HSK 2 practice test

What is on the HSK 2 test

The real HSK 2 written test has 60 questions and takes about 60 minutes. This practice test follows the same parts in the same order:

• Listening, questions 1–5: Hear a sentence and choose the matching picture from three.
• Listening, questions 6–15: Hear short dialogues and match each to one of six pictures (two groups of five).
• Listening, questions 16–25: Hear a two-line dialogue and a question, then choose one of three answers.
• Reading, questions 26–30: Match each sentence to a picture.
• Reading, questions 31–35: Fill each blank with a word from a bank of six.
• Reading, questions 36–45: Match sentences to their replies (two groups of five).
• Reading, questions 46–50: Read a short text and answer a ★ question about it.
• Writing, questions 51–55: Choose the character component (for example 氵 or 子) that matches a picture.
• Writing, questions 56–60: Write the one missing character in a sentence. The pinyin of the whole sentence is given.

A sample question

From the reading section (Part 4):

我上个星期买了一个新手机，很好看，但是有点儿贵。

★ 那个手机：

A 很便宜　B 是朋友送的　C 有点儿贵

Answer: C. 但是有点儿贵 = but a bit expensive. Nothing in the text says it was a gift.

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 2 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.