| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| English abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Chinese abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One:Introduction | 第11页 |
| Chapter Two:Assumptions About L1 Reading | 第11-19页 |
| ·Mini-survey of a reading Exam | 第11-12页 |
| ·Assumptions of L1 Reading | 第12-18页 |
| ·Reading in the cognitive View | 第12-15页 |
| ·Bottom-up | 第15-16页 |
| ·Top-down | 第16-17页 |
| ·Interactive | 第17-18页 |
| ·Cognitive Components of Reading | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Three:Factors That Affect English Reading Comprehension | 第19-30页 |
| ·Brief history of L2 Reading Research | 第19-21页 |
| ·Reasons of Affecting Reading Comprehension Stated By students | 第21-23页 |
| ·Intermediary System of Cognition Including Knowledge Structure and Ability Structure | 第23-30页 |
| ·Knowledge Structure | 第23-27页 |
| ·Ability Structure | 第27-28页 |
| ·Relationship Between Knowledge Structure and Ability Structure | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four:Suggestions to Improve Reading Comprehension | 第30-46页 |
| ·Automaticity in Word Identification | 第30-40页 |
| ·Difference Between L1 and L2 readings | 第30-31页 |
| ·Word Indentification Mainly Lower-level Process | 第31-33页 |
| ·Automatic Word Recognition | 第33-40页 |
| ·Making Inferences in Reading Comprehension | 第40-46页 |
| ·Definition of Inference | 第40-41页 |
| ·Importance of Making Inference in Reading Comprehension | 第41-42页 |
| ·Assumptions of L1 Inferences | 第42-43页 |
| ·Making Inference in L2 Reading | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Five:Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| References | 第48-50页 |
