HSK 4 reading and writing practice: 32 questions + 6 writing tasks

Answer: A. 提前

Evidence / language cue: 有时间取票；半小时

1. 提前 — 提前 means earlier than the scheduled time; 半小时 states how much earlier.
2. 准时 — 准时 means at the appointed time, not half an hour before it.
3. 耐心 — 耐心 describes patience, not an arrival time.
4. 负责 — 负责 concerns responsibility, not when to arrive.
5. 合适 — 合适 means suitable; it cannot directly modify 半小时到 in this sentence.
6. 突然 — 突然 describes an unexpected event, not a planned early arrival.

Answer: C. 耐心

Evidence / language cue: 反复讲了三遍也不着急

1. 提前 — 有提前 is not a valid noun phrase here; 提前 marks doing something early.
2. 准时 — 准时 is punctuality, and 有准时 is not the required phrase.
3. 耐心 — 有耐心 is the natural phrase for remaining calm and helping repeatedly.
4. 负责 — 负责 is a verb/adjective; 有负责 is not grammatical in this sentence.
5. 合适 — 合适 is an adjective; 有合适 needs a following noun and does not fit this sentence.
6. 突然 — 突然 does not name a quality after 有.

Answer: D. 负责

Evidence / language cue: 有问题可以直接找他

1. 提前 — 提前人 is not the name of an organizing role.
2. 准时 — 准时人 does not name the person in charge.
3. 耐心 — 耐心人 is not the role noun needed here.
4. 负责 — 负责人 is the person in charge; the contact instruction supports this role.
5. 合适 — 合适人 lacks 的 and would mean a suitable person, not the stated role.
6. 突然 — 突然人 is not a meaningful role noun.

Answer: E. 合适

Evidence / language cue: 大小正好；舒服

1. 提前 — 提前 concerns time, not how shoes fit.
2. 准时 — 准时 describes punctuality and cannot evaluate shoes.
3. 耐心 — 耐心 describes a person’s attitude, not shoes.
4. 负责 — 负责 describes responsibility and does not describe fit.
5. 合适 — 合适 evaluates the fit supported by 大小正好 and 舒服.
6. 突然 — 突然 describes an unexpected event, not a suitable size.

Answer: B. 准时

Evidence / language cue: 规定九点；正好九点

1. 提前 — 提前 would mean arriving early, but the stated scheduled time is nine.
2. 准时 — 准时到站 means arriving at the scheduled nine o’clock.
3. 耐心 — 耐心 cannot describe the train’s arrival time.
4. 负责 — 负责 cannot describe a train’s punctual arrival.
5. 合适 — 合适 is an evaluation, not an adverb of punctual arrival here.
6. 突然 — 突然 would indicate surprise, which the timetable context does not support.

Answer: C. 节约

Evidence / language cue: 关灯以后再离开

1. 经验 — 经验 is experience, not an action performed on electricity use.
2. 坚持 — 坚持用电 means continuing to use electricity, opposite to turning lights off to save it.
3. 节约 — 节约用电 means conserving electricity, the purpose of switching off lights.
4. 参加 — 参加 takes an activity, not 用电 as used here.
5. 环境 — 环境 is a noun and cannot form 环境用电.
6. 距离 — 距离 expresses distance, not saving electricity.

Answer: A. 经验

Evidence / language cue: 在医院工作了十年

1. 经验 — 经验 is practical knowledge gained from ten years of work; 经验丰富 is a natural collocation.
2. 坚持 — 坚持 is persistence, not the experience described as 丰富.
3. 节约 — 节约 is saving resources, not professional experience.
4. 参加 — 参加 describes participation and does not fit 丰富 here.
5. 环境 — 环境 describes surroundings, not the knowledge gained through work.
6. 距离 — 距离 is distance; it cannot be 丰富.

