| Acknowledgement | 第5-6页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1． Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| 1．1 The previous research | 第8页 |
| 1．2 The purposes of the study | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 2． Literature review | 第11-32页 |
| 2．1 Reading | 第11-15页 |
| 2．1．1 Purpose for reading | 第11页 |
| 2．1．2 Reading comprehension in EFL | 第11-12页 |
| 2．1．3 Different levels of processing in reading in a target language | 第12-15页 |
| 2．2 Test of reading comprehension in English | 第15-32页 |
| 2．2．1 Test | 第15-22页 |
| 2．2．1．1 Why do we test? | 第16-18页 |
| 2．2．1．2 What do we test? | 第18-20页 |
| 2．2．1．3 How do we test? ---Different testing methods | 第20-22页 |
| 2．2．2 General principles of a good test | 第22-26页 |
| 2．2．2．1 Reliability | 第23页 |
| 2．2．2．2 Validity | 第23-24页 |
| 2．2．2．3 Practicality | 第24-26页 |
| 2．2．2．4 Relationship between validity, reliability and practicality | 第26页 |
| 2．2．3 Test of reading comprehension and its new trend | 第26-28页 |
| 2．2．4 Common-used formats of testing English reading comprehensio in China | 第28-32页 |
| 2．2．4．1 Reading tests in the multiple-choice form | 第28-30页 |
| 2．2．4．2 Reading tests in the short answer form | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 3． The research Method | 第32-46页 |
| 3．1 The experiment | 第32-44页 |
| 3．1．1 The design and the administration of the tests | 第32-34页 |
| 3．1．2 The Calculation of the Data Concerned | 第34-44页 |
| 3．1．2．1 The Calculation of Reliability of the Two tests | 第35-39页 |
| 3．1．2．2 The Standard Deviation of the Two Tests | 第39-40页 |
| 3．1．2．3 The Calculation of Difficulty of the Two Tests | 第40页 |
| 3．1．2．4 The Testing Method Influence on the Students' Scores | 第40-42页 |
| 3．1．2．5 The Calculation of the Testing Method Influences on the Students' Proficiency or Their Rankings in the Tests | 第42-44页 |
| 3．2 The Questionnaire | 第44-46页 |
| 3．2．1 The design and the implementation of the questionnaire | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 4． Results and Discussions | 第46-59页 |
| 4．1 The Analyses of the Results of the Two Tests | 第46-56页 |
| 4．1．1 The General Analyses | 第46-47页 |
| 4．1．2 Analyses in Detail | 第47-54页 |
| 4．1．2．1 Analyses on Basis of Each Item | 第47-52页 |
| 4．1．2．2 Analyses on Ground of Test Takers | 第52-54页 |
| 4．1．3 The Wash Back of the Tests | 第54-56页 |
| 4．2 The Results of the Questionnaire | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter 5． Conclusion | 第59-65页 |
| 5．1 Conclusion Drawn from the Research | 第59-61页 |
| 5．2 Indications | 第61-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-67页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第67-72页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第72-77页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第78-79页 |
