HSK 5 Mock Test Paper 4

The man says he practiced step by step by following videos, repeating each dish seven or eight times before learning it, so the answer is A. He did not say his mother taught him or that he studied this major at university, so B and C are wrong. His dishes taste even better than restaurant dishes, but the restaurant chef did not teach him, so D is wrong. Therefore, choose A.

The man says there will be an extra performance next Wednesday evening, so the answer is C. Saturday's performance was sold out, not canceled, so A is wrong. Tickets go on sale at noon; 3 p.m. is only the woman's finishing-work time, so B is wrong. Tickets do not require reservations and can be bought online anytime, which means they were not sold to an organization, so D is wrong. Therefore, choose C.

The woman thinks the phone is only a little over a year old, and repairs would cost at most 100 yuan. Replacing it would make transferring photos and files troublesome, so she means they should repair it first rather than rush to buy a new one. The answer is B. She is worried that the data cannot be transferred when changing phones; she did not ask him to delete photos, so A is wrong. She did not suggest buying a new phone, so C is wrong. Giving it to her younger brother was not mentioned, so D is wrong.

This bookstore lets readers put in money and take books themselves. After putting money in the box, readers can 「带走」 (take away) the book, so the answer is C. 「退还」 (return) means giving the book back to the bookstore, which does not fit buying a book, so A is wrong. 「领取」 (collect/receive) means taking something distributed to you; readers are buying, not receiving, so B is wrong. The passage does not mention mailing books, so D is wrong. Therefore, choose C.

In the first month there was not enough money in the box, so someone urged him to close early. This shows that the money was 「低」 (low), meaning below the book prices, so the answer is A. If it were 「贵」 (expensive), there would be no need to urge him to close, so B is wrong. 「简单」 (simple) cannot describe how much money there is, so C is wrong. 「及时」 (timely) means without delay and is unrelated to price, so D is wrong. Therefore, choose A.

What this shop tests is 「大家在没人看着的时候是不是守信用」 (whether people keep their word when no one is watching). Readers voluntarily put in money and take books, feeling that their honesty is 「信任」 (trusted), so the answer is B. No one collects money in the shop, so there is no question of checking or recording, making A and D wrong. 「修改信用」 (modify credit) is not a natural collocation, so C is wrong. Therefore, choose B.