HSK 4 Practice: 39 Questions, Listening and Explanations

而且

不但……而且…… expresses addition or progression. Helping colleagues adds to completing the task. 否则 means “otherwise” and 尽管 introduces concession, so neither fits this pair.

即使

即使……也…… says a hypothetical difficulty will not change the decision. 由于 gives a cause and 既然 an accepted premise; they do not form the required concessive pattern with 也 here.

周四

The condition explicitly excludes Friday itself. Among the choices, Thursday is the latest permitted day. Friday and Saturday both violate the stated cutoff.

既然

既然……就…… uses an accepted fact as the basis for a decision. Everyone has agreed, so the plan will be followed. 尽管 expresses concession and 除非 an exception or necessary condition.

从

从……判断 introduces the angle or evidence used for a judgment. 把 and 被 require different sentence structures and cannot replace 从 in 从表面判断.

依据某个标准

按日期 means “according to date,” the standard used for sorting. Here 按 does not mean pressing a button or holding something down. Interpret a word through its collocation.

确认姓名后提交

先……再…… requires checking the name before submitting the application. Submitting first reverses the required order; doing neither step also fails the instructions.

周三十七点提交

Wednesday at 17:00 is clearly before the 18:00 deadline. The other choices are after it. This question avoids the exact boundary time to keep the permitted answer unambiguous.

未拆封的杯子，购买两天

The unopened cup bought two days ago satisfies all three conditions: unopened, within seven days, and not food. The headphones are opened and the bread is food. Check every condition, not just the number of days.

那天有事

可是那天有事 explains why Saturday no longer works. The recording does not say the library is closed on Saturday or that the speaker no longer wants to borrow books.

一个小时

The library opens at nine and the speaker plans to arrive at ten, one hour later. Combine both time statements instead of repeating only one of the numbers.

无论

无论……都…… keeps the requirement unchanged across all route choices. 既然 introduces an established fact, while 尽管 introduces a concession; neither pairs naturally with the open choice 哪条路线 here.

只有

只有……才…… marks showing the message as necessary for collecting the pass. 即使 and 虽然 express different relations and do not form the required necessary-condition pattern with 才能.

赶不上

The journey takes at least twenty minutes but the film starts in five, so 赶不上开场 means you cannot arrive for the start. 看得起 concerns respect, and 听得见 means being able to hear; neither describes arriving too late.

我已经把文件按日期整理好了。

Put the object 文件 after 把, followed by the method and result: 按日期整理好了. The result complement shows completion. The other options misplace the object or insert 把 after the main verb.

越／越

越……越…… connects two changing degrees: more careful checking makes problems easier to find. 不但……而且…… adds information, while 既然……就…… reasons from an established fact; neither specifically expresses this degree relationship.

顺便

顺便 describes doing an additional errand during the same trip. 永远 concerns an unlimited time span, and 互相 needs a reciprocal action between people. Neither expresses buying envelopes while already at the post office.

及时

及时 emphasizes acting in time to prevent further damage. 迟早 means sooner or later, and 始终 means throughout. The immediate discovery and response call for timeliness, not eventual occurrence or continuous duration.

提出另一个建议

要不……吧 proposes an alternative after the first shop turns out to be closed. It does not reject every option or report that an action is finished, and it makes no claim that the other shop is necessarily better.

说话者现在发现先前的想法不对

一直以为……原来…… contrasts an earlier belief with a new discovery. The speaker has revised the assumption about where Xiao Wu lives. No move is mentioned, and the new information was not already known to the speaker.

免费不代表可以不预约

Free admission removes the fee, not the reservation requirement. The notice explicitly excludes people without reservations. It does not require payment or promise walk-in entry merely because a seat is empty.

周五下午归还

The extension applies only if the building is closed on Friday. It is open this week, so the normal Friday-afternoon deadline remains. Neither Saturday afternoon nor Monday follows the stated rule.

先二路车到广场，再五路车到医院

The transfer occurs at the square: take route 2 first, then route 5 to the hospital. Route 2 does not stop at the hospital, so a direct journey is excluded. Reversing the two legs also changes the stated itinerary.

让更多下班后的人有时间办事

The stated purpose is to make the service accessible after work. A later closing time does not eliminate daytime service or require everyone to attend at night. Keep the purpose within what the notice actually says.

网上买菜有便利，也有不足

The speaker balances a time-saving advantage against limited ability to choose the produce personally. Sometimes being unable to choose does not mean every product is stale, and the stated advantage rules out a wholly negative reading.

带上自己的水杯，到现场接水

The notice separates the container from its contents: participants bring a cup, while drinking water is supplied on site. Bringing a cup to fill follows both instructions; assuming no water is available contradicts the notice.

社区活动室

改到社区活动室 replaces the original park venue with the community activity room. The park belongs to the old plan, and a library entrance is never mentioned. Update the location after hearing 改到.

不用重新登记，提前十分钟到场

Already registered participants do not need to register again and should arrive ten minutes early. The telephone rule applies to people not yet registered, while on-site registration on the event day is explicitly unavailable.

八点五十分

The unchanged start time is nine and arrival should be ten minutes earlier, which gives 8:50. Nine is not early, and 9:10 is after the start. Combine the time with the advance-arrival instruction.

周五下午四点半电话预约

A phone reservation at 4:30 on Friday is both before the five-o’clock deadline and made through the required channel. A 5:30 call is late, and Saturday on-site registration is expressly excluded.

南门服务台

The north entrance is under repair, so collection moves to the south-entrance service desk. The warehouse is where uncollected books go after the deadline, not the current pickup point.

带上订单短信

The notice explicitly asks for the order text message and says no further payment is required. The books have already arrived; there is no instruction to place another order.

提前打电话联系

The notice offers advance telephone contact as the way to arrange a hold until Sunday at the latest. Going to the warehouse later or assuming indefinite automatic storage is not the arrangement described.

周四下午四点

The staff member says express collection is available at four on Thursday afternoon, and the customer chooses express service. Friday afternoon belongs to regular cleaning.

选择加急需要多付的费用

多付二十元 identifies an extra charge for express service. The regular cleaning price is not stated, so the total cannot be calculated; no refund is mentioned.

会尽量处理，但不保证全部洗掉

The staff member promises an effort but explicitly rules out a guarantee of complete removal. Express timing does not cancel that stated limit on the cleaning outcome.

晚上六点

The final reply keeps the original six-in-the-evening meal time. Three is when B gets home, while half past five is when cooking starts.

把买来的菜洗好

The person buying the vegetables says they will wash them first, while the other person can cook the noodles after returning. Finishing the noodles or the meal before that return would reverse the stated sequence.

单独放在小碟子里

Because Xiao Zhou does not eat spicy food, B says to keep the chilli out of the pot and place it in a separate small dish. Separate serving is not disposal.