Answer: B. 坚持

Evidence / language cue: 每天练习；长期

1. 经验 — 经验 is a noun and cannot take 下去 to mean continuing an action.
2. 坚持 — 坚持下去 means continuing despite difficulty over time, matching 每天 and 长期.
3. 节约 — 节约 needs a resource being saved; there is no such object here.
4. 参加 — 参加 needs an activity; 参加下去 does not express maintaining daily practice here.
5. 环境 — 环境 is not a verb that can take 下去.
6. 距离 — 距离 is not a verb of continued effort.

Answer: D. 参加

Evidence / language cue: 举办运动会；报名

1. 经验 — 经验 is not the participation verb required after 报名.
2. 坚持 — 坚持 does not mean signing up for this event.
3. 节约 — 节约 means saving resources, not joining an event.
4. 参加 — 报名参加 means signing up to take part; the object is the sports meeting.
5. 环境 — 环境 is a noun for surroundings and does not fit after 报名.
6. 距离 — 距离 concerns distance and cannot complete this invitation.

Answer: E. 环境

Evidence / language cue: 很安静；桌椅也干净

1. 经验 — 经验 refers to accumulated knowledge, not the quiet and cleanliness of a place.
2. 坚持 — 坚持 is persistence and cannot name the conditions described.
3. 节约 — 节约 refers to saving and does not describe a study setting.
4. 参加 — 参加 is participation and does not form 学习参加.
5. 环境 — 学习环境 means the conditions for studying; quiet and clean are evidence.
6. 距离 — 学习距离 is not the concept supported by quiet tables and chairs.

Answer: A. 在一楼自习

Evidence / language cue: 可以看书、自习，但不能办理借书和还书

1. 在一楼自习 — The extra hours open the first-floor reading room for reading and study.
2. 在二楼借书 — Borrowing must be completed before six; the second-floor desk is not open at seven.
3. 办理还书 — The notice explicitly excludes returns during the extra hours.
4. 参加免费的课程 — No course is mentioned, and free access does not imply a class.

Answer: B. 晚上六点

Evidence / language cue: 其他日子仍是六点关门

1. 下午三点 — Three is the number of added hours on Wednesday, not Tuesday’s closing time.
2. 晚上六点 — Tuesday is one of the other days, which still close at six.
3. 晚上七点 — Seven appears only in the previous question, not in the notice’s timetable.
4. 晚上九点 — Nine applies only to Wednesday from next week.

Answer: C. 周三延长时间，但服务有限

Evidence / language cue: 只开放一楼阅览室

1. 图书馆将搬到一楼 — Opening a reading room on the first floor is not moving the whole library.
2. 所有服务都会延长三小时 — Only the reading room extends its hours; borrowing and returns do not.
3. 周三延长时间，但服务有限 — The change includes both Wednesday’s longer hours and limits on services.
4. 以后只能在晚上借书 — Borrowing is available before six, not only at night.

Answer: D. 周六下午两点，公园南门

Evidence / language cue: 改到下午两点，集合地点不变

1. 周六八点，公园南门 — Eight was the original time and has been changed.
2. 周六两点，公园北门 — The time is right but the gate is wrong; the meeting place is unchanged.
3. 周五八点，公园南门 — Friday eight is the cancellation deadline, not the meeting time.
4. 周六下午两点，公园南门 — The new time is two in the afternoon, and the unchanged location is the south gate.

Answer: A. 周五晚上八点前告诉领队

Evidence / language cue: 如果不能参加，请在周五晚上八点前发消息给领队

1. 周五晚上八点前告诉领队 — The passage gives a Friday 8 p.m. deadline for notifying the leader.
2. 周六两点以后重新报名 — Registered participants do not re-register; this does not report nonattendance.
3. 到公园北门等候 — The north gate is not a meeting point and waiting does not notify the leader.
4. 请领队准备午饭 — Lunch is arranged individually before meeting; it is unrelated to cancellation.

Answer: B. 上午有下大雨的可能

Evidence / language cue: 上午可能下大雨

1. 周六全天一定下雨 — 可能 is a possibility about the morning, not certainty for the whole day.
2. 上午有下大雨的可能 — The notice says the morning may have heavy rain, preserving uncertainty.
3. 下午绝对不会下雨 — No guarantee about afternoon weather is given.
4. 领队已经取消活动 — The activity has been moved to the afternoon, not cancelled.

