| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Research background of the study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the study | 第14页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the study | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-32页 |
| 2.1 Research on tolerance of ambiguity | 第16-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of tolerance of ambiguity | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Measurement of tolerance of ambiguity | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.3 Previous studies of tolerance of ambiguity in second language learning | 第21-25页 |
| 2.2 Reading strategies | 第25-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of reading strategy | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.2 Classification of reading strategies | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous studies on reading strategy | 第28-30页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on the correlation between tolerance of ambiguity and reading strategyuse | 第30-31页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第32-38页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第32页 |
| 3.2 Subjects | 第32页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第32-36页 |
| 3.3.1 Second language tolerance of ambiguity scale | 第33页 |
| 3.3.2 Students’ report on their use of journal article reading strategies | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3.3 Journal article reading strategies questionnaire | 第34-36页 |
| 3.4 Procedures | 第36-38页 |
| 3.4.1 Data collection | 第36-37页 |
| 3.4.2 Data analysis | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第38-55页 |
| 4.1 Tolerance of ambiguity level of English-major postgraduates | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2 Correlations between the subjects’ tolerance of ambiguity and journal article readingstrategy use | 第41-45页 |
| 4.3 Tolerance of ambiguity and journal article reading strategy use | 第45-55页 |
| 4.3.1 Reading strategy use among subjects with higher level of tolerance of ambiguity | 第46-49页 |
| 4.3.2 Reading strategy use among subjects with lower level of tolerance of ambiguity . 38 | 第49-51页 |
| 4.3.3 Comparison of journal article reading strategy utilization between subjects withhigher and lower levels of tolerance of ambiguity | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| 5.1 The major findings of the study | 第55-56页 |
| 5.2 Implications of English reading teaching | 第56-58页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the present study and suggestions for further investigation | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-66页 |
| Appendix I Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale (SLTAS) | 第66-68页 |
| Appendix II Questionnaire on Journal Article Reading Strategies | 第68-71页 |
| Appendix III An Example of Journal Article Reading Material | 第71-83页 |
| Publications | 第83页 |
