| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| English Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-21页 |
| ·Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·The necessity of the study | 第14-18页 |
| ·Effects of reading tests on teaching | 第14-16页 |
| ·Wide popularity of M-C items in reading tests | 第16-17页 |
| ·Current status of reading tests in senior high schools | 第17-18页 |
| ·Literature review | 第18-19页 |
| ·Related research | 第18-19页 |
| ·Questions unanswered | 第19页 |
| ·Overview of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Basis | 第21-33页 |
| ·Validity | 第21-25页 |
| ·Definition of validity | 第21-22页 |
| ·Relativity of validity | 第22页 |
| ·Types of validity | 第22-25页 |
| ·Validity of M-C items | 第25页 |
| ·Reading Theory | 第25-28页 |
| ·EFL reading abilities | 第25-27页 |
| ·Macro skills | 第25-26页 |
| ·Micro skills | 第26-27页 |
| ·Grammatical and lexical knowledge | 第27页 |
| ·Reading abilities required of senior high school students | 第27-28页 |
| ·Related issues for M-C items | 第28-33页 |
| ·Advantages of M-C items | 第28-30页 |
| ·Disadvantages of M-C items | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design and Findings | 第33-54页 |
| ·The hypothesis and research questions of the study | 第33-34页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第33页 |
| ·Research questions of the study | 第33-34页 |
| ·Process of the investigation | 第34-36页 |
| ·Subject | 第34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34-35页 |
| ·Reading test papers | 第34页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第34-35页 |
| ·Procedure | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data analysis and findings | 第36-52页 |
| ·Concurrent validity of the exercise-reading tests and 2003 NMET reading test | 第36-39页 |
| ·Factors affecting validity of M-C in reading tests | 第39-44页 |
| ·Technical factors | 第41页 |
| ·Theoretical factors | 第41-43页 |
| ·Psychological factors | 第43-44页 |
| ·Administrative factors | 第44页 |
| ·Item construction quality and validity of M-C items | 第44-45页 |
| ·Principles of constructing M-C reading test papers | 第45-52页 |
| ·The theoretical principles of constructing M-C items for reading tests | 第45-48页 |
| ·The technical principles of writing M-C items for reading tests | 第48-52页 |
| ·How the test paper was revised | 第52页 |
| ·Limitations | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion and Further Suggestions | 第54-56页 |
| ·Answers to research questions | 第54-55页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第55-56页 |
| References | 第56-59页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ: The Unrefined Reading Test Paper and the Revised M-C Items | 第59-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: 2003 NMET Reading Test Paper | 第70-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ: Questionnaires | 第76-77页 |
