| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-9页 |
| Table of Contents | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Two Premises | 第12-14页 |
| ·Rationale for the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two What is Reading | 第17-32页 |
| ·Different Perspectives on Language Learning | 第18-19页 |
| ·Different Models of Reading | 第19-31页 |
| ·The Process Models | 第19-24页 |
| ·Bottom-up Models | 第19-20页 |
| ·Top-down Models | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Interactive Models | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Componential Models | 第24-31页 |
| ·The Unitary Nature of Reading | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Two-component Models | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Three-component Models | 第26-31页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Three The Testing of Reading | 第32-42页 |
| ·A Brief Review of the Development in the Testing of Reading | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Criteria of Judging a Test Format | 第33-34页 |
| ·A Look into the Main Reading Test Formats | 第34-40页 |
| ·Multiple Choice (MC) | 第34-36页 |
| ·Appearance | 第34页 |
| ·Main Advantages | 第34-35页 |
| ·Main Disadvantages | 第35-36页 |
| ·Short Answer Questions (SAQ) | 第36-38页 |
| ·Appearance | 第36页 |
| ·Main Advantages | 第36-37页 |
| ·Main Disadvantages | 第37-38页 |
| ·True or False (T/F) | 第38页 |
| ·Appearance | 第38页 |
| ·Main Advantages | 第38页 |
| ·Main Disadvantages | 第38页 |
| ·Cloze | 第38-39页 |
| ·Appearance | 第38-39页 |
| ·Main Advantages | 第39页 |
| ·Main Disadvantages | 第39页 |
| ·Translation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Appearance | 第39-40页 |
| ·Main Advantages | 第40页 |
| ·Main Disadvantages | 第40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four The Criteria of a Good Language Test | 第42-51页 |
| ·Validity | 第42-44页 |
| ·Construct Validity | 第42-43页 |
| ·Face Validity | 第43页 |
| ·Content Validity | 第43-44页 |
| ·Reliability | 第44-47页 |
| ·Improving the Reliability of a Test | 第44-45页 |
| ·Improving the Reliability of Scoring | 第45-47页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity | 第47-48页 |
| ·Practicality | 第48页 |
| ·Beneficial Backwash | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Five An Questionnaire Study on the Learning and Teaching of English in Our University | 第51-59页 |
| ·Purpose of the Questionnaire Study | 第51页 |
| ·Preparing for the Study | 第51-52页 |
| ·Subjects | 第51页 |
| ·Designing the Questionnaire | 第51-52页 |
| ·Carrying Out the QuestionnaireStudy | 第52页 |
| ·Results of the Questionnaire Study | 第52-54页 |
| ·Results of the First Part | 第52-53页 |
| ·Results of the Second Part | 第53-54页 |
| ·Results of the Third Part | 第54页 |
| ·A Summary of the Results of the Questionnaire Study | 第54-57页 |
| ·Suggestions for Improving the Teaching and Learning of English Reading | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Six An Experiment on the Two Different Test Formats --- MCand SAQ | 第59-80页 |
| ·A Brief Review of MC and SAQ | 第59-62页 |
| ·A Brief Review of MC | 第59-61页 |
| ·A Brief Review of SAQ | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Aims of the Experiment | 第62页 |
| ·Preparing for the Experiment | 第62-69页 |
| ·Selecting Subjects | 第63页 |
| ·Dividing Subjects into Two Parallel Groups | 第63-65页 |
| ·Dividing the Two Groups into Four Sub-groups | 第65页 |
| ·Selecting Reading Materials and Designing Test Items | 第65-67页 |
| ·The Methods to be Used to Analyze the Results | 第67-69页 |
| ·Carrying out the Experiment | 第69-70页 |
| ·The Marking of the Test Papers | 第70-71页 |
| ·The Final Scores and Data Analysis | 第71-75页 |
| ·he Results of the Retrospection Study | 第75-77页 |
| ·Students' Opinions about the Reading Test | 第77-78页 |
| ·A Summary of the Experiment's Results | 第78-80页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第80-83页 |
| ·Answers to the Questions put at the Beginning of the Experiment | 第80-81页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第81-82页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Development of our EAT Reading Tests | 第82-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-86页 |
| Appendices | 第86-114页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第86-91页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第91-94页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第94-95页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第95-101页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ | 第101-107页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ | 第107-110页 |
| Appendix Ⅶ | 第110-112页 |
| Appendix Ⅷ | 第112-114页 |
