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阅读 — 词语辨析：选出最符合语境的词语填入空格。 这两种治疗方案各有优劣，医生需要根据患者的具体情况________选择，而不能一概而论。 (Reading — word discrimination: 'These two treatment options each have pros and cons; the doctor must ________ choose according to the patient's specific situation, rather than generalizing.')
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Key Facts: HSK 7-9 Exam
HSK 7-9 is the integrated advanced tier of the new HSK 3.0, a single 98-item internet-based test of about 210 minutes that assigns level 7, 8, or 9 by score; it covers Listening, Reading, Writing, Translation, and Speaking, targets roughly 11,092 words at CEFR C1-C2+, and this free bank drills the multiple-choice Listening and Reading.
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1听力理解 — 判断正误：新闻播报："据国家统计局最新发布的数据显示，今年第三季度我国国内生产总值同比增长百分之五点二，增速比上季度回落零点一个百分点，但仍处于合理区间。"判断：本季度GDP增速高于上一季度。 (Listening — true/false: News broadcast: 'According to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in the third quarter this year our GDP grew 5.2% year-on-year, a rate 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous quarter, but still within a reasonable range.' Statement: This quarter's GDP growth rate was higher than the previous quarter's.)
2听力理解 — 判断正误：纪录片解说："敦煌莫高窟历经千年开凿，现存洞窟七百三十五个，壁画四万五千多平方米，是世界上现存规模最大、内容最丰富的佛教艺术圣地。"判断：莫高窟是世界上现存规模最大的佛教艺术遗址。 (Listening — true/false: Documentary narration: 'The Mogao Caves of Dunhuang were carved over a thousand years; 735 caves survive today, with over 45,000 square meters of murals, making it the world's largest surviving and richest Buddhist art sanctuary.' Statement: The Mogao Caves are the world's largest surviving Buddhist art site.)
3听力理解 — 判断正误：学术讲座片段："碳中和并不等于零排放，而是指在一定时期内，通过植树造林、节能减排等方式，抵消人为产生的二氧化碳排放，实现正负相抵。"判断：碳中和要求完全停止二氧化碳的排放。 (Listening — true/false: Academic lecture excerpt: 'Carbon neutrality does not mean zero emissions; rather, it refers to offsetting human-generated CO2 emissions through afforestation, energy conservation, and emission reduction within a given period, achieving a positive-negative balance.' Statement: Carbon neutrality requires completely halting all CO2 emissions.)
4听力理解 — 对话：男：贵公司这次提出的合作方案，价格上确实很有竞争力，但交货周期长达三个月，恐怕难以满足我们的紧急需求。女：这一点我们可以商量，如果贵方愿意预付百分之三十的定金，我们可以优先安排生产，把周期压缩到六周。请问女方提出了什么条件来缩短交货周期？ (Listening — dialogue: Man: 'Your cooperation proposal is indeed very competitive on price, but the three-month delivery cycle can hardly meet our urgent needs.' Woman: 'We can discuss that. If your side is willing to prepay a 30% deposit, we can prioritize production and compress the cycle to six weeks.' Question: What condition did the woman propose to shorten the delivery cycle?)
5听力理解 — 辩论：正方：人工智能将大量替代人类工作，必将导致大规模失业。反方：历史上每一次技术革命都伴随着旧职业的消亡和新职业的诞生，关键不在于工作消失，而在于劳动力能否及时转型。请问反方的核心观点是什么？ (Listening — debate: Pro: 'AI will replace a large number of human jobs and inevitably cause massive unemployment.' Con: 'Every technological revolution in history has been accompanied by the death of old occupations and the birth of new ones; the key is not whether jobs disappear, but whether the labor force can transform in time.' Question: What is the core viewpoint of the Con side?)
6听力理解 — 访谈：主持人：您作为资深建筑师，如何看待近年来一些城市追求'地标性建筑'的热潮？嘉宾：地标本身没有错，但如果一味追求奇特造型而忽视使用功能和地域文化，反而会沦为昂贵的笑柄。真正的好建筑，应当是形式与功能、传统与创新的统一。请问嘉宾对'地标性建筑'热潮的态度是什么？ (Listening — interview: Host: 'As a senior architect, how do you view the recent craze in some cities for "landmark buildings"?' Guest: 'Landmarks themselves are not wrong, but blindly pursuing bizarre forms while neglecting function and local culture turns them into expensive laughingstocks. Truly good architecture should unify form and function, tradition and innovation.' Question: What is the guest's attitude toward the landmark-building craze?)
