Publisher's Synopsis
Welcome to the 4th volume in Chinese Reading Comprehension Series (汉语阅读理解). The new volume provides you Chinese short stories, related questions and answers.
The 4th volume brings up famous Chinese folktales/stories (中国神话故事) for Mandarin Chinese reading comprehension in the following order: Chapter 1: Li Bing (第一章：李冰)Chapter 2: Unification of China by Qin Shihuang (第二章：秦始皇统一天下)Chapter 3: Li Guang (第三章：李广)Chapter 4: Zhang Heng and the Seismograph (第四章：张衡与地动仪)Chapter 5: Qu Yuan's Investment in the River: Part 1 (第五章：屈原投江-上)Chapter 6: Qu Yuan's Investment in the River: Part 2 (第六章：屈原投江-下)Chapter 7: Yu Boya: Part 1 (第七章：俞伯牙和钟子期初次相会)Chapter 8: Yu Boya: Part 2 (第八章：钟子期品评音乐)Chapter 9: Yu Boya: Part 3 (第九章：友人已逝)Chapter 10: Yu Boya: Part 4 (第十章：俞伯牙摔琴谢知音) The current book volume, Chinese Reading Comprehension 4, is a Level 2 Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to different types of 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 new volume in the Chinese Reading Comprehension Series (汉语阅读理解) 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.
