| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第5页 |
| Ⅰ． Introduction | 第6-8页 |
| 1．1 Background of the Study | 第6-7页 |
| 1．2 Organization of the Thesis | 第7-8页 |
| Ⅱ The Main Variables of CET4 Listening Comprehension Section B | 第8-10页 |
| Ⅲ Human Information Processing | 第10-22页 |
| 3．1 The Psychological Mechanism for Information Processing | 第10-12页 |
| 3．1．1 Basic Features of the Three Mental Structures | 第10-11页 |
| 3．1．2 The Interrelationship among the Three in Language Processing | 第11-12页 |
| 3．2 Discourse Comprehension | 第12-17页 |
| 3．2．1 Discourse-the Definition and Structure | 第12-13页 |
| 3．2．2 Theories in Discourse Comprehension | 第13-17页 |
| 3．2．2．1 Three Models of Discourse Comprehension | 第13-16页 |
| 3．2．2．2 Brief Comparison among the Three Models | 第16-17页 |
| 3．2．2．3 Summarization | 第17页 |
| 3．3 Memory for Discourse | 第17-21页 |
| 3．3．1 Three Levels of Discourse Memory | 第18-19页 |
| 3．3．2 Propositional Representations | 第19-20页 |
| 3．3．2．1 The General Picture | 第19页 |
| 3．3．2．2 Inference as Implicit Propositions | 第19-20页 |
| 3．3．3 Summarization | 第20-21页 |
| 3．4 Summarization of the Whole Chapter | 第21-22页 |
| Ⅳ Free Recall | 第22-25页 |
| 4．1 Free Recall-A Brief Introduction | 第22页 |
| 4．2 The Specific Approach Taken in This Free Recall Study | 第22-24页 |
| 4．2．1 Language of the Free Recall | 第23-24页 |
| 4．2．2 Medium of the Free Recall | 第24页 |
| 4．3 Limitation of the Research Method | 第24-25页 |
| Ⅴ Narrative Discoure Processing | 第25-33页 |
| 5．1 Discourse Genres | 第25-26页 |
| 5．2 Narrative Discourse Processing and Construction-A Theoretical Review | 第26-29页 |
| 5．2．1 Story Grammar and Narrative Discourse Processing | 第26-27页 |
| 5．2．2 Text． Linguistic Study of Narrative Discourse | 第27-29页 |
| 5．2．2．1 Textual Pattern | 第27页 |
| 5．2．2．2 Text-Strategic Continuity and Discourse Construction | 第27-29页 |
| 5．3 A Framework for the Analysis of Narrative Discourse Recall | 第29页 |
| 5．4 An Analysis of a Narrative Discourse by Using the Framework | 第29-31页 |
| 5．5 Rationale for the Study | 第31-33页 |
| Ⅵ The Free Recall Study of Band 4 Testees' Comprehension and Retention of a CET4 Narrative listening Passage | 第33-48页 |
| 6．1 First Phase of Experiment | 第33-38页 |
| 6．1．1 Purpose | 第33页 |
| 6．1．2 Subjects | 第33页 |
| 6．1．3 Material Chosen | 第33页 |
| 6．1．4 Procedures | 第33-34页 |
| 6．1．5 Results | 第34-37页 |
| 6．1．5．1 The Overall MCQ Performance | 第34页 |
| 6．1．5．2 The Feasibility of Written Free Recall | 第34页 |
| 6．1．5．3 Free Recall and MCQ Performance | 第34-36页 |
| 6．1．5．4 Presense of Story Grammar | 第36-37页 |
| 6．1．6 Summarization of the First Phase of Experiment | 第37-38页 |
| 6．2 Second Phase of Experiment | 第38-48页 |
| 6．2．1 Purpose | 第38页 |
| 6．2．2 Subjects | 第38页 |
| 6．2．3 Material Chosen | 第38页 |
| 6．2．4 Procedures | 第38页 |
| 6．2．5 Results and Discussion | 第38-48页 |
| 6．2．5．1 A Comparison of the General Results of the Two Phases of Experiments | 第38-40页 |
| 6．2．5．2 The Overall Picture of the Completeness of the recall of the Five Story Grammar Constituents | 第40-42页 |
| 6．2．5．3 The Common Weakness of the 34 ”Good” Testees in Comprehending CET4 Narrative Listening Discourse | 第42-44页 |
| 6．2．5．4 The Main Reasons Which Lead to the 8 ”Poor” Testees' Overall Failure in Comprehending CET4 Narrative Text | 第44-48页 |
| Ⅶ Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| 7．1 Summary of the Study | 第48-49页 |
| 7．2 Implications | 第49-50页 |
| 7．3 Suggestions for Further Study | 第50-51页 |
| Appendix 1 The Seven Subskills | 第51-52页 |
| Appendix 2 Three CET4 Narrative Discourses | 第52-53页 |
| Appendix 3 The Tapescript and the Sample Test | 第53-55页 |
| Appendix 4 The 28”Good” Free Recalls Made by the Testees in the First Phase of Experiment | 第55-61页 |
| Appendix 5 The 34 ”Good” Free Recalls Made by the Testees in the Second Phase of Experiment | 第61-67页 |
| Appendix 6 The T-test | 第67-68页 |
| References | 第68-70页 |
