| Chapter one Introduction | 第1-14页 |
| 1．1 The Current Situation of Reading Comprehension in CET-4 | 第10-11页 |
| 1．2 Exploration of Reading Comprehension | 第11-12页 |
| 1．3 The Organization of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-24页 |
| 2．1 Bottom-up Model of Reading | 第14-16页 |
| 2．2 Top-down Model of Reading | 第16-19页 |
| 2．3 Interactive Model of Reading | 第19-21页 |
| 2．4 Limitations | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Three Relevance Theory and Reading | 第24-35页 |
| 3．1 Relevance Theory—A New Approach to Communication | 第24-29页 |
| 3．1．1 Communication as an Ostensive--Inferential Process | 第24-25页 |
| 3．1．2 Context and Optimal Relevance | 第25-28页 |
| 3．1．3 Principles of Relevance | 第28-29页 |
| 3．2 A Relevance-based Framework of Reading Comprehension | 第29-35页 |
| 3．2．1 Reading as an Inference-making Process | 第29-32页 |
| 3．2．2 Reading as a Process of Seeking Optimal Relevance | 第32-33页 |
| 3．2．3 Reading as a Process of Choosing Context | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four The Application of RT in CET Reading Comprehension | 第35-54页 |
| 4．1 Inferring the Utterance Interpretation | 第35-46页 |
| 4．1．1 To Determine the Explicit Meaning (Explicature) | 第35-40页 |
| 4．1．1．1 Utterances with Semantic Ambiguity | 第35-37页 |
| 4．1．1．2 Sentences in Need of Reference Assignment | 第37-39页 |
| 4．1．1．3 Sentences in Need of Semantic Enrichment | 第39-40页 |
| 4．1．2 Utterances with Implicit Meaning | 第40-46页 |
| 4．1．2．1 Sentences with Metaphorical Meanings | 第43-45页 |
| 4．1．2．2 Sentences with Ironical Meanings | 第45-46页 |
| 4．2． Inferring the Meanings of New Words through Context | 第46-49页 |
| 4．3 Discourse Markers in Accelerating Reading Speed | 第49-54页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
