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。
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：你的照相机能借我用两天吗？我周末要去爬山。 女：可以，不过要小心点儿，那是我姐姐去年送我的。 问：照相机是谁的？
nán ： nǐ de zhào xiàng jī néng jiè wǒ yòng liǎng tiān ma ？ wǒ zhōu mò yào qù pá shān 。 nǚ ： kě yǐ ， bù guò yào xiǎo xīn diǎn ér ， nà shì wǒ jiě jiě qù nián sòng wǒ de 。 wèn ： zhào xiàng jī shì shéi de ？
It was a gift to her, so it is hers.
C 女的的
男：你的自行车借我用一下行吗？我去趟邮局。 女：可以，就在楼下，不过那个车有点儿旧了。 问：男的要去哪儿？
nán ： nǐ de zì xíng chē jiè wǒ yòng yī xià xíng ma ？ wǒ qù tàng yóu jú 。 nǚ ： kě yǐ ， jiù zài lóu xià ， bù guò nà ge chē yǒu diǎn ér jiù le 。 wèn ： nán de yào qù nǎ ér ？
He is going to the post office.
B 邮局
女：这个周末的音乐会你去吗？票不太好买。 男：我本来想去，可是那天要加班，只能下次了。 问：男的周末做什么？
nǚ ： zhè ge zhōu mò de yīn yuè huì nǐ qù ma ？ piào bù tài hǎo mǎi 。 nán ： wǒ běn lái xiǎng qù ， kě shì nà tiān yào jiā bān ， zhǐ néng xià cì le 。 wèn ： nán de zhōu mò zuò shén me ？
He has to work overtime.
B 去公司工作
女：你怎么还在这儿？不是说三点走吗？ 男：飞机晚点了，要等到六点以后才能起飞。 问：男的为什么还在这儿？
nǚ ： nǐ zěn me hái zài zhè ér ？ bú shì shuō sān diǎn zǒu ma ？ nán ： fēi jī wǎn diǎn le ， yào děng dào liù diǎn yǐ hòu cái néng qǐ fēi 。 wèn ： nán de wèi shén me hái zài zhè ér ？
His flight is delayed.
C 飞机晚点了
男：您好，请问这附近有银行吗？ 女：有，前面路口向右拐，走五分钟就到，就在超市旁边。 问：银行在哪儿？
nán ： nín hǎo ， qǐng wèn zhè fù jìn yǒu yín háng ma ？ nǚ ： yǒu ， qián miàn lù kǒu xiàng yòu guǎi ， zǒu wǔ fēn zhōng jiù dào ， jiù zài chāo shì páng biān 。 wèn ： yín háng zài nǎ ér ？
Next to the supermarket.
B 超市旁边
10. It is part 3 of 4 in the HSK 3 Listening section, which has 40 questions and lasts about 35 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.
Once. At HSK 3 each recording is played a single time, so read the options before it starts.
No. At HSK 3 the paper is printed in characters only, so you need to recognise the characters themselves.
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.