| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-14页 |
| ·Research Goals | 第14页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Present Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-31页 |
| ·Defining Vocabulary Knowledge | 第16-19页 |
| ·Measuring Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension | 第19-25页 |
| ·Measuring vocabulary breadth | 第20-22页 |
| ·Measuring vocabulary depth | 第22-24页 |
| ·Measuring reading comprehension | 第24-25页 |
| ·Correlations between Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension | 第25-29页 |
| ·Correlation between vocabulary breadth and reading comprehension | 第26-28页 |
| ·Correlation between vocabulary depth and reading comprehension | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three METHODOLOGY | 第31-38页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第31页 |
| ·Subjects | 第31-32页 |
| ·Instruments | 第32-36页 |
| ·Vocabulary Levels Test | 第33-34页 |
| ·Word Associates Test | 第34-36页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension Test in IELTS | 第36页 |
| ·Procedures | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第38-46页 |
| ·Results | 第38-40页 |
| ·Results of descriptive analysis | 第38-39页 |
| ·Results of Pearson correlation analysis | 第39-40页 |
| ·Discussion | 第40-46页 |
| ·Correlation between vocabulary breadth and vocabulary depth | 第40-41页 |
| ·Correlation between vocabulary breadth and reading comprehension in IELTS | 第41-42页 |
| ·Correlation between vocabulary depth and reading comprehension in IELTS | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第46-49页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第46-47页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第47-48页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第48-49页 |
| REFERENCES | 第49-53页 |
| Appendix A Vocabulary Levels Test | 第53-56页 |
| Appendix B Word Associates Test | 第56-58页 |
| Appendix C Reading Comprehension Test in IELTS | 第58-61页 |
