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Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on HSK 4 reading under HSK 3.0 (the November 2025 exam syllabus): words in context, measure words, near-synonyms, linking pairs, complements, 把 and 被, and short passages.

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Practice deck · part of HSK 4 (Mandarin) · written against: Every level-4 word of HSK 3.0, the HSK exam syllabus published in November 2025 (990 words), with grammar patterns and in-context cloze; headword levels checked against its word list. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. 他经常去不同的地方，跟很多人聊天，然后把听到的事情写成新闻。他当了十年______了。

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 警察
    B) 律师
    C) 演员
    D) 记者
    D) 记者

    记者 (jìzhě) is a journalist or reporter: someone who talks to people and writes up the news (写成新闻, "writes it up as news"). A 律师 is a lawyer and a 演员 is an actor; neither job is described here.
    People & Pronouns
  2. 奶奶咳嗽了半个多月，医生说她的病比较______，要在医院住几天。

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 详细
    B) 严重
    C) 严格
    D) 准时
    B) 严重

    严重 (yánzhòng) means serious or severe, of an illness, problem or damage. 严格 means strict and is used for people, rules and requirements, not illnesses.
    Adjectives
  3. 姐姐说这条裙子我穿一定好看，我试了试，______很漂亮。

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 竟然
    B) 偶尔
    C) 故意
    D) 果然
    D) 果然

    果然 (guǒrán) means "sure enough; just as expected": the speaker's older sister said the skirt would look good on the speaker, and it did. 竟然 is the opposite, used when something goes against expectation.
    Particles & Adverbs
  4. 这家医院正在______护士，要求会说英语。

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 申请
    B) 应聘
    C) 招聘
    D) 报名
    C) 招聘

    招聘 (zhāopìn) is what an employer does: advertise a job and recruit. 应聘 (yìngpìn) is what the job seeker does when applying for that job.
    Work & Study
  5. ______多练习，才能把汉字写好。

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 只有
    B) 既然
    C) 不管
    D) 只要
    A) 只有

    只有…才 (zhǐyǒu… cái) says the condition is required: "only by practising a lot can you write characters well". 只要 usually pairs with 就 and says the condition is simply enough.
    Linking Pairs
  6. 这次旅行的安排______我负责，有问题可以问我。

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 把
    B) 向
    C) 由
    D) 被
    C) 由

    由 (yóu) names the person who handles a task: 由我负责, "I'm in charge of it". 被 marks something done to the subject, which does not fit someone taking charge of a job.
    Adverbs & Viewpoint

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  • Pinyin, tones, measure words and meanings checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) and the Taiwan Ministry of Education's dictionaries (the Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary and the Cross-Strait Dictionary 兩岸常用詞典, via moedict.tw) (reference only). Levels follow HSK 3.0: the HSK examination syllabus (HSK 考试大纲) published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation in November 2025, a separate document from the 2021 standard GF 0025-2021, which it cites among its references. Questions are built on the folder's vocabulary and grammar decks, whose sources give the headword levels.

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