HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 2 · CHINESE READING

HSK 2 Chinese reading practice.

Read short story for purpose, detail, and action. Then compare each answer with exact evidence from the text.

01 · READ FOR THE TASK

Meeting at the cinema

王明和李月星期天去看电影。电影下午三点开始。李月两点半到了电影院,可是王明坐的公共汽车很慢,他三点十分才到。他们决定下次早点出门。

Need Pinyin support?

Wáng Míng hé Lǐ Yuè xīngqītiān qù kàn diànyǐng. Diànyǐng xiàwǔ sān diǎn kāishǐ. Lǐ Yuè liǎng diǎn bàn dào le diànyǐngyuàn, kěshì Wáng Míng zuò de gōnggòng qìchē hěn màn, tā sān diǎn shí fēn cái dào. Tāmen juédìng xià cì zǎodiǎn chūmén.

Use this after your first reading so the pronunciation guide does not replace character recognition.

Reading move

Use 可是 and 才 to notice the contrast between the plan and what happened.

02 · ANSWER WITH EVIDENCE

Choose the best answer.

Answer before opening the explanation. The evidence tells you which relationship in the text controls the answer.

QUESTION 1

谁先到电影院?

  1. 王明
  2. 李月
  3. 他们同时到
Answer + evidence
B · 李月

李月两点半到了; Wang Ming did not arrive until 3:10.

QUESTION 2

他们下次准备怎么做?

  1. 早点出门
  2. 换一家电影院
  3. 不坐公共汽车
Answer + evidence
A · 早点出门

The final sentence explicitly says 下次早点出门.