This part tests whether you follow a short conversation and can answer a question about it. 20 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.
女：这个项目的预算是不是有点儿紧？ 男：确实紧，不过省下来的钱可以用在推广上。 问：男的是什么意思？
nǚ ： zhè ge xiàng mù dì yù suàn shì bú shì yǒu diǎn ér jǐn ？ nán ： què shí jǐn ， bù guò shěng xià lái de qián kě yǐ yòng zài tuī guǎng shàng 。 wèn ： nán de shì shén me yì si ？
Tight but workable.
D 预算紧但可以调整
男：听说你要去南方工作？ 女：还没定，得看家里的意见。 问：关于女的，可以知道什么？
nán ： tīng shuō nǐ yào qù nán fāng gōng zuò ？ nǚ ： hái méi dìng ， dé kān jiā lǐ de yì jiàn 。 wèn ： guān yú nǚ de ， kě yǐ zhī dào shén me ？
She has not decided yet.
D 还没有决定
女：你怎么不用手机付钱？ 男：我习惯带点儿现金，万一手机没电了呢。 问：男的为什么带现金？
nǚ ： nǐ zěn me bù yòng shǒu jī fù qián ？ nán ： wǒ xí guàn dài diǎn ér xiàn jīn ， wàn yī shǒu jī méi diàn le ne 。 wèn ： nán de wèi shén me dài xiàn jīn ？
In case the phone runs out of battery.
D 为了防止手机没电
男：这篇文章写得太长了。 女：内容都有用，删起来反而更花时间。 问：女的觉得应该怎么办？
nán ： zhè piān wén zhāng xiě dé tài zhǎng le 。 nǚ ： nèi róng dōu yǒu yòng ， shān qǐ lái fǎn ér gèng huā shí jiān 。 wèn ： nǚ de jué de yīng gāi zěn me bàn ？
The content is all useful.
D 保留内容
女：会议室怎么这么冷？ 男：空调坏了，修理工下午才能来。 问：会议室为什么冷？
nǚ ： huì yì shì zěn me zhè me lěng ？ nán ： kōng tiáo huài le ， xiū lǐ gōng xià wǔ cái néng lái 。 wèn ： huì yì shì wèi shén me lěng ？
The air conditioning is broken.
D 空调坏了
20. It is part 1 of 2 in the HSK 5 Listening section, which has 45 questions and lasts about 30 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 5 each recording is played a single time, so read the options before it starts.
No. At HSK 5 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.