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论文说明：List of Tables、List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Chapter Ⅰ Introduction
1.1 General Description of the Study
1.2 Motivations for the Research
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Feasibility of the Study
1.5 Overall Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review
2.1 Discussion of the Key Terms in This Study
2.1.1 Difficulty and Item Difficulty
2.1.2 RCT
2.1.3 CET and TEM
2.2 Related Studies on the Theories in Reading Comprehension
2.2.1 Reading
2.2.2 Reading Comprehension
2.2.3 Readability
2.2.4 Validity
2.3 Related Empirical Studies
2.3.1 Previous Research on Difficulty
2.3.2 Previous Research on RCT
2.3.3 Previous Research on CET and TEM
2.4 Specification of Research Objectives
Chapter Ⅲ Methodology
3.1 Research Objectives
3.2 Research Design
3.2.1 Subjects
3.2.2 Instruments
3.2.3 Data Collection
3.2.4 Data Analysis
3.3 Ethical Issue
Chapter Ⅳ Results and Discussion
4.1 Test Results
4.1.1 Average Difficulty Index of TEM-8 and CET-6 in Six Years
4.1.2 Difficulty Index of Each Test Paper
4.2 Comparison Between RCs in TEM-8 and Those in CET-6
4.2.1 Vocabulary Comparison
4.2.2 Sentence Length Comparison
4.2.3 Theme Familiarity Comparison
4.2.4 Stem Type Comparison
4.2.5 Option Length Comparison
4.2.6 Results of Comparison
Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations of This Study
5.4 Suggestions for Future Research
References
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