| Contents | 第1-5页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Introduction（Chinese） | 第6-13页 |
| Abstract（Chinese） | 第13-15页 |
| Abstract（English） | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter One Introduction of the Study | 第19-26页 |
| Introduction | 第19页 |
| 1．1 Objectives | 第19页 |
| 1．2 Procedure | 第19-20页 |
| 1．3 Subjects | 第20-21页 |
| 1．4 Instruments | 第21-24页 |
| 1．4．1 Questionnaires | 第21-23页 |
| 1．4．2 English reading comprehension tests | 第23-24页 |
| 1．4．3 Measurement and data analysis | 第24页 |
| 1．5 Methodology | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Two Literary Review | 第26-48页 |
| Introduction | 第26-27页 |
| 2．1 The notion of motivation | 第27-35页 |
| 2．1．1 Gardner's integrative vs． instrumental motivation | 第27-30页 |
| 2．1．2 Skehan's four hypotheses of motivation | 第30页 |
| 2．1．3 Intrinsic vs． extrinsic motivation | 第30-33页 |
| 2．1．4 Chinese scholars' studies of motivation | 第33-35页 |
| 2．2 Researches of English Reading | 第35-40页 |
| 2．2．1 Research of L1 reading | 第35-36页 |
| 2．2．2 Research of L2 reading | 第36-38页 |
| 2．2．3 Research of L2 reading in China | 第38-40页 |
| 2．3 Motivation in reading | 第40-48页 |
| 2．3．1 Purposes in L1 reading | 第40-42页 |
| 2．3．2 Purposes in L2 reading | 第42-44页 |
| 2．3．3 Chinese scholars' views on reading motivation | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter Three A Study of Motivation in Reading | 第48-61页 |
| Introduction | 第48-49页 |
| 3．1 The investigation of College English learners'general motivation in reading | 第49-52页 |
| 3．1．1 Investigation 1 | 第49-50页 |
| 3．1．2 Investigation 2 | 第50-52页 |
| 3．2 The investigation of enjoymental/instmmental motivation in reading | 第52-58页 |
| 3．2．1 The interviews | 第52-53页 |
| 3．2．2 The questionnaire | 第53-54页 |
| 3．2．3 The results of the investigation | 第54-58页 |
| 3．3 The investigation of L2 Learners'Reading Proficiency | 第58-61页 |
| 3．3．1 Testing non-English major learners'eading proficiency | 第58-59页 |
| 3．3．2 Testing English major learners'reading proficiency | 第59页 |
| 3．3．3 The test result | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Four The Discussion | 第61-70页 |
| 4．1 Analyzing college English learners'general motivational strength | 第61-62页 |
| 4．2 Analyzing college English learners'strength of enjoymental/instrumental motivation | 第62-64页 |
| 4．3 The correlation between college English learners'motivation and the reading proficiency | 第64-69页 |
| 4．3．1 The correlation between college English learners'general motivation and the reading proficiency | 第65-66页 |
| 4．3．2 The correlation between college English learners'enjoymental/instrumental motivation and the reading proficiency | 第66页 |
| 4．3．3 Relating college English learners'enjoymental motivation and the reading proficiency | 第66-69页 |
| 4．4 Some suggestions | 第69-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-78页 |
