Reading comprehension is an essential skill for success in academia and in the real world. Good readers have great skills to absorb what they read, analyze it, make sense of it, and answer questions about it. In the Chinese Reading Comprehension Series ( ), we are going to learn reading some of the famous and selected Chinese short stories ( ) and answering questions for each of these stories ( ). These literary works often reflect certain essential aspect of social life through stories.


The book has 10 chapters for Mandarin Chinese reading comprehension in the following order: Chapter 1: Xiao Wang and Coke ( : )Chapter 2: Xiao Wang and First Love ( : )Chapter 3: Xiao Wang's Father ( : )Chapter 4: Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising ( : )Chapter 5: Yue Fei ( : )Chapter 6: To the Oak ( : )Chapter 7: Xiaoming's Day ( : )Chapter 8: Xiaoping's story ( : )Chapter 9: The Story of Zhao Xiaofei ( : )Chapter 10: Luban Learning Arts ( : ) The current book volume, Chinese Reading Comprehension 1, is a Level 2 Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to 10 famous Chinese short stories. Each of the stories is accompanied with 10 multiple answer type questions. The answer keys are as well included in the book. The 1st volume in the Chinese Reading Comprehension Series ( ) includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin Romanization. With over 600 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3/4/5/6) to understand China as well as practice Chinese reading fast.