| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Abbreviations | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Framework of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-26页 |
| 2.1 Ambiguity Tolerance | 第12-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Ambiguity and Ambiguous Situation | 第12-13页 |
| 2.1.2 Definitions of Ambiguity Tolerance | 第13-15页 |
| 2.1.2.1 Definitions of AT in Non-linguistic Domain | 第13-14页 |
| 2.1.2.2 Definitions of AT in Linguistic Domain | 第14-15页 |
| 2.1.3 Measurements of Ambiguity Tolerance | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.4 Previous studies on Ambiguity Tolerance in Language Learning | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 English Reading Strategy | 第18-21页 |
| 2.2.1 Definitions of Reading Strategy | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Classifications of English Reading Strategy | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous Studies on English Reading Strategy | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Relationship between Ambiguity Tolerance and EnglishReading Strategy | 第21-26页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第26-30页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions and Hypotheses | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 Subjects | 第27页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第27-29页 |
| 3.3.1 Questionnaire for measuring AT | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3.2 Questionnaire for measuring English Reading Strategies | 第28页 |
| 3.3.3 Interview | 第28-29页 |
| 3.4 Data Collection and Analysis | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第30-46页 |
| 4.1 Descriptive Statistics of the Participants’ Ambiguity Tolerance and English ReadingStrategy Use | 第30-35页 |
| 4.1.1 General Situation of the Subjects’ Ambiguity Tolerance | 第30-31页 |
| 4.1.2 General Situation of Subjects’ English Reading Strategy Use | 第31-35页 |
| 4.2 Correlation between the Subjects’ Ambiguity Tolerance and their Overall Use ofEnglish Reading Strategies | 第35-36页 |
| 4.3 Correlation between Subjects’ Ambiguity Tolerance and their Use of EnglishReading Strategies by Categories | 第36-42页 |
| 4.3.1 Correlation between Subjects’ Ambiguity Tolerance and their Use of CognitiveReading Strategies | 第37-39页 |
| 4.3.2 Correlation between Subjects’ Ambiguity Tolerance and the MetacognitiveReading Strategy Use | 第39-41页 |
| 4.3.3 Correlation between Subjects’ Ambiguity Tolerance and the Affective/ SocialReading Strategy Use | 第41-42页 |
| 4.4 Differences in using English Reading Strategies between Subjects with High, Moderate and Low Ambiguity Tolerance | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion and Implications | 第46-50页 |
| 5.1 Summary of the Findings of the Present Study | 第46-47页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical Implications for English teaching and learning | 第47-48页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for the Further Research | 第48-50页 |
| References | 第50-55页 |
| Appendix I | 第55-57页 |
| Appendix II | 第57-60页 |
| Appendix III | 第60-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| 读研期间公开发表论文（著）及科研情况 | 第62页 |
