| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第8-11页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第11-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-14页 |
| List of Figures | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·Purpose of the Present Study | 第15-18页 |
| ·Research Questions of the Present Study | 第18页 |
| ·Contents of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-70页 |
| ·The Relationship between Activity and the Curriculum | 第19-26页 |
| ·Definition of activity and curriculum | 第19-20页 |
| ·The relationship between activity and the Curriculum | 第20-22页 |
| ·The relationship between three abilities emphasized in the Curriculum and activity's three features | 第22-26页 |
| ·Cognitive Process | 第26-44页 |
| ·Definition of cognitive process | 第27页 |
| ·Theoretical basis of cognitive process | 第27-29页 |
| ·Evaluation criteria of cognitive process in previous studies | 第29-43页 |
| ·Evaluation framework of cognitive feature of activity | 第43-44页 |
| ·Inquiry | 第44-54页 |
| ·Definition of inquiry | 第45-47页 |
| ·Theoretical basis of inquiry | 第47-49页 |
| ·Process and features of inquiry | 第49-54页 |
| ·The evaluation framework of inquiry feature of activity | 第54页 |
| ·Communicative Activity | 第54-61页 |
| ·Definition of communicative approach and communicative activity | 第55-57页 |
| ·Theoretical basis of communicative activity | 第57-58页 |
| ·Main features of communicative activity | 第58-60页 |
| ·The evaluation framework of communicative feature of activity | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Evaluation Framework of the Activities of Senior English Course Books | 第61-63页 |
| ·Exemplifications of cognitive, inquiry and communicative feature of activity | 第63-70页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methods and Procedures | 第70-95页 |
| ·Introducing the Course books, Corpus and Tool | 第70-72页 |
| ·Methods and Procedures | 第72-73页 |
| ·Identification and Calculation of Activities | 第73-77页 |
| ·The Relationship between Activity Features and Instructional Words | 第77-79页 |
| ·Pilot Study | 第79-89页 |
| ·Search words to evaluate cognitive feature of activity | 第79-84页 |
| ·Search words from the present study | 第79-82页 |
| ·Search words concluded from the previous studies | 第82-84页 |
| ·Search words to evaluate inquiry feature of activity | 第84-85页 |
| ·Search words from the present study | 第84页 |
| ·Search words concluded from the previous studies | 第84-85页 |
| ·Search words to evaluate communicative feature of activity | 第85-88页 |
| ·Search words from the present study | 第85-87页 |
| ·Search words concluded from the previous studies | 第87-88页 |
| ·Reliability Test | 第88-89页 |
| ·Procedures to Evaluate Cognitive, Inquiry and Communicative Features of Activity | 第89-95页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第95-104页 |
| ·Description and Discussion of Cognitive, Inquiry and Communicative Feature of Activities in SEFC1A and NSEC 1A | 第95-103页 |
| ·Description and Discussion of Cognitive Feature of Activities in SEFC1A and NSEC 1A | 第95-98页 |
| ·Description and Discussion of Inquiry Feature of Activities in SEFC1A and NSEC 1A | 第98-101页 |
| ·Description and Discussion of Communicative Feature of Activities in SEFC1A and NSEC 1A | 第101-103页 |
| ·The Relationships of Cognitive Feature, Inquiry Feature and Communicative Feature of Activities | 第103-104页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion and Implication | 第104-107页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第104-105页 |
| ·Implication | 第105-106页 |
| ·Limitation of Present Study | 第106-107页 |
| Bibliography | 第107-113页 |
