HSK 4Chapter 1 of 5593 characters
护照不见了
The passport is gone
星期六晚上九点，安娜把第二天考试要带的东西一件一件地放在桌子上。她来北京学中文已经一年了，明天就要参加HSK四级考试。为了这次考试，她每天早晨六点起床记词语，周末也很少出去玩。考试通知上写得很清楚：外国考生必须带护照，没有证件的人不能进考场。
她打开背包，想把护照放进去，却发现平常放护照的那个地方是空的。她先笑了一下，觉得自己肯定是记错了。她把背包里的东西全部拿出来，仔细地查看了一遍，又打开了桌子上的每一个袋子。没有。床下面、书中间、每件外套里面，她都找了，还是没有。半个小时以后，房间已经乱得不像样子了。
安娜坐在地上，心跳得越来越快。她努力学习了一年，难道就因为一本护照，明天连考场都进不去？
这时，门开了，和她住一个房间的中国同学林佳回来了。林佳是北京人，在大学学法律，说话总是很快。她看到房间里这么乱，很吃惊：“天啊，这是怎么了？”安娜差点儿哭出来：“我的护照找不到了！明天早上就要考试了！”
林佳放下书包，什么也没多问，就开始跟她一起找。找了一会儿，她停下来说：“你先别着急，冷静一下。你最后一次用护照是什么时候？”安娜想了想。昨天下午，她去银行办理了一张银行卡，办卡的时候用过护照。办完以后，她觉得很累，就在银行门口打了一辆出租车回来。
“你在车上拿出过护照吗？”林佳问。安娜的心一下子凉了。她想起来了：在车上，她把银行的材料和护照都拿出来看过。下车的时候，后面有车在等，她很着急，拿起材料就下了车。护照呢？她想不起来了。林佳看了看手表：“恐怕是掉在出租车上了。可是北京有这么多出租车，你知道是哪一辆吗？”安娜没有回答。她不知道。她付的是现金，手机上什么也查不到。
Words in this chapter (34)
The HSK 4 words in this chapter, and any above it, in the order you meet them. Names are left out.
- 级jí level; grade; rankHSK 5
- 早晨zǎochen early morning
- 词语cíyǔ word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term); expression
- 通知tōngzhī to notify; to inform; notice
- 考生kǎoshēng exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam
- 证件zhèngjiàn certificate; papers; credentials
- 场chǎng classifier for sporting or recreational activities; classifier for number of exams
- 背包bēibāo knapsack; rucksack; infantry pack
- 却què but; yet; however
- 平常píngcháng ordinary; common; usually
- 空kōng empty; air; sky
- 肯定kěndìng to be certain; to be positive; to give recognition
- 全部quánbù whole; all
- 仔细zǐxì careful; attentive; cautious
- 查看chákàn to look over; to examine; to check up
- 袋子dàizi bag
- 外套wàitào outer garment; jacket; coat
- 乱luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder
- 样子yàngzi appearance; manner; pattern
- 心xīn heart; mind; intention
- 难道nándào could it be that...?
- 连lián to link; to join; to connect
- 法律fǎlǜ law
- 吃惊chījīng to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
- 差点儿chàdiǎnr almost; nearly
- 停tíng to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- 冷静lěngjìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate
- 办理bànlǐ to handle; to transact; to conduct
- 凉liáng cool; cold
- 材料cáiliào (raw) material; data
- 恐怕kǒngpà to dread; fear
- 掉diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind
- 付fù to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
- 现金xiànjīn cash
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1.安娜为什么这么着急？
- A她明天要回国
- B明天考试必须带护照
- C她的银行卡丢了
- D林佳要搬走了
2.安娜最后一次用护照是在哪儿？
- A在学校
- B在考场
- C在银行
3.为什么安娜不知道是哪一辆出租车？
- A她付的是现金，手机上查不到
- B她没有坐出租车
- C司机没有让她下车
- D林佳忘了告诉她
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