Answer: C. 可能需要换新轮子

Evidence / language cue: 原以为要换一个新轮子

1. 只需给车洗一洗 — Washing is not connected to his stated concern about the flat tire.
2. 修车一定免费 — No free repair was expected or promised.
3. 可能需要换新轮子 — He originally thought he would need a new wheel; the mechanic later corrected this.
4. 自己已经找到了小零件的问题 — The mechanic found the small-part issue after inspection, not Xiaochén beforehand.

Answer: D. 换了里面的小零件

Evidence / language cue: 只要换里面的小零件就行

1. 换了整辆车 — He left on his repaired bicycle, not a new bicycle.
2. 换了一个新轮子 — Replacing a whole wheel was his first assumption, not the actual repair.
3. 只调整了座位 — The passage describes an inner part, not a seat adjustment.
4. 换了里面的小零件 — The mechanic says an inner small part is all that needs changing.

Answer: A. 省了钱，还学会检查轮胎

Evidence / language cue: 不仅省了钱，也学会了以后怎样检查轮胎

1. 省了钱，还学会检查轮胎 — The final sentence gives both saving money and learning to check tires.
2. 买到了最贵的自行车 — He paid for a repair; the passage says nothing about buying an expensive bicycle.
3. 以后再也不用修车了 — Learning to check a tire does not guarantee no future repairs.
4. 师傅送了他一个新轮子 — The small part was replaced for twenty yuan; no free wheel was given.

Answer: B. 下班后要接孩子

Evidence / language cue: 因为要接孩子

1. 培训地点太远 — Distance is not stated as a reason.
2. 下班后要接孩子 — The passage explicitly says they had to pick up their children after work.
3. 公司不允许他们参加 — The company offered training; it did not prohibit participation.
4. 课程只能在网站上看 — Recordings are part of the new arrangement, not the stated old obstacle.

Answer: C. 每周两次，也能看录像

Evidence / language cue: 每周两次；课程录像也会发到内部网站

1. 每天两次，每次一小时 — The notice says twice a week and twenty minutes, not twice daily for an hour.
2. 必须参加，否则不能下班 — Participation is voluntary, with no stated restriction on leaving work.
3. 每周两次，也能看录像 — The new format combines two weekly sessions and internal recordings.
4. 只给有孩子的同事上课 — Children explain the scheduling issue, not a restriction on eligibility.

Answer: D. 一个月后收集意见再决定

Evidence / language cue: 一个月后，人事部将收集意见，再决定是否继续

1. 新课程会永远继续 — Continuation is a future decision, not a permanent commitment.
2. 所有同事都满意 — Feedback has not yet been collected, so universal satisfaction is unsupported.
3. 下个月取消电脑培训 — Cancellation has not been decided either.
4. 一个月后收集意见再决定 — The plan is to collect views after a month and then decide whether to continue.

Answer: A. 带两本保存完好的小说

Evidence / language cue: 一到三本保存完好的书，不能带课本和杂志

1. 带两本保存完好的小说 — Two well-kept novels fit the one-to-three limit and are neither textbooks nor magazines.
2. 带四本新的小说 — Four exceeds the stated maximum of three.
3. 带一本课本和一本杂志 — Both textbooks and magazines are excluded.
4. 什么书也不带，只领书票 — Tickets are issued in exchange for accepted books, not simply for arriving.

Answer: B. 三张

Evidence / language cue: 每本书换一张书票

1. 一张 — One ticket is given per book, not per participant.
2. 三张 — Three accepted books give three tickets at one ticket per book.
3. 六张 — There is no two-ticket-per-book rule.
4. 数量由喜欢的书决定 — Tickets depend on accepted books brought in, not books later selected.

Answer: C. 当天再看看其他书

Evidence / language cue: 书票仅限当天使用；不能把已交出的书取回

1. 下次活动再用 — Tickets are valid only that day, so saving them for another event is excluded.
2. 换成现金 — The notice explicitly says tickets cannot be exchanged for cash.
3. 当天再看看其他书 — The ticket remains usable that day; looking for another book follows the stated rules.
4. 换回原来交出的书 — Submitted books cannot be taken back even if no suitable replacement is found.

