| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·The research topic | 第13-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two General Description of the Current Listening Comprehension Tests | 第16-25页 |
| ·General description of current listening comprehension tests | 第16-17页 |
| ·Survey on question preview in some of the prevailing listening comprehension tests | 第17-25页 |
| ·TEM 4 or TEM 8 | 第18-19页 |
| ·CET 4 or CET 6 | 第19-21页 |
| ·TOEFL | 第21-22页 |
| ·IELTS | 第22-23页 |
| ·Brief summary of the survey | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background and Literature Review | 第25-56页 |
| ·Language comprehension | 第25-31页 |
| ·LUS (Language Understanding System) | 第26页 |
| ·Information Processing | 第26-29页 |
| ·Schema theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·Research into second language listening comprehension models | 第31-35页 |
| ·Bottom-up or top-down? | 第31-34页 |
| ·Interactive point of view | 第34-35页 |
| ·Factors that affect high-and low-proficiency students' performances in listening comprehension test | 第35-50页 |
| ·The listener factors: the differences between high-and low-proficiency listeners | 第36-44页 |
| ·Different linguistic knowledge | 第38页 |
| ·Different non-linguistic knowledge | 第38-44页 |
| ·Factors concerning the test itself | 第44-50页 |
| ·Topic influence | 第45页 |
| ·Test method | 第45-47页 |
| ·Question Type | 第47-50页 |
| ·Literature review on question preview | 第50-56页 |
| ·Some questions concerned about question preview | 第50-52页 |
| ·Do previewed questions provide schematic support? | 第50页 |
| ·Can previewed comprehension questions replicate (and hence assist) subjective processing? Or does question preview interfere with subjective processing? | 第50-51页 |
| ·Will the listening focus provided by questions help in answering the questions? | 第51页 |
| ·Do previewed comprehension questions provide extra data? or does answering questions add to the processing load? | 第51-52页 |
| ·Related studies on question preview | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter Four Design of the Research | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter Five Description of the Research | 第59-65页 |
| ·The definition of each variable in the research | 第59-60页 |
| ·Subjects | 第60-61页 |
| ·Tests | 第61-63页 |
| ·Tests version | 第61-63页 |
| ·Tests material | 第63页 |
| ·Questions type | 第63页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第63-64页 |
| ·Duration the study | 第64页 |
| ·Scoring the test | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Six Discussion | 第65-70页 |
| ·Test results | 第65-67页 |
| ·Questionnaire data | 第67-70页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第70-74页 |
| ·Practical implications | 第70-74页 |
| ·Implications to testing | 第70-72页 |
| ·Implications to teaching | 第72-74页 |
| References | 第74-80页 |
| Appendix A Listening Comprehension Test | 第80-83页 |
| Appendix B Listening Comprehension Test | 第83-87页 |
| Appendix C Listening Comprehension Test | 第87-90页 |
| Appendix D Listening Comprehension Test | 第90-94页 |
| Appendix E Questionnaires | 第94-95页 |
| Appendix F Test Scores of Low-proficiency Students | 第95-97页 |
| Appendix G Test Scores of High-Proficiency Students | 第97-98页 |
