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HSK 1 listening practice questions
20 HSK 1 listening questions with the answer to each one, in the order the HSK 3.0 paper asks them. They come from the same reviewed bank as the mock exams on this site, and none of them appears on a paper you can sit here, so working through these spends nothing.
HSK 3.0 · Listening · 20 questions with answers · free to read, no account
Picture matching
One very short phrase, spoken once, matched against three pictures.
Three pictures labelled A to C, and a very short piece of audio: usually a single word or a short phrase, read by one voice.
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五个饺子
听录音，选出对应的图片。
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一些面条儿
听录音，选出对应的图片。
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两个苹果
听录音，选出对应的图片。
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一些水果
听录音，选出对应的图片。
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两只小猫
听录音，选出对应的图片。
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Multiple choice
A short spoken question, answered by picking the natural reply from three.
One short spoken line, usually a question, and three written replies labelled A to C. Only one of them is a reply a person would actually give.
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你好吗？
Listen and choose the best reply.
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现在几点？
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这是谁？
Listen and choose the best reply.
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你去哪儿？
Listen and choose the best reply.
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你喜欢喝什么？
Listen and choose the best reply.
Picture matching
Short two-person exchanges, matched against one shared set of six pictures.
One shared set of six pictures labelled A to F for the whole part, then a run of short exchanges between two speakers. Each exchange fits one of the pictures.
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男：你在做什么？女：我在看书。
Listen and choose the matching picture.
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女：这么晚了，你怎么还不睡觉？男：好，我现在去睡觉。
Listen and choose the matching picture.
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男：喂，你好，请问你是谁？女：我是他妈妈。
Listen and choose the matching picture.
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女：我们今天吃什么？男：我想吃米饭和菜。
Listen and choose the matching picture.
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男：你会开车吗？女：会，我开车去公司。
Listen and choose the matching picture.
answerMultiple choice
A short spoken statement, then a printed question with three answers.
A short piece of audio, usually one speaker, with a printed question about it and three options labelled A to C.
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我今年七岁。
他今年几岁？
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我喜欢喝茶，不喜欢喝水。
他喜欢喝什么？
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今天下雨，我们不去学校。
今天天气怎么样？
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我家有两只狗，一只猫。
他家有几只狗？
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妈妈在做饭，爸爸在看电视。
妈妈在做什么？
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