| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第6-9页 |
| 1．1 Background of the Studies | 第6-7页 |
| 1．2 Layout of the Thesis | 第7-9页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THEORIES ON READING PROCESS | 第9-16页 |
| 2．1 Views on Reading for Meaning and Reading Process | 第9-10页 |
| 2．2 Models of Reading Process | 第10-14页 |
| 2．2．1 A Brief History of Models of reading process | 第10-11页 |
| 2．2．2 Current Models of Reading Process | 第11-14页 |
| 2．2．2．1 Bottom-up Model and Top-down Model | 第11-13页 |
| 2．2．2．2 Interactive Model | 第13-14页 |
| 2．3 Affecting Variables Involved in Reading Process | 第14-16页 |
| 2．3．1 Reader Variables | 第14-15页 |
| 2．3．2 Text Variables | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER THREE LANGUAGE ABILITY AND READING STRATEGY | 第16-28页 |
| 3．1 Describing Language Ability | 第16-17页 |
| 3．1．1 The Relationship between Language Use and Language Ability | 第16-17页 |
| 3．1．2 Defining Language Ability | 第17页 |
| 3．2 The Involvement of Strategies in Reading | 第17-21页 |
| 3．2．1 The Term of Strategies | 第18页 |
| 3．2．2 Defining Reading Strategies | 第18-20页 |
| 3．2．3 Researches on EFL Reading Strategies | 第20-21页 |
| 3．3 METACOGNrnvE Strategy in EFL Reading | 第21-28页 |
| 3．3．1 Describing Metacognitive Strategies | 第21-25页 |
| 3．3．1．1 Categories of Metacognitive Strategies | 第22页 |
| 3．3．1．2 Relevant Definitions | 第22-24页 |
| 3．3．1．3 Bachman and Palmer's Definition | 第24-25页 |
| 3．3．2 Researches on Metacognitive Strategy in EFL Reading | 第25-28页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR TESTING READING COMPREHENSION | 第28-35页 |
| 4．1 Factors that Influence EFL Test Performance | 第28-31页 |
| 4．1．1 Four Main Affecting Factors | 第28-30页 |
| 4．1．1．1 Communicative Language Ability | 第28-29页 |
| 4．1．1．2 The Personal Characteristics of Test-takers | 第29页 |
| 4．1．1．3 Test Method Factors | 第29-30页 |
| 4．1．1．4 Random Factors | 第30页 |
| 4．1．2 Strategy Competence as One Factor | 第30-31页 |
| 4．2 Reading Test Format and Item Design | 第31-35页 |
| 4．2．1 Multiple-Choice Question | 第32-33页 |
| 4．2．2 Short Answer Question | 第33-34页 |
| 4．2．3 True-or-False Question | 第34-35页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST AND QUESTIONNAIRE STUDIES | 第35-62页 |
| 5．1 Research Purposes and Questions | 第35页 |
| 5．2 Method and Design | 第35-41页 |
| 5．2．1 Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| 5．2．2 Materials | 第36-39页 |
| 5．2．2．1 Reading Comprehension Test | 第36-38页 |
| 5．2．2．2 Metacognitive Strategy Questionnaire | 第38-39页 |
| 5．2．3 Procedures | 第39-40页 |
| 5．2．4 Data Collecting and Scoring | 第40-41页 |
| 5．3 Data Analyses of Reading Comprehension Test | 第41-46页 |
| 5．3．1 Distribution and Reliability | 第41-44页 |
| 5．3．2 Item Analyses and Method Effects | 第44-46页 |
| 5．4 Interpretations of Metacognitive Strategy Questionnaire | 第46-54页 |
| 5．4．1 Results of Goal Setting Section | 第47-48页 |
| 5．4．2 Results of Assessment Section | 第48-51页 |
| 5．4．2．1 Assessing Situation | 第48-49页 |
| 5．4．2．2 Assessing Knowledge | 第49页 |
| 5．4．2．3 Evaluating Response | 第49-51页 |
| 5．4．3 Results of Planning Section | 第51-54页 |
| 5．4．3．1 Formulating Plan | 第51-52页 |
| 5．4．3．2 Implementing Plan | 第52-54页 |
| 5．5 Discussion | 第54-62页 |
| 5．5．1 Cluster of Metacognitive Strategies | 第54-56页 |
| 5．5．2 Significance of Metacognitive Strategy in Reading Comprehension Test | 第56-60页 |
| 5．5．3 Relationship of Metacognitive Strategy with Language Proficiency Groups | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSIONS | 第62-65页 |
| 6．1 Summary of the Studies | 第62-63页 |
| 6．2 Research Implications | 第63-64页 |
| 6．3 Suggestions for Further Practice and Study | 第64-65页 |
| APPENDIXES | 第65-75页 |
| Appendix 1: Reading Comprehension Test | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix 2: Metacognitive Strategy Questionnaire | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix 3: Scoring Criteria and Instances of Response of Reading Comprehension Test | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix 4: Subjects' Test Performance Data | 第71-73页 |
| Appendix 5: Subjects' Questionnaire Data | 第73-75页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第75-79页 |
