The HSK 1 reading section is 20 questions in 20 minutes, worth 100 of the 200 marks on the paper. Below: how it is split, one question from each part with the answer explained, and graded stories to read at this level.
Question counts, the part split and the timing come from the official 3.0 exam structure for HSK 1 (published by CTI in December 2025, in force from July 2026). Where the printed instructions have been transcribed, they are quoted above unchanged.
From HSK 1 Mock Test Paper 10, printed the way the exam prints them. Pick an answer to check it; the key and the explanation open underneath.
看句子，选出对应的图片。
tā zài xué xiào kàn shū。他在学校看书。
Pick an answer to check it
The sentence says 「在学校看书」 (reading at school). A shows a primary school student sitting and reading at school. No one is reading at school in the other pictures.
他在学校看书。
给下列句子选择合适的回答。
nǐ jiào shén me míng zì？你叫什么名字？
Pick an answer to check it
When asked “叫什么名字” (what is your name), you should say a name. E, “我叫李月,” answers it exactly. A says what someone likes to drink, B says where someone works, and D gives a time; none of them gives a name.
你叫什么名字？——我叫李月。
选词填空。
míng tiān （） bù hǎo， huì xià yǔ。明天（ ）不好，会下雨。
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In “明天……不好，会下雨” (Tomorrow… isn’t good; it will rain), the blank should describe the weather, so choose “天气” (weather). The other words do not describe weather, so the sentence would not make sense with them.
明天天气不好，会下雨。
阅读句子，选出正确答案。
wáng xiān shēng jīn tiān xià wǔ kāi chē qù běi jīng。 ★ wáng xiān shēng zěn me qù běi jīng？王先生今天下午开车去北京。 ★ 王先生怎么去北京？
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The sentence says “开车去北京” (drive to Beijing), so the answer is 开车. It doesn’t mention taking a plane or a train.
王先生今天下午开车去北京。
Longer reading, written inside the HSK 1 word list. Every chapter is free to read in full, with its word list and questions.
Each of the 10 HSK 1 mock papers opens up to three reading questions free, with answers and explanations. The whole section — 20 questions in 20 minutes — runs on the clock in the timed mock.