| Aeknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·An overview of CET-4 before and after the innovation in 2006 | 第9页 |
| ·Reading comprehension subtests of CET-4 before and after 2006 | 第9-13页 |
| ·Test method facets study of CET-4 reading subtests | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Considerations about Reading | 第15-22页 |
| ·The nature of reading | 第15-16页 |
| ·Reading process | 第16-17页 |
| ·Different modes of reading | 第17-18页 |
| ·Reading skills | 第18-21页 |
| ·Implications for reading test tasks | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Reading in the History of Language Testing | 第22-30页 |
| ·The Essay-Translation Approach | 第22页 |
| ·The Structuralist Approach | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Integrative Approach | 第24页 |
| ·The Communicative Approach | 第24-25页 |
| ·Task-based approach | 第25-29页 |
| ·Implications for reading assessment and test design | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Four Reading tasks in Task-based Assessment of Reading | 第30-38页 |
| ·Task Definition | 第30-35页 |
| ·Task Components | 第35-38页 |
| ·Learning tasks components | 第35-36页 |
| ·Bachman and Palmer's framework of task characteristics | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Five Research Methodology | 第38-51页 |
| ·Research purpose | 第38-39页 |
| ·Research Questions and Methods | 第39-40页 |
| ·Research instruments | 第40-51页 |
| ·Six sets of CET-4 test papers between 2005-2007 | 第40页 |
| ·Test specifications and teaching syllabus | 第40-42页 |
| ·Bachman and Palmer's framework of task characteristics | 第42-51页 |
| ·Characteristics of the setting | 第44-45页 |
| ·Characteristics of the test rubrics | 第45-46页 |
| ·Characteristics of the input | 第46-47页 |
| ·Characteristics of the expected response | 第47-48页 |
| ·Characteristics of relationship between input and response | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Six Research Findings and Evaluations | 第51-71页 |
| ·Characteristics of setting | 第53页 |
| ·Physical characteristics | 第53页 |
| ·Participants | 第53页 |
| ·Time of task | 第53页 |
| ·Characteristics of test Rubrics | 第53-59页 |
| ·Instructions | 第53-55页 |
| ·Text format | 第55-57页 |
| ·Time allotment | 第57页 |
| ·Scoring method | 第57-59页 |
| ·Characteristics of Input | 第59-66页 |
| ·Format | 第59-62页 |
| ·Form | 第59-60页 |
| ·Length | 第60-61页 |
| ·Degree of speededness | 第61-62页 |
| ·Language of input | 第62-66页 |
| ·Vocabulary | 第62-63页 |
| ·Readability | 第63-65页 |
| ·Literature style | 第65-66页 |
| ·Characteristics of expected response | 第66-67页 |
| ·Characteristics of relationship between input and response | 第67-71页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusions | 第71-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-75页 |
