The "How to Ace Mandarin Ab Initio - Reading Comprehension" workbook is the ultimate exam preparation workbook for teachers and students alike. It is suitable for all beginning learners of Mandarin. Its practical approach to teaching and learning is based on past examination papers (the former Paper 1) from 2005 until 2019 and is arranged according to the five main themes and the twenty main topics of the Mandarin Ab Initio course. This workbook provides a wide range of reading texts with accompanying questions. In addition, this workbook encourages the students to study and revise grammar points, key vocabulary, key structures and text types. Each reading text is accompanied by a variety of tasks, including reading, speaking and writing.