Answer: D. 那里走路五分钟就到，菜也新鲜

Evidence / language cue: 附近的菜市场；很少再坐车

1. 邻居从来不买菜 — The neighbor showing him the market does not support never buying vegetables.
2. 超市决定搬到别的城市 — The text does not say the supermarket moved; this adds an unsupported event.
3. 他不喜欢在家做饭 — Disliking cooking would not explain switching to the nearby market.
4. 那里走路五分钟就到，菜也新鲜 — A close, fresh market explains why he no longer needs a vehicle to buy vegetables.

Answer: A. 第三次，他终于做出了满意的面包

Evidence / language cue: 每次的问题记在本子上，再改一次

1. 第三次，他终于做出了满意的面包 — The third attempt links two earlier failures and deliberate adjustment to the successful taste test.
2. 所以他决定再也不做面包 — Giving up contradicts 这次 and the family tasting the new bread.
3. 本子上的字突然全不见了 — Disappearing writing is unrelated and unsupported.
4. 家人一直不知道他在学做面包 — What the family knew does not bridge the improvement and this successful batch.

Answer: B. 四个人分工合作，速度快了很多

Evidence / language cue: 另外三名同学一起帮忙；不到十分钟

1. 小张因此一个人搬得更慢了 — He is no longer alone, and slower work conflicts with completion in under ten minutes.
2. 四个人分工合作，速度快了很多 — Xiaozhang plus three classmates makes four; cooperation explains the quick completion.
3. 大家把椅子留在楼上，什么也没做 — Doing nothing contradicts all chairs having been moved.
4. 老师让其他同学马上回家 — Sending helpers home reverses the teacher’s request and does not explain the quick result.

Answer: C. 虽然没有到现场，他还是在电脑前听完了分享

Evidence / language cue: 能不能在网上参加；得到肯定回答

1. 他为此辞掉了工作 — Quitting his job is not mentioned and is unnecessary given online attendance.
2. 组织者取消了所有网上活动 — Cancelling online attendance conflicts with the organizer’s affirmative answer.
3. 虽然没有到现场，他还是在电脑前听完了分享 — Remote listening explains how he participated without going to the venue.
4. 所以他整晚都没有打开电脑 — Not using a computer all evening fails to connect the online plan with his attendance.

Answer: D. 她按建议减少了浇水次数

Evidence / language cue: 不需要那么多水；新的绿叶

1. 她把所有花送给了老板 — Giving away all the plants is unsupported and would not follow the watering advice.
2. 她马上增加到每天浇四次水 — Watering even more goes against the advice that the plant needs less water.
3. 她只把花盆换成了红色 — Changing pot color does not address the excessive watering identified.
4. 她按建议减少了浇水次数 — Reducing watering follows the advice and connects it to the later new leaves.

Answer: A. 那边等候的人少得多

Evidence / language cue: 东边还有一个入口；很快就通过

1. 那边等候的人少得多 — A shorter queue at the other entrance explains getting through quickly.
2. 他决定回家不坐车了 — Returning home conflicts with passing the station check.
3. 广播说东边入口已经关闭 — Closure contradicts the announcement that the east entrance can be used.
4. 他把行李留在原地就离开了 — Leaving luggage behind contradicts 带着行李向东走 and adds unsupported behavior.

Answer: B. 他马上在群里更正日期，并说明刚才写错了

Evidence / language cue: 私信提醒；大家于是按正确的时间准备

1. 他把这位同学从群里删掉了 — Removing a classmate would not communicate the correct deadline to everyone.
2. 他马上在群里更正日期，并说明刚才写错了 — Correcting the group notice lets everyone prepare for the real Thursday deadline.
3. 他决定以后再也不发通知 — Never sending notices again does not correct the existing misinformation.
4. 他只在自己的本子上改了日期 — A private notebook change cannot explain how everyone learned the correct time.