| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Research Questions of the Present Study | 第9页 |
| ·Research Background and its Purpose | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Significance of the Present Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-24页 |
| ·Conception of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第13-14页 |
| ·Breadth of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第13-14页 |
| ·Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第14页 |
| ·Previous Research on Vocabulary Knowledge | 第14-16页 |
| ·Previous Research on Vocabulary Breadth | 第14-15页 |
| ·Previous Research on Vocabulary Depth | 第15-16页 |
| ·Vocabulary Acquisition in Second Language Acquisition Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·the Interactive Model | 第16-17页 |
| ·the Continuum Model | 第17-18页 |
| ·the Multi state Model | 第18页 |
| ·Testing Vocabulary Knowledge | 第18-22页 |
| ·Test of Vocabulary Breadth | 第19-20页 |
| ·Test of Vocabulary Depth | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension | 第22-24页 |
| ·Vocabulary Breadth and Reading Comprehension | 第22-23页 |
| ·Vocabulary Depth and Reading Comprehension | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three Experimental Study | 第24-32页 |
| ·Research Questions and Hypotheses | 第24-25页 |
| ·Subjects | 第25页 |
| ·Instruments | 第25-29页 |
| ·Vocabulary Level Test | 第26-27页 |
| ·Word Association Test | 第27-29页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension Test | 第29页 |
| ·Implementation and Analysis | 第29-32页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity of VLT and WAT | 第29-30页 |
| ·Procedures of Data Collection | 第30页 |
| ·Techniques of Data Analysis | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第32-40页 |
| ·Results of VLT, WAT and RC | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Relationship between Breadth and Depth | 第33页 |
| ·The Relationship between Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension | 第33-37页 |
| ·Correlation Analysis: Vocabulary Breadth and Reading Comprehension | 第34页 |
| ·Correlation Analysis: Vocabulary Depth and Reading Comprehension | 第34-36页 |
| ·Multiple Regression Analyses | 第36-37页 |
| ·Discussion | 第37-40页 |
| ·Discussion on the Relationship between VB and VD | 第37-38页 |
| ·Discussion on the Relationship between VB and RC | 第38页 |
| ·Discussion on the Relationship between VD and RC | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第40-44页 |
| ·Major Findings of Present Study | 第40页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications for Vocabulary Teaching | 第40-42页 |
| ·Reflections and Further Recommendations | 第42-44页 |
| Appendix I Vocabulary Level Test | 第44-46页 |
| Appendix II Word Association Test | 第46-48页 |
| Appendix III Reading Comprehension Test | 第48-55页 |
| References | 第55-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58页 |
