| Abstract (English & Chinese) | 第1-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 1 The Development of Testing Reading Comprehension | 第14-25页 |
| ·A Short History of Testing Reading Comprehension | 第14-17页 |
| ·Types of Testing Methods for Reading Comprehension | 第17-25页 |
| ·The Translation Approach | 第18页 |
| ·The Structualist Approach | 第18-23页 |
| ·The Communicative Approach | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 2 A Comparative Study of Two Representative Testing Approaches | 第25-32页 |
| ·The Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple-choice Questions (MCQs) | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Advantages of Multiple-choice Questions (MCQs) | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Disadvantages of Multiple-choice Questions (MCQs) | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Advantages and Disadvantages of Short Answer Questions (SAQs) | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Advantages of Short Answer Questions (SAQs) | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Disadvantages of Short Answer Questions (SAQs) | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 3 The Issue of Validity | 第32-36页 |
| ·The Definition of Validity | 第32-33页 |
| ·Validity of Objective Testing and Subjective Testing | 第33-36页 |
| ·Similarities between Objective Testing and Subjective Testing | 第34-35页 |
| ·Differences between Objective Testing and Subjective Testing | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Objective and Subjective Testing | 第36-42页 |
| ·Objective Testing | 第36-39页 |
| ·The Advantages of Objective Testing | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Disadvantages of Objective Testing | 第37-39页 |
| ·Subjective Testing | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Advantages of Subjective Testing | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Disadvantages of Subjective Testing | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 5 A Summary of Discussion and Hypothesis for an Empirical Study | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 6 About the Empirical Research | 第44-61页 |
| ·Design | 第44-45页 |
| ·Participants | 第45-47页 |
| ·Material | 第47-53页 |
| ·Tests | 第47-50页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第50-52页 |
| ·Scores of the Final Examination of English | 第52页 |
| ·The Marking Scheme for SAQs and MCQs | 第52-53页 |
| ·Procedures | 第53-61页 |
| ·Experimen | 第53-57页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第57-59页 |
| ·Interview | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter 7 Analysis of Data Collected | 第61-67页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics for the Experiment | 第61-62页 |
| ·Data Analysis of the Experiment | 第62-63页 |
| ·Data Analysis of Correlation | 第63页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics for the Questionnaire | 第63-65页 |
| ·Data Analysis of the Questionnaire | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter 8 Result,Discussion and Pedagogical Implications for Instructors | 第67-76页 |
| ·Result and Discussion | 第67-71页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implication for Instructors | 第71-76页 |
| Conclusion | 第76-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-81页 |
| Appendix | 第81-91页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第91-92页 |
| Afterword | 第92-93页 |
