HSK 3 listening practice: sample questions with audio

The Listening part of an HSK 3 practice paper in the new exam format (HSK 3.0): 30 tasks, 23 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 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 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 11–20

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

11
  1. A起床晚了
  2. B路上车多
  3. C忘了时间
12
  1. A银行
  2. B体育馆
  3. C图书馆
13
  1. A多休息
  2. B多锻炼
  3. C住院
14
  1. A两百块
  2. B三百五十块
  3. C四百块
15
  1. A春天
  2. B夏天
  3. C秋天
16
  1. A三年
  2. B一年
  3. C半年
17
  1. A桌子上
  2. B箱子里
  3. C书包里
18
  1. A打羽毛球
  2. B开会
  3. C接孩子
19
  1. A有点儿甜
  2. B不新鲜
  3. C不好吃
20
  1. A电梯坏了
  2. B想锻炼身体
  3. C电梯里人多

Tasks 21–30

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

21
  1. A篮球
  2. B足球
  3. C游泳
22
  1. A又新鲜又便宜
  2. B比较贵
  3. C不太新鲜
23
  1. A路上车多
  2. B身体不舒服
  3. C起床晚了
24
  1. A公园
  2. B教室
  3. C图书馆
25
  1. A每天锻炼
  2. B吃得很少
  3. C睡得很早
26
  1. A坐地铁
  2. B走路
  3. C开车
27
  1. A坏了
  2. B丢了
  3. C被借走了
28
  1. A历史
  2. B数学
  3. C体育
29
  1. A去爬山
  2. B去机场接人
  3. C在家休息
30
  1. A经常下雨
  2. B经常下雪
  3. C非常冷

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