| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第11-14页 |
| ·Literature review | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Understanding College English Reading Comprehension | 第16-37页 |
| ·The nature of reading abilities | 第16-28页 |
| ·Purposes for college English reading | 第17-20页 |
| ·Reading to search for simple information | 第18-19页 |
| ·Reading to skim | 第19页 |
| ·Reading to learn from texts | 第19页 |
| ·Reading to integrate information,write and critique texts | 第19-20页 |
| ·Reading for general comprehension | 第20页 |
| ·Fluent reading comprehension | 第20-23页 |
| ·Components of reading abilities | 第23-27页 |
| ·Lower-level processes | 第24页 |
| ·Higher-level processes | 第24-27页 |
| ·Models of reading | 第27-28页 |
| ·Bottom-up models | 第27页 |
| ·Top-down models | 第27-28页 |
| ·Interactive models | 第28页 |
| ·Problems in reading comprehension instruction | 第28-33页 |
| ·A survey through a questionnaire | 第29页 |
| ·The results of the survey | 第29-33页 |
| ·Low level of language proficiency | 第29-30页 |
| ·Poor background knowledge | 第30-31页 |
| ·Lacking in motivation,good memory,good powers of concentration | 第31-32页 |
| ·Neglecting extra-curricular reading practice | 第32页 |
| ·Neglecting teaching of background knowledge and reading skills in class | 第32-33页 |
| ·Cross-cultural pragmatic knowledge | 第33-36页 |
| ·Inter-language pragmatic knowledge | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Three Relevance Theory | 第37-44页 |
| ·Introduction | 第37页 |
| ·Basic notions | 第37-40页 |
| ·Two principles of relevance | 第37-38页 |
| ·Cognitive principle of relevance | 第37-38页 |
| ·Communicative principle of relevance | 第38页 |
| ·Communication and relevance | 第38页 |
| ·Optimal relevance | 第38-40页 |
| ·Utterance interpretation | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Four Relevance Theory in College English Reading Comprehension Teaching | 第44-53页 |
| ·The cognitive features and rules in reading comprehension | 第44页 |
| ·The explicit and implicit information in reading materials | 第44-45页 |
| ·Reading comprehension on the basis of relevance | 第45-53页 |
| ·Emphasizing cultural background knowledge input | 第45-46页 |
| ·Cultivating students' awareness of analyzing writing style | 第46-47页 |
| ·Emphasizing the instruction of reading skills | 第47-49页 |
| ·Guiding students to find out the optimal relevance | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| ·Contributions | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第54-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-58页 |
| Appendix 大学英语阅读状况调查 | 第58-60页 |
