According to the research of psycholinguistics （Rumelhart 1977， 1980）， the process of reading comprehension is the interaction between the prototypes or stimulus of reader’s previously acquired knowledge and text. This “previously acquired knowledge” is defined as “background knowledge”， and the “previously acquired knowledge’s” prototype or stimulus is described as “schemata” （Rumelhart， 1980）. Therefore， it can be concluded that the procedure of reading comprehension is the communication between the schemata of reader and text. The process of reading comprehension will be achieved if the text information compatible with the schemata of the reader. However， the reading process will be failed if the text information can not match with the schemata of reader.
　　Base on the schemata theory， the studies on the modes of reading process can be categorized into three types （Carrell， Devine