Each module on this site finishes with an original mixed practice set and explained answers. This page shows how to work through a set, gives you a three-question warm-up in Chinese, and lists the sets in a study order.
How should you work through a set?
The aim is to make your reasoning reliable, not to collect ticks.
- Attempt first. Do the whole set without the answers, on paper, in Chinese where the task is Chinese-language work.
- Compare by step. Mark the point where your reasoning first differs from the explanation.
- Name the cause. Was it the text, a word, relevance or sentence accuracy?
- Log and retest. Record it in the mistake log and retest queue and redo a fresh question later.
The original mixed-practice builder puts together a session from several modules, and when no reviewed questions match it says so honestly instead of generating unchecked answers.
A three-question warm-up
Read the passage, then answer.
小美每个周末都去社区中心当义工。她负责整理旧书，也教小朋友折纸。上个月，中心举办义卖，她折的纸鹤全部卖完了，她把钱交给了中心。
1. 小美在社区中心做哪两件事？
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She tidies old books (整理旧书) and teaches children to fold paper (教小朋友折纸). Both are stated in the second sentence. The sale of the cranes is a later event, not a third duty.
2. 纸鹤的结果怎么样？这个结果对谁有帮助？
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The cranes were all sold (全部卖完了). The passage says she gave the money to the centre (把钱交给了中心), so the centre benefits. The passage does not say what the centre used it for, so do not add that.
3. 下面哪一句是主旨？请选一个并说明理由。(A) 纸鹤很漂亮。(B) 小美用自己的时间和技能帮助社区。(C) 义卖在上个月举行。
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Choose B. It covers the tidying, the teaching and the sale. A is not stated and C is a single detail. A main idea has to cover the whole passage.
Which sets are there, and in what order?
Work through the sets that fit your confirmed code in order the first time. Later, choose sets by the causes in your log.
Everyone
- Chinese qualification identification: confirm the code, year and script before you choose a model.
- Characters, words and context: look-alike characters, collocations and punctuation.
- Writing accuracy and feedback: checking your own writing and using feedback.
Mandarin as a foreign language (0547 route)
- Mandarin communication foundations
- Mandarin listening and speaking
- Foreign-language reading and writing
Chinese as a second language (0523 route)
Chinese as a first language (0509 route)
Each group follows the route described in the study route guide. Check the syllabus for your exam year for the exact tasks you will meet.
What do the answers show you?
An explained answer names the evidence, the reasoning and what a weaker answer would have done. For a reading question, the evidence is a quoted phrase from the passage. For a writing question, it is a revised sentence beside the original.
If the same cause keeps appearing, read the terminology guide and the revision guide. When a set exposes a habit you cannot explain, our online one-to-one Chinese and Mandarin tuition lets a teacher watch how you work and find where that habit starts.