The HSK 4 reading section is 40 questions in 30 minutes, worth 100 of the 300 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 4 (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 4 Mock Test Paper 10, printed the way the exam prints them. Pick an answer to check it; the key and the explanation open underneath.
选词填空。
大夫说，感冒要（ ）吃药，不然会更难受，甚至还得住院。
Pick an answer to check it
「要……吃药，不然会更难受」 (take the medicine promptly or you'll feel worse) means you shouldn't wait, so “及时” is the right choice. “安排吃药” and “缺少吃药” don't fit here.
大夫说，感冒要及时吃药。
请选出正确答案。
夏天阳光很强，不少人喜欢长时间待在空调房间里。其实，室内外温度差太大，人从外面进来容易难受，甚至会感冒。因此，建议把空调温度调得不要太低，并且经常打开窗，让新鲜空气进来。
★ 作者建议夏天：
Pick an answer to check it
The passage says that a large gap between indoor and outdoor temperatures can make people uncomfortable, so it recommends not setting the air conditioner too low and opening the windows. A and B contradict this recommendation; D is not mentioned.
室内外温度差太大，人从外面进来容易难受。
选句填空。
小李在上海一家工厂负责环保。以前工人常把塑料直接扔掉，污染很重。（ 58 ）。领导同意后，他安排大家把塑料整理好，用于再生产。（ ）。年底公司发了奖，祝贺他取得的成绩。（ ）。
Pick an answer to check it
The sentence before the blank says the pollution is serious, so the first step should be to persuade the leaders. Therefore, C is the answer. A is about selling goods, and B is about working hard and giving support; neither has happened yet.
以前工人常把塑料直接扔掉，污染很重。
Longer reading, written inside the HSK 4 word list. Every chapter is free to read in full, with its word list and questions.
Each of the 10 HSK 4 mock papers opens up to three reading questions free, with answers and explanations. The whole section — 40 questions in 30 minutes — runs on the clock in the timed mock.