| Chinese Abstract | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-6页 |
| Preface | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| ·An Overview of Reading Teaching in the World and in China | 第9-14页 |
| ·Problems and Weakness of Traditional Reading Teaching | 第14-15页 |
| ·Theoretical and Practical Significance of Present Study | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter 2 The Importance of Extensive Reading | 第18-23页 |
| ·What's the difference between intensive reading and extensive reading | 第18-19页 |
| ·The aims and tasks set by the syllabus | 第19页 |
| ·The requirements of the college entrance examination | 第19-20页 |
| ·Demands of the society and the 21~(st) century | 第20-21页 |
| ·The role of extensive reading in language learning | 第21页 |
| ·English teaching in China---EFL instead of ESL | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Reading is a Main Approach to Students' Learning Ability | 第23-33页 |
| ·A cognitive model for reading comprehension | 第23-24页 |
| ·The main aspects of activities associated with the cognitive model of RC strategies | 第24-27页 |
| ·A short-cut to acquire reading ability | 第27-31页 |
| ·What position reading ability occupied in the senior middle school teaching objective | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Problems With Reading | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter 5 Analysis and Measures | 第38-46页 |
| ·Causes of the problems | 第38-40页 |
| ·Some tips to solve the problems | 第40-42页 |
| ·Suggestions for improving reading speed | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter 6 Developing Students' Reading Ability | 第46-68页 |
| ·Motivating students to read | 第46-51页 |
| ·Skimming & Scanning | 第51-53页 |
| ·Learning to question the author | 第53-55页 |
| ·Summarizing | 第55-56页 |
| ·Acquiring vocabulary through a context-based approach | 第56-61页 |
| ·Increasing students' awareness in cultural differences | 第61-63页 |
| ·The quantitative and qualitative changes in reading ability | 第63-68页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusions | 第68-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-72页 |
| Chinese Synopsis | 第72-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76页 |
