| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Research background | 第10-11页 |
| ·National Matriculation English Test（NMET) | 第11页 |
| ·Motivation of this thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research significances | 第12页 |
| ·An overall structures of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-24页 |
| ·Communicative competence | 第14-16页 |
| ·Features of oral communicative ability and oral English | 第16-18页 |
| ·Accuracy, fluency, appropriacy | 第18-19页 |
| ·The washback effects of language test | 第19-22页 |
| ·Definition of washback | 第19页 |
| ·How does washback of language test affect teaching and learning | 第19-20页 |
| ·Positive washback effects | 第20页 |
| ·Negative washback effects | 第20-22页 |
| ·Washback effect of NMET on domestic English teaching and learning | 第22页 |
| ·The overall objective of national English curriculum standards for senior high school | 第22-23页 |
| ·The current domestic related research | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three Research and Design | 第24-28页 |
| ·Research introduction and questions | 第24-25页 |
| ·Research participants | 第25页 |
| ·Research methods and procedures | 第25-27页 |
| ·Research methods | 第25-26页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第26-27页 |
| ·Data Collecting | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Result Discussion | 第28-52页 |
| ·Analysis and result discussion of classroom observation | 第28-32页 |
| ·Analysis and result discussion of questionnaires for students | 第32-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第52-56页 |
| ·Answers to the questions of the thesis | 第52-53页 |
| ·Suggestions on betterment of oral English communicative ability | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitation of the thesis | 第54-56页 |
| References | 第56-58页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Questionnaires for Students (Chinese) | 第58-60页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Questionnaires for Students (English) | 第60-62页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Classroom Observation Form | 第62页 |
