| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1 The Current Situation of Students’ English Reading | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 The Structure of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-32页 |
| 2.1 Cognitive Context | 第13-20页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of the Cognitive Context | 第14-15页 |
| 2.1.2 Features of the Cognitive Context | 第15-18页 |
| 2.1.3 Components of Cognitive Context | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2 The Previous Studies on Cognitive Context Abroad | 第20-23页 |
| 2.3 The Previous Studies on Cognitive Context at Home | 第23-25页 |
| 2.4 The Previous Studies on English Reading | 第25-30页 |
| 2.4.1 Models of Teaching Reading | 第26-28页 |
| 2.4.2 Three Stages of Reading Comprehension | 第28-30页 |
| 2.5 The Relations of Cognitive Context with English Reading Comprehension | 第30-32页 |
| 2.5.1 Cognitive Context and Word Comprehension | 第30页 |
| 2.5.2 Cognitive Context and Sentence Comprehension | 第30-31页 |
| 2.5.3 Cognitive Context and Text Comprehension | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Three An Empirical Study | 第32-44页 |
| 3.1 Subjects | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2 Instruments | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.1 Questionnaire | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.2 Pre-test and Post-test | 第34页 |
| 3.3 Methodology | 第34-39页 |
| 3.3.1 The Reading Teaching in the Control Class | 第35页 |
| 3.3.2 The Reading Teaching in the Experimental Class | 第35-37页 |
| 3.3.3 A Sample Reading Teaching in the Experimental Class | 第37-39页 |
| 3.4 Results and Analysis | 第39-44页 |
| 3.4.1 Results of the Questionnaire | 第39-42页 |
| 3.4.2 The Results of the Pre-test and Post-test and Their Analysis | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four Implications | 第44-53页 |
| 4.1 Implications for the Students | 第44-45页 |
| 4.1.1 Improvement of the Cross-cultural Knowledge of the Students | 第44-45页 |
| 4.1.2 Improvement of Encyclopedic and Socio-cultural Knowledge of the Students | 第45页 |
| 4.2 Implications for the English Teachers | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2.1 Self-reading Method | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Questions and Answers Method | 第46页 |
| 4.2.3 Retelling Method | 第46页 |
| 4.2.4 Blank-filling Method | 第46-47页 |
| 4.2.5 Prediction Method | 第47页 |
| 4.3 Implications for the English Reading Teaching | 第47-52页 |
| 4.3.1 Enlargement of the Students’ Background Knowledge in Various Disciplines | 第47-48页 |
| 4.3.2 Improvement of Students’ Inferential Ability | 第48-49页 |
| 4.3.3 Guidance to Seek Optimal Relevance during the Reading Process | 第49-50页 |
| 4.3.4 Strengthening of the Language Knowledge | 第50-52页 |
| 4.4 Implications for the Teaching Materials | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第53-56页 |
| 5.1 Summary of the Present Study | 第53页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the Present Study | 第53-54页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for Further Study | 第54-55页 |
| 5.4 Conclusions | 第55-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-58页 |
| Appendix I | 第58-64页 |
| Appendix II | 第64-70页 |
| Appendix III | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第72-73页 |
| 个人简历 | 第73-74页 |
| 在学期间的研究成果及发表的学术论文清单 | 第74页 |