7听力理解 — 演讲：演讲者说："我们常说'失败是成功之母'，但我想补充一句：只有善于反思的失败，才是成功之母。盲目重复同样的错误，失败永远只是失败。"请问演讲者想强调什么？ (Listening — speech: The speaker says: 'We often say "failure is the mother of success," but I want to add: only failure that is reflected upon well can be the mother of success. Blindly repeating the same mistakes leaves failure as merely failure forever.' Question: What does the speaker want to emphasize?)
8听力理解 — 会议发言：项目经理说："目前项目进度滞后于计划约两周，主要瓶颈在供应链而非研发。因此，我建议把有限的资源优先投入到供应商的协调上，而不是盲目增加研发人手。"请问项目经理认为进度滞后的主要原因是什么？ (Listening — conference statement: A project manager says: 'The project is currently about two weeks behind schedule. The main bottleneck lies in the supply chain rather than R&D. Therefore I suggest prioritizing our limited resources on coordinating suppliers, rather than blindly adding R&D staff.' Question: What does the manager consider the main cause of the delay?)
9听力理解 — 长篇独白：一段关于行为经济学的讲座说："传统经济学假设人是完全理性的，但行为经济学通过大量实验证明，人们的决策常常受到'锚定效应'的影响——即最先接触到的信息，会像锚一样固定我们后续的判断，哪怕这个初始信息毫无依据。"根据讲座，'锚定效应'指的是什么？ (Listening — longer monologue: A behavioral-economics lecture states: 'Traditional economics assumes people are perfectly rational, but behavioral economics has proven through many experiments that decisions are often influenced by the "anchoring effect" — the first information one encounters fixes subsequent judgments like an anchor, even if that initial information has no basis.' Question: According to the lecture, what is the anchoring effect?)
10听力理解 — 长篇独白：讲座继续说："正因为锚定效应如此普遍，商家在定价时常常先标出一个很高的'原价'，再打折出售，让消费者产生'占了便宜'的错觉。"根据这段话，商家标出高'原价'的目的是什么？ (Listening — longer monologue continued: The lecture continues: 'Precisely because the anchoring effect is so common, merchants often first display a very high "original price" and then sell at a discount, giving consumers the illusion of "getting a bargain."' Question: According to this passage, what is the purpose of merchants displaying a high 'original price'?)
About the HSK 7-9 Exam
HSK 7-9 (汉语水平考试七至九级) is the combined advanced tier of the new HSK 3.0 standard, launched in 2021 and codified in the syllabus published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation (CLEC). Unlike the classic HSK 1-6 levels, it is ONE integrated internet-based test of 98 items taken over about 210 minutes; a candidate's certified level (7, 8, or 9) is assigned by score using Item Response Theory rather than a fixed pass mark. The exam spans five sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, Translation, and Speaking. Only the Listening (about 40 items) and Reading (about 47 items) sections contain objective multiple-choice items; Writing (2 tasks), Translation (4 tasks, written and oral), and Speaking (5 tasks) are constructed-response. The advanced band targets a vocabulary of roughly 11,092 words and 3,000 characters and corresponds to CEFR C1 to C2 and above, requiring comprehension of academic lectures, business negotiations, debates, news, editorials, and formal literary texts as well as command of classical idioms (成语) and complex discourse structures. The test is offered only as an internet-based test on select dates each year. This free practice bank covers the two multiple-choice sections, Listening and Reading.
Questions
100 scored questions
Time Limit
Approximately 210 minutes total: Listening about 40 minutes, Reading 60 minutes, Writing 55 minutes, Translation about 41 minutes, and Speaking about 24 minutes, with a break between the morning and afternoon sessions.
Passing Score
No single pass/fail line. One integrated test assigns a level via Item Response Theory: 'Below HSK Level 7,' 'HSK Level 7,' 'HSK Level 8,' or 'HSK Level 9.' Each of the five skills is reported on a 0-100 scale, and the overall ability value determines the certified level.
Exam Fee
Fees vary significantly by country and test center; HSK 7-9 is the most expensive HSK level. The internet-based test is paid online at registration. Check chinesetest.cn or your local test center for the current local fee. (Chinese Testing International (CTI), under the Center for Language Education and Cooperation (CLEC), China's Ministry of Education)
HSK 7-9 Exam Content Outline
Listening — True/False (Part 1)
10 true/false items on news, documentaries, speeches, and conference talks; tests precise facts, numbers, and trend direction at natural speed.
