This part tests whether you follow a short conversation and can answer a question about it. 10 questions — answer format: choose the correct printed option.
You hear a short conversation between a man and a woman, then a question read aloud — 问：…. The options are printed on the paper and you choose the one that answers it.
At the lower levels the conversation is two lines and the question asks for a fact: a time, a place, a number, a person. As the level rises the conversations get longer, and the questions move towards inference — what the man means, what the woman will probably do next, how the speaker feels.
听录音，选出正确的答案。
tīng lù yīn ， xuǎn chū zhèng què de dá àn 。
Listen and choose the correct answer.
5 questions from our practice bank, in the format of the real paper. Try each one before opening the answer.
男：你昨天为什么没来上课？ 女：我生病了，在医院打了一天针，今天才好点儿。 问：女的昨天做什么了？
nán ： nǐ zuó tiān wèi shén me méi lái shàng kè ？ nǚ ： wǒ shēng bìng le ， zài yī yuàn dǎ le yī tiān zhēn ， jīn tiān cái hǎo diǎn ér 。 wèn ： nǚ de zuó tiān zuò shén me le ？
She was ill and spent the day at hospital.
C 去医院了 (qù yī yuàn le)
男：请问，火车站怎么走？远不远？ 女：往前走，第二个路口向右，走十分钟就到。 问：火车站在哪儿？
nán ： qǐng wèn ， huǒ chē zhàn zěn me zǒu ？ yuǎn bù yuǎn ？ nǚ ： wǎng qián zǒu ， dì èr gè lù kǒu xiàng yòu ， zǒu shí fēn zhōng jiù dào 。 wèn ： huǒ chē zhàn zài nǎ ér ？
Second junction, turn right, ten minutes.
A 第二个路口向右 (dì èr gè lù kǒu xiàng yòu)
女：这件衣服多少钱？颜色我很喜欢。 男：一百二十块，现在买还送一双袜子。 问：这件衣服多少钱？
nǚ ： zhè jiàn yī fú duō shǎo qián ？ yán sè wǒ hěn xǐ huān 。 nán ： yì bǎi èr shí kuài ， xiàn zài mǎi hái sòng yī shuāng wà zi 。 wèn ： zhè jiàn yī fú duō shǎo qián ？
120, with socks included.
A 一百二十块 (yì bǎi èr shí kuài)
女：你什么时候开始学汉语的？说得真好。 男：去年九月，我在这儿学了快一年了。 问：男的什么时候开始学汉语？
nǚ ： nǐ shén me shí hòu kāi shǐ xué hàn yǔ de ？ shuō dé zhēn hǎo 。 nán ： qù nián jiǔ yuè ， wǒ zài zhè ér xué le kuài yī nián le 。 wèn ： nán de shén me shí hòu kāi shǐ xué hàn yǔ ？
Since last September, nearly a year.
A 去年九月 (qù nián jiǔ yuè)
男：你哥哥现在在哪儿工作？ 女：他在一家中国公司工作，已经三年了。 问：她哥哥在哪儿工作？
nán ： nǐ gē gē xiàn zài zài nǎ ér gōng zuò ？ nǚ ： tā zài yī jiā zhōng guó gōng sī gōng zuò ， yǐ jīng sān nián le 。 wèn ： tā gē gē zài nǎ ér gōng zuò ？
At a Chinese company for three years.
B 公司 (gōng sī)
10. It is part 3 of 4 in the HSK 2 Listening section, which has 35 questions and lasts about 25 minutes, for 100 points.
Automatically. Every question has one correct answer and all carry the same weight. A wrong answer costs nothing more than a blank one, so never leave a question empty.
Twice. At HSK 2 every recording is played two times — use the first listen to find the answer and the second to check it.
Yes. At HSK 2 the printed words and sentences carry pinyin, so you can read the paper before you know every character. It is still worth learning the characters — the pinyin is gone from HSK 3.
Three at the lower levels and four from HSK 4 up. Exactly one is correct.
No — only the options are printed. The question is read aloud after the dialogue, so keep listening to the end.
Yes. HSK Test has practice sets for this part, built like the real paper. Create a free account to start; your answers and scores are saved, so you can see how you are improving.
Practise it the way it is set on the day, and see your score straight away.