| Chinese Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| English Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第5-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Background of the problem | 第9-10页 |
| 2. Culture and language | 第10-19页 |
| ·About Culture | 第10-15页 |
| ·Definition of culture | 第10页 |
| ·Main characteristics of culture | 第10-14页 |
| ·Culture is transmitted from generation to generation | 第11页 |
| ·Culture is subject to change | 第11-13页 |
| ·Culture is adaptive | 第13页 |
| ·Culture is learned | 第13-14页 |
| ·Culture is ethnocentrism | 第14页 |
| ·Basic functions of culture | 第14-15页 |
| ·About language | 第15-16页 |
| ·Definition of language | 第15-16页 |
| ·The function of language | 第16页 |
| ·Relationship between culture and language | 第16-19页 |
| 3. Description of reading comprehension | 第19-29页 |
| ·Definition of reading | 第19页 |
| ·Reading as an integration of word recognition and comprehension | 第19-20页 |
| ·The comprehension process | 第20-23页 |
| ·Micro-process | 第20-21页 |
| ·Integrative Process | 第21-22页 |
| ·Macro-Process | 第22页 |
| ·Elaborative Process | 第22页 |
| ·Meta-cognitive Process | 第22-23页 |
| ·Factors Influencing L2 Reading Proficiency | 第23-29页 |
| ·Reader-based factors influencing reading proficiency | 第23-26页 |
| ·Text –based factors influencing L2 reading proficiency | 第26-29页 |
| 4. Applications | 第29-37页 |
| ·The problem of present research | 第29-30页 |
| ·Subjects | 第30页 |
| ·Training materials and procedures | 第30-34页 |
| ·Texts of the textbooks | 第30-31页 |
| ·Vocabulary teaching | 第31-34页 |
| ·After-class activities | 第34页 |
| ·Result of the research | 第34-37页 |
| 5. Requests of the teacher in English teaching | 第37-40页 |
| ·Have a correct standpoint of teaching | 第37页 |
| ·Enlighten students ’motive of learning culture | 第37-38页 |
| ·Make self-improvement continuously | 第38页 |
| ·Properly handling the relation between L.T and C.T | 第38-39页 |
| ·Handling the relation between Teaching and Self-study | 第39-40页 |
| 6. Conclusions and Implications | 第40-42页 |
| ·Conclusion of the research | 第40页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第40-41页 |
| ·Implications for future study | 第41-42页 |
| References | 第42-45页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第45-47页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第47-52页 |
