Listen to two short stories at the Intermediate level of the HSK and answer multiple choice questions to gauge your listening comprehension. Our first story comes with three questions and is somewhat easier than the second which has four.

On the official HSK test you will be read the relevant passage exactly once, and expected to answer questions as they are read at a natural speed. To best emulate the pressure of the real examination, we recommend listening to this test by downloading the full MP3 file and listening to it while working through the PDF or our online quiz. This will allow you to keep a more natural pace than if you will get if you rely on the flash players on the quiz page.
 said on
December 18, 2008
5/7

Question: What clues did reveal the relationship between the speakers?
 said on
December 18, 2008
I also got 5/7. Same question as henning.
 said on
December 18, 2008
@henning & orbital,

"好长时间没看到薇薇了","马上要期末考试了","可惜我们现在不能去看她","学校的老师和同学会帮助她让她念完大学的"。

Asking about relationships between speakers is a kind of question that always shows up on the HSK. In order to find out the correct answer, you need to pay attention to the key words and important sentences in the listening materials, and you also need to be careful of the tone of voice.

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
 said on
December 19, 2008
Volume on the mp3 seems awfully low.
 said on
December 19, 2008
@toneandcolor - re-generated and re-uploaded the mp3 file, which seems to have fixed the problem. thx.
 said on
December 19, 2008
Volume on the online quiz page links is low, not on the full MP3.

Can you read the questions on the real test? Seems like cheating to be reading them, if not.
 said on
December 22, 2008
6/7

I didn't understand the first part of the second story at all, I thought they were saying 携带 which made no sense at all in that context, it only clicked for me when the dude asking the questions added 儿话音 to 带.

When I took the HSK I did pretty bad on the listening relationship questions, though I got it on this one.
 said on
December 22, 2008
@stratman1,

Good job :)

汉语中同音字、多音字很多,做听力题的时候关键是要结合语境,结合上下文,弄懂文章总体的意思。

人物关系题要注意关键词句和人物说话的语气。

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
 said on
February 11, 2009
6/7...yeah, the stupid mistake with those relations-so easy. But the second story was rather strange, I didnt get some parts of it.
 said on
January 11, 2010
volume still incredibly low. yea, second story left me wondering. Are the transcripts usually that long? that girl just kept talking and talking!