HSK 1 practice test

What is on the HSK 1 test

The real HSK 1 written test has 40 questions and takes about 40 minutes. This practice test follows the same parts in the same order:

• Listening, questions 1–5: You hear a short sentence and choose the matching picture from three.
• Listening, questions 6–10: You hear a question and choose the reply that fits, for example 今天天气怎么样？ → 非常热.
• Listening, questions 11–15: You hear a two-line dialogue and match it to one of six pictures.
• Listening, questions 16–20: You hear a sentence and a question about it, then pick one of three short answers.
• Reading, questions 21–25: Match each sentence to one of six pictures.
• Reading, questions 26–30: Match each question to its reply from a list.
• Reading, questions 31–35: Fill each blank with a word from a bank of six.
• Reading, questions 36–40: Read one or two sentences and answer a question about them (three choices).

A sample question

From the reading section (Part 4):

我在北京工作，我的家在上海。

★ 他在哪儿工作？

A 北京　B 上海　C 学校

Answer: A. 在北京工作 = works in Beijing. His home is in Shanghai, so B is a trap.

How to use this test

• Early in your preparation, use practice mode to learn the question types and see explanations part by part.
• A few weeks before the test, take it under test conditions to check your timing.
• Afterwards, go through your mistake list and the HSK 1 word list for words you missed.

Scores here are a guide to readiness, not an official prediction. CTI has not yet published pass marks for the new HSK; on the old test, 60% was a pass.