Below are all the tasks of the paper in order, with a recording for each listening task. You can solve them right from the screen or print the page. The answers are not printed here: to check yourself and see a score for each part, take the same paper online. It is free and needs no sign-up.

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PartTasksMinutes
Listening2517
Reading2525
Writing1010

Listening HSK 2

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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.

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

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  1. A走路zǒulù
  2. B坐地铁zuò dìtiě
  3. C开车kāichē
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  1. A一楼yī lóu
  2. B二楼èr lóu
  3. C三楼sān lóu
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  1. A晴qíng
  2. B很热hěn rè
  3. C可能下雨kěnéng xià yǔ
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  1. A两百块liǎngbǎi kuài
  2. B三百块sānbǎi kuài
  3. C五百块wǔbǎi kuài
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  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
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  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

Reading HSK 2

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Tasks 26–30

Read the sentence 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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我每天早上都要喝咖啡。wǒ měi tiān zǎoshang dōu yào hē kāfēi

27

他坐地铁去上班,很快。tā zuò dìtiě qù shàngbān, hěn kuài

28

你看,那只鸟飞得真高!nǐ kàn, nà zhī niǎo fēi de zhēn gāo

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孩子已经在床上睡觉了。háizi yǐjīng zài chuáng shang shuìjiào le

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他的爱好是踢足球。tā de àihào shì tī zúqiú

Tasks 31–35

Choose the word that fits the gap.

  1. A比bǐ
  2. B次cì
  3. C因为yīnwèi
  4. D旁边pángbiān
  5. E让ràng
  6. F已经yǐjīng
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药店就在学校( )。yàodiàn jiù zài xuéxiào …

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他( )回家了。tā … huí jiā le

33

妈妈( )我早一点儿睡觉。māma … wǒ zǎo yìdiǎnr shuìjiào

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哥哥( )我高。gēge … wǒ gāo

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A: 你为什么没有来上课?nǐ wèi shénme méiyǒu lái shàngkè

B: ( )我生病了。… wǒ shēngbìng le

Tasks 36–40

Match each line with the one that goes with it.

  1. A你喜欢什么运动?nǐ xǐhuan shénme yùndòng
  2. B你怎么了?哪儿不舒服?nǐ zěnme le, nǎr bù shūfu
  3. C我们走路去吧。wǒmen zǒulù qù ba
  4. D你知道他的名字吗?nǐ zhīdào tā de míngzi ma
  5. E你的生日是几月几号?nǐ de shēngrì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào
  6. F这件衣服太贵了。zhè jiàn yīfu tài guì le
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我头很疼。wǒ tóu hěn téng

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不远,就在前面。bù yuǎn, jiù zài qiánmiàn

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五月八号。wǔ yuè bā hào

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那我们不买了。nà wǒmen bù mǎi le

40

我忘了,可能姓王。wǒ wàng le, kěnéng xìng Wáng

Tasks 41–45

Match each line with the one that goes with it.

  1. A他游得很快。tā yóu de hěn kuài
  2. B我在门口等你。wǒ zài ménkǒu děng nǐ
  3. C谢谢,我很喜欢。xièxie, wǒ hěn xǐhuan
  4. D一个小时。yí ge xiǎoshí
  5. E没有问题,你说吧。méiyǒu wèntí, nǐ shuō ba
  6. F我也是,我们一起去吧。wǒ yě shì, wǒmen yìqǐ qù ba
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你能帮我一下吗?nǐ néng bāng wǒ yíxià ma

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你每天运动多长时间?nǐ měi tiān yùndòng duō cháng shíjiān

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我想去机场送他。wǒ xiǎng qù jīchǎng sòng tā

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你到了吗?nǐ dào le ma

45

你弟弟会游泳吗?nǐ dìdi huì yóuyǒng ma

Tasks 46–50

Read and answer the question.

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这块手表是我过生日的时候妻子送的,虽然不贵,但是我很喜欢。zhè kuài shǒubiǎo shì wǒ guò shēngrì de shíhou qīzi sòng de, suīrán bú guì, dànshì wǒ hěn xǐhuan

★ 这块手表:zhè kuài shǒubiǎo

  1. A很贵hěn guì
  2. B是妻子送的shì qīzi sòng de
  3. C坏了huài le
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我家离学校很远,坐公交车要一个小时,所以我每天六点就起床。wǒ jiā lí xuéxiào hěn yuǎn, zuò gōngjiāochē yào yí ge xiǎoshí, suǒyǐ wǒ měi tiān liù diǎn jiù qǐchuáng

★ 他为什么起床很早?tā wèi shénme qǐchuáng hěn zǎo

  1. A学校很远xuéxiào hěn yuǎn
  2. B喜欢跑步xǐhuan pǎobù
  3. C要做早饭yào zuò zǎofàn
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弟弟从小就喜欢画画,他画的鸟和鱼都很好看。dìdi cóngxiǎo jiù xǐhuan huà huà, tā huà de niǎo hé yú dōu hěn hǎokàn

★ 弟弟的爱好是:dìdi de àihào shì

  1. A游泳yóuyǒng
  2. B跳舞tiàowǔ
  3. C画画huà huà
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快要考试了,同学们都在教室里准备,没有人出去玩。kuàiyào kǎoshì le, tóngxuémen dōu zài jiàoshì li zhǔnbèi, méiyǒu rén chūqù wán

★ 同学们在做什么?tóngxuémen zài zuò shénme

  1. A准备考试zhǔnbèi kǎoshì
  2. B在外面玩zài wàimiàn wán
  3. C上网shàngwǎng
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昨天我跟朋友去了一个新开的饭馆,那里的鱼很好吃,但是人太多了,我们等了半个小时。zuótiān wǒ gēn péngyou qù le yí ge xīn kāi de fànguǎn, nàlǐ de yú hěn hǎochī, dànshì rén tài duō le, wǒmen děng le bàn ge xiǎoshí

★ 那个饭馆:nàge fànguǎn

  1. A鱼不好吃yú bù hǎochī
  2. B人很多rén hěn duō
  3. C很远hěn yuǎn

Writing HSK 2

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Tasks 51–55

One character in the word is missing a part. Choose which one.

  1. A口
  2. B氵
  3. C日
  4. D讠
  5. E女
  6. F亻
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▢泳 yóuyǒng: in the online test the first character is drawn with one component missing

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好▢ hǎochī: in the online test the second character is drawn with one component missing

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▢名 xìngmíng: in the online test the first character is drawn with one component missing

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▢们 nǐmen: in the online test the first character is drawn with one component missing

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▢话 shuōhuà: in the online test the first character is drawn with one component missing

Tasks 56–60

Write the missing character: its reading is under the gap.

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他是我( )朋友。tā shì wǒ … péngyou

Write the missing character; its reading is de.

57

我( )一起去吧。wǒ … yìqǐ qù ba

Write the missing character; its reading is men.

58

你想( )什么?nǐ xiǎng … shénme

Write the missing character; its reading is hē.

59

明天( )!míngtiān …

Write the missing character; its reading is jiàn.

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这个( )怎么读?zhège … zěnme dú

Write the missing character; its reading is zì.

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