HSK 4 Reading Practice 2: Cloze, Sentence Gaps & Short Articles

By the end you can

• Work through the three parts of the new HSK 4 reading section, one unit at a time
• Read short articles faster, with a 60-second target for each text
• Avoid the spare-word trap and the spare-sentence trap that catch most learners

What’s inside

• Unit 1: Cloze in sentences: Part of Speech First · Cloze in sentences: Lin Hao's Week in the City · Cloze in sentences: Gap Words in City Life
• Unit 2: Cloze in dialogues: What Must the Reply Do? · Cloze in dialogues: Chen Xiaoyu's Monday at Work · Cloze in dialogues: Workplace Dialogue Gaps
• Unit 3: ★ questions: detail: Read the ★ Question First · ★ questions: detail: A Museum, a Nap and a Bakery · ★ questions: detail: Detail Questions
• Unit 4: ★ questions: purpose: Why Was This Written? · ★ questions: purpose: A Letter, a Notice and an Email · ★ questions: purpose: Purpose Questions
• Unit 5: Sentence gaps: Look Left, Look Right · Sentence gaps: Cities Without Cars on Sundays · Sentence gaps: Car-Free Sunday Gaps
• Unit 6: Sentence gaps 2: Follow the Time Line · Sentence gaps 2: From Dishwasher to Chef · Sentence gaps 2: Chef Story Gaps
• Connectors: Connectors That Decide a Gap
• Unit 7: Science snippets: Claim, Number, Cause · Science snippets: Sleep, Bees and Plastic · Science snippets: Science Snippet Questions
• Unit 8: Culture snippets: Then and Now · Culture snippets: Tea Houses, Paper Art and Dancing · Culture snippets: Culture Snippet Questions
• Mini test: Part 1: Mini Test: Word-Bank Cloze · Part 3 text: Mini Test: Gardens on the Roof · Parts 2–3: Mini Test: Short Texts and Gaps
• Unit 9: Speed: Read in Chunks · Speed: Three Texts Against the Clock · Speed: Sixty-Second Questions
• Fix-it: Spare word: Fix-It: Three Spare-Word Traps · Spare sentence: Fix-It: Three Spare-Sentence Traps
• Review: Mei Lin's Exam-Day Plan

Who it’s for

Learners preparing for HSK 4 on the new HSK 3.0 exam, or studying at that level.

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HSK 4 Reading Practice: Longer Texts & Inference · HSK 4 Guided Writing Workbook · HSK 4 Vocabulary Workbook: Words in Context & Collocations · HSK 4 Mock Test: Practice Test in the New HSK Format · Browse all 103 workbooks