Listening — Multiple Choice (Parts 2-3)
About 24 MCQ items on dialogues, negotiations, debates, interviews, and longer academic monologues; tests main idea, attitude, inference, and concepts.
Reading — Comprehension MCQ (Part 1)
About 28 MCQ items on news, scientific, survey, academic, cultural, and literary texts; tests detail, main idea, author attitude, and inference.
Reading — Cohesion & Short Answer (Parts 2-3)
About 19 items on sentence/paragraph ordering and short-answer comprehension; tests connectors, logical flow, and precise C1-C2 reading.
Writing
2 constructed-response tasks: a data/chart description and an argumentative essay; tests formal written argumentation (not multiple choice).
Translation
4 tasks of written and oral translation between Chinese and a chosen source language; constructed-response (not multiple choice).
Speaking
5 tasks of paraphrasing, prompted responses, and opinion expression; tests fluency and advanced spoken argumentation (not multiple choice).
How to Pass the HSK 7-9 Exam
What You Need to Know
- Passing score: No single pass/fail line. One integrated test assigns a level via Item Response Theory: 'Below HSK Level 7,' 'HSK Level 7,' 'HSK Level 8,' or 'HSK Level 9.' Each of the five skills is reported on a 0-100 scale, and the overall ability value determines the certified level.
- Exam length: 100 questions
- Time limit: Approximately 210 minutes total: Listening about 40 minutes, Reading 60 minutes, Writing 55 minutes, Translation about 41 minutes, and Speaking about 24 minutes, with a break between the morning and afternoon sessions.
- Exam fee: Fees vary significantly by country and test center; HSK 7-9 is the most expensive HSK level. The internet-based test is paid online at registration. Check chinesetest.cn or your local test center for the current local fee.
Keys to Passing
- Complete 500+ practice questions
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- Focus on highest-weighted sections
- Use our AI tutor for tough concepts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the HSK 7-9 exam and who should take it?
HSK 7-9 is the combined advanced tier of the new HSK 3.0 Chinese Proficiency Test, launched in 2021. It is one integrated internet-based test that certifies advanced Mandarin ability — CEFR C1 to C2 and above — and assigns a result of Level 7, 8, or 9 by score. It suits learners aiming for graduate study, academic, professional, or translation work in Chinese who have mastered intermediate Chinese and are pushing toward near-native proficiency.
What is the format of the HSK 7-9 exam?
HSK 7-9 has 98 items across five sections taken in about 210 minutes: Listening (about 40 items, around 40 minutes), Reading (about 47 items, 60 minutes), Writing (2 tasks, 55 minutes), Translation (4 written and oral tasks, about 41 minutes), and Speaking (5 tasks, about 24 minutes). Only the Listening and Reading sections contain objective multiple-choice items; Writing, Translation, and Speaking are constructed-response. It is offered only as an internet-based test.
How are HSK Levels 7, 8, and 9 decided?
There is no fixed pass mark. HSK 7-9 is a single integrated test, and a candidate's level is determined by their overall ability value calculated through Item Response Theory (IRT). Results are reported as 'Below HSK Level 7,' 'HSK Level 7,' 'HSK Level 8,' or 'HSK Level 9,' with each of the five skill areas also scored individually on a 0-100 scale.
How many words do I need to know for HSK 7-9?
The HSK 3.0 advanced band (Levels 7-9) targets a cumulative vocabulary of approximately 11,092 words and about 3,000 Chinese characters (of which roughly 1,200 should be writable from memory), plus around 1,110 pinyin syllables. Levels 7, 8, and 9 share the same vocabulary pool; the difference between levels is not how many words you know but what you can do with the language.
How is HSK 7-9 different from the classic HSK 6?
Classic HSK 6 is the top of the old six-level system with about 5,000 words and three sections (Listening, Reading, Writing). HSK 7-9 is the new HSK 3.0 advanced tier: it roughly doubles the vocabulary target to about 11,092 words, adds Translation and Speaking sections, and is a single integrated internet-based test that assigns one of three levels (7, 8, or 9) by score rather than passing a fixed mark.
What does this free HSK 7-9 practice bank cover?
This bank contains 100 advanced multiple-choice questions covering the two objective sections of HSK 7-9: Listening (true/false news and documentary items, plus MCQ on dialogues, negotiations, debates, interviews, and academic lectures) and Reading (vocabulary and idiom precision, error identification, sentence ordering, and comprehension of news, scientific, academic, and literary passages). The Writing, Translation, and Speaking sections require constructed responses and are not covered here.