HSK 6 mock test 1 — HSK 3.0 format

82 questions 30 + 40 + 45 min official total 125 min, admin included

Which format is this?

This test follows the renewed HSK 3.0 format, published by Chinese Testing International in December 2025 and due to apply from July 2026.

Sittings for levels 1 to 6 still use the previous format at the time of writing, and no changeover date has been announced. If your exam is soon, expect the older paper on the day.

The vocabulary is the same either way: the HSK 3.0 word list is what you have to know for both formats, and that is what this test drills.

Writing

Part 1 (81)

Write the piece asked for, covering every element the task lists and respecting the minimum length. A Chinese keyboard is required.

Practice — this part is not marked

The real exam asks you to write freely here, and a human examiner reads it. No browser can mark that, and this page does not invent a score: these questions do not count towards your result. Write them anyway — it is the only practice this part allows, and a possible answer is offered once you have handed in.

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你住的楼门口要放一个旧书交换的书架，请你写一则通知贴在楼门口，内容包括书架的位置、使用的办法和对邻居的要求，字数在一百五十个以上。

A shelf for swapping second-hand books is going up in the entrance hall of your building. Write the notice to be posted on the door: where the shelf is, how it works, and what you ask of your neighbours. At least 150 characters.

Type here 0 / 150 Chinese characters written

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各位邻居：从下个星期一起，我们楼的门口会放一个旧书交换的书架，就在电梯左边的墙下，白天晚上都可以取。办法很简单：你把看完的书放上去，想看哪一本就拿走哪一本，不用登记，也不用还。希望大家注意三点：第一，请放干净的、还能读的书，不要把这里当成扔东西的地方；第二，一次最好不要拿超过三本，让后来的人也有的选；第三，如果发现书架上的书倒了或者湿了，请帮忙整理一下。有任何意见，欢迎告诉三单元的王师傅。谢谢大家。

This is only one answer among many: yours may be quite different and just as good. It uses nothing beyond your level, which is what proves the task can be done without going outside the word list.

Part 2 (82)

Take a position on the question and argue for it, respecting the minimum length. A Chinese keyboard is required.

Practice — this part is not marked

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有人认为，一个人应该尽早选定一个方向并长期坚持；也有人认为，年轻的时候应该多方面尝试。请就这个话题谈谈你的观点，字数在三百个以上。

Some hold that you should settle on one direction as early as you can and stay with it; others that you should try many things while you are young. What do you think? Set out your own view on this question, in at least 300 characters.
What the task asks for
1. State your position in the opening sentence: the task asks for a view, not a summary of both sides.
2. Give two or three reasons, one per paragraph, each resting on a concrete fact or example.
3. Grant what the opposing view gets right, then say why it does not overturn yours.
4. Close by restating your position, adding no new argument.
Type here 0 / 300 Chinese characters written

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我认为，年轻的时候应该多方面尝试，但尝试的目的是为了尽早找到可以长期坚持的方向，两者并不矛盾。先说为什么要尝试。一个二十岁的人，对世界的了解大多来自课本和别人的说法。他以为自己喜欢某一个行业，很可能只是喜欢它在电视上的样子。真正做上三个月，感觉常常完全不同。这种了解，想是想不出来的，只能去做。但尝试必须有一个期限。我见过一些人，三十多岁还在不停地换，每一次都从头开始，结果哪一个方向上都没有积累。一件事做到第三年、第五年才会出现真正的困难，也才会出现真正的收获。总在换的人，永远停在最容易的那一段。当然，长期坚持并不等于一生不变。如果一个方向已经被证明不合适，继续下去不是坚持，而是浪费。判断的标准不在于累不累，而在于这三年里你有没有变得比从前强。所以我的看法是：二十多岁多试，三十岁以后收紧，选定一个方向深下去。先把世界打开，再把自己收住。

This is only one answer among many: yours may be quite different and just as good. It uses nothing beyond your level, which is what proves the task can be done without going outside the word list.

HSK 6 mock test 1 — HSK 3.0 format

Listening

Part 1 (1–8)

Part 2 (9–28)

Part 3 (29–40)

Reading

Part 1 (41–50)

Part 2 (51–60)

Part 3 (61–80)

Writing

Part 1 (81)

Part 2 (82)

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