| 中文摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·The Purpose of Research | 第9-11页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-23页 |
| ·the Review of Context | 第13-22页 |
| ·Western scholars on Context | 第13-20页 |
| ·Malinowski’s View on Context | 第14-15页 |
| ·Firth’s View on Context | 第15-16页 |
| ·Hymes’View on Context | 第16-17页 |
| ·Lyons’View on Context | 第17-18页 |
| ·Buhler and Jacobson’s Type | 第18-19页 |
| ·Halliday's View on Context | 第19-20页 |
| ·Chinese Scholars on Context | 第20-22页 |
| ·Summary of the theory of context | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Function of Context in Reading Comprehension | 第23-38页 |
| ·The Functions of Context from One Perspective | 第23-27页 |
| ·Context helps define reference | 第23-25页 |
| ·Context helps establish and accumulate presuppositions | 第25-26页 |
| ·Context helps detect conversational implicature | 第26-27页 |
| ·Analysis of functions of context from another perspective.. | 第27-29页 |
| ·Linguistic Context and Reading Comprehension | 第29-31页 |
| ·Non-linguistic Context and reading Comprehension | 第31-33页 |
| ·Physical context and reading comprehension | 第31-32页 |
| ·Encyclopedic Context and Reading Comprehension | 第32-33页 |
| ·Social Context and English Reading Comprehension | 第33页 |
| ·Cultural Context and English Reading Comprehension | 第33-36页 |
| ·Cultivating Cultural Awareness in Reading Comprehension. | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Cultivating Reading Skills in Context | 第38-48页 |
| ·The Role of Context in Reading Comprehension | 第38页 |
| ·Schema theory and Reading Process | 第38-39页 |
| ·Reading Models in Reading Comprehension | 第39-41页 |
| ·The top-down approach | 第39-40页 |
| ·The bottom-up approach | 第40页 |
| ·The interactive of top-down and bottom-up processing | 第40-41页 |
| ·Reading and Communication Process | 第41-43页 |
| ·Aims of Teaching Reading | 第43-44页 |
| ·Techniques for Improving Reading Skill | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Role of Computers in Providing Contexts for Reading | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Notes | 第50-52页 |
| References | 第52-56页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第56页 |
