YCT TEST

YCT (Level III) is made up of listening and reading sections. It consist 60 test questions.

Section Number of Questions Duration (Min)
I. Listening Part I 10 35 About 20
Part II 10
Part III 10
Part IV 5
Fill out the Answer Sheet (Mark your answers for the listening section on the Answer Sheet) 5
II. Reading Part I 5 25 30
Part II 5
Part III 5
Part IV 10
Total / 60 About 55

The test will last for 60 minutes in total (including 5 minutes for test takers to fill in their personal information).

Test Content:

1.Listening

Part I consist 10 questions. Test takers will listen to each question twice. Each question is a sentence. There is a related picture it on the test paper, and test takers should judge if the content of the picture is right or wrong based on what he/she heard.

Part II consist 10 questions. Test takers will listen to each question twice. Each item is a dialogue. Several pictures are given on the test paper and test takers should select the one corresponding with what he/she heard.

Part III consist 10 questions. Test takers will listen to each question twice. Each item includes a question and three options for the answer. The three options are given on the test paper and test takers should select the one corresponding with what he/she heard.

Part IV consist 5 questions. Test takers will listen to each question twice. Each question is a dialogue and a third person will ask a question based on the dialogue. 3 options are offered on the test paper and test takers should select an answer based on what he/ she heard.

2.Reading

Part I consist 5 questions. For each question, a dialogue and several pictures are given on the test paper and test takers should select the picture corresponding with the content of the dialogue.

Part II consist 5 questions. For each question, a picture and three sentences are given on the test paper and test takers should select the sentence corresponding with the content of the picture.

Part III consist 5 questions. Each question includes a question and three options for the answer and test takers should select the correct answer.

Part IV consist 10 questions. For each question, one dialogue is given with a blank. Test takers should select the best Chinese word from the three options given to complete the sentence.
Pinyin is given for all questions on the test paper.