Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese Paper 1h 2025 Question Paper

Download the official Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese (9–1) Paper 1: Listening and Understanding in Chinese Higher Tier question paper for the Summer 2025 examination series (1CN0/1H). This authentic Edexcel exam paper contains the complete set of live GCSE Chinese listening-comprehension questions used during the June 2025 examinations.

The Higher Tier paper assesses advanced listening comprehension skills in spoken Mandarin Chinese and spoken Cantonese through realistic conversations, interviews, podcasts, travel discussions, and opinion-based extracts. Students complete multiple-choice questions, sentence-completion tasks, short-answer responses, and inference-based listening activities designed to test vocabulary recognition, contextual understanding, and interpretation of spoken Chinese.

Topics covered in the examination include winter sports attractions in Shanghai, Beijing taxi drivers, healthcare volunteering in rural China, opinions about learning Chinese, hotel bookings, business success in China, educational travel, tourism in Guangzhou, childhood career ambitions, crowdfunding, and helping disadvantaged families. Students also analyse discussions about university plans, gap-year travel, social media communication, calligraphy, hospitality, environmental conditions, and modern Chinese society.

The paper features authentic GCSE Chinese listening scenarios such as a new indoor skiing attraction in Shanghai, a travel podcast discussing hotel bookings, students planning international trips after exams, a class discussion about learning Chinese, and an interview with former students reflecting on childhood ambitions and current careers. The final section explores the real-life story of Huayan, focusing on family hardship, illness, and online crowdfunding support.

Students can practise real Edexcel Higher Tier listening questions exactly as they appeared in the live Summer 2025 examination, including complex inference questions and extended listening tasks requiring detailed understanding of opinions, intentions, emotions, and implied meaning. The paper includes authentic Edexcel formatting, structured listening sections, and realistic exam timing identical to the official assessment.

Ideal for timed practice, mock examinations, classroom assessment, listening-skills development, revision sessions, intervention work, and preparation for future GCSE Chinese exams, this downloadable PDF provides authentic Pearson Edexcel assessment material and realistic Higher Tier listening practice for students aiming for grades 7–9.

This document is designed for Year 10 and Year 11 students studying Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese (9–1) Higher Tier, including students preparing for the 2026 examinations, independent learners, heritage speakers, home-educated candidates, and students aiming for grades 7–9 in GCSE Chinese.

It is also highly useful for Chinese language teachers, tutors, revision centres, intervention coordinators, and parents seeking authentic Edexcel listening exam material for Higher Tier comprehension practice, inference-skills development, and GCSE Chinese exam-technique improvement.