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Free HSK 3.0 mock test

HSK 5 mock tests: listening and reading

In the new HSK 3.0 format, HSK 5 listening is 35 questions in about 27 minutes, each recording played once, and reading is 35 questions in 35 minutes. Fluentide has two free listening tests and two reading tests in that format, and every answer is explained: why the right option is right and why the others are wrong.

Listening

35 questions · about 27 minutes · each recording plays once

Listening test 1

35 questions · 27 minutes

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Listening test 2

35 questions · 27 minutes

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Reading

35 questions · 35 minutes on the clock · every answer explained

Reading test 1

35 questions · 35 minutes

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Reading test 2

35 questions · 35 minutes

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Your results

Every answer explained, not just marked

The official trial and most mock-test sites mark right or wrong and stop there. Here, every question shows:

  • The transcript, with the words the answer comes from highlighted.
  • Why the right answer is right, and how what you heard became the option.
  • Why each wrong option is wrong: not said, said about someone else, or the opposite.
  • Pinyin and English for every line, question and option.
  • A replay button for that question, and its key words to save.
A real explanation from HSK 4 mock test 1, question 2

What the new HSK 5 looks like

Listening

The official HSK 3.0 sample paper for HSK 5 has 35 questions in two parts and takes about 25 minutes.

HSK 5 listening paper (HSK 3.0): 35 questions, about 25 minutesQuestions 1 to 10: Dialogue, 4 lines. Questions 11 to 19: 3 conversations, + 1 interview. Questions 20 to 35: Six talks, ~1 min, 2–3 questions each.HSK 5 listening: 35 questions, about 25 minutesPart 1 · dialoguesPart 2 · talksQ1–10Dialogue4 linesQ11–193 conversations+ 1 interviewQ20–35Six talks, ~1 min2–3 questions eachScored out of 100: each question is worth about 2.9 points
Drawn to scale by question count. Four written options per question, and each recording plays once.

At HSK 5 the right answer is usually worded differently from what you heard. You hear 看完就放着，挺可惜的 and pick 书被浪费了. After each test, the review shows the words you heard next to the option they became.

How many HSK listening answers are reworded from the recordingHSK 4: 23 of 32 right answers use words that were not said together in the recording. HSK 5: 29 of 35 right answers use words that were not said together in the recording.Right answers worded differently from the audioHSK 423 of 32 answers rewordedHSK 529 of 35 answers rewordedanswer uses words not said together in the recordingthe other answers
Official HSK 3.0 sample papers. If you only listen for a word you can match, you will miss most of these.

Reading

The official HSK 3.0 sample paper for HSK 5 has 35 reading questions in three parts and takes 35 minutes. There is no audio, and the clock runs for the whole section.

Questions 1–10
Three texts with numbered blanks. Each blank has its own four options: a word or a whole clause.
Questions 11–20
Two sets of five paragraphs, printed out of order. Put each paragraph in its place; each is used once.
Questions 21–35
Four longer texts, each with three or four questions.

Build your listening between tests

How these tests are made

  • Each paper follows the official HSK 3.0 sample paper: the same parts, question counts, timing and 15- to 16-second pauses.
  • Every item uses the official HSK 3.0 word list for levels 1–5, and a second AI model has to answer each question from the recording and agree with our key.
  • The items are written and voiced with AI, then checked and heard in full by a native Chinese speaker before we publish them.

These are practice papers, not official papers. Scores are estimates. Fluentide is not affiliated with CTI (Chinese Testing International), which runs the HSK.

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