AbstractThe thesis aims to highlight the important role that reading plays in the university English study. University English reading is an effective approach to enlarging vocabulary, strengthening language knowledge, enriching expressing skills and improving expressing quality. In practice, listening and speaking are important, however, without reading, it is impossible to improve oral expressing quality, nor achieve the goal of writing and translating.The thesis adopted a questionnaire, 80 university English major were participated in the investigation. The analysis of results was performed in the form of tables and a column chart.Finally, from the questionnaire that has been carried out, analyze the statistics and summarize some countermeasures, stimulant students interests, cultivate students reading skills, input foreign culture and give them some reading strategies to solve the problem. It aims to help students develop good reading habits and improve their reading ability.Key words：English majorEnglish readingInfluential factorsCountermeasures摘要本文的目的是为了进一步强调英语阅读在大学生英语学习中的重要作用。大学英语阅读既是扩大词汇的有效途径，也是巩固已有语言知识，丰富表达技巧，提高表达质量的有效途径。在实际中，听和说是重要的，但如果没有阅读，口语表达质量的提高就很难提高。就不可能有向写和译方面转化的质的飞跃。 本文采用了问卷调查的形式对80名英语专业的大学生进行了调查，调查结果分别用表格和柱形图进行了分析。最后,从所调查的问卷，分别从激起学生兴趣、培养学生的阅读技巧、进行相应的外国文化输入以及对待不同文章的阅读策略方面总结了一些解决问题的对策，旨在帮助学生养成良好阅读习惯及提高阅读能力。关键词：英语专业英语阅读影响因素对策ContentsAbstract.i摘要.iiChapter One Introduction.1Chapter Two Literature Review.32.1 The Definition of Reading32.2 Factors Involved in English Reading.42.3Three Models of Reading.5 2.3.1bottom-up approach.52.3.2top-down approach62.3.3interactive model.7ChapterThreeResearch Methodology.83.1 Research Objective.83.2 Subjects83.3 Instrument.83.4 Procedure.9Chapter Four Results and Countermeasures.104.1 Results and Analysis from Questionnaire.104.2 The Analysis of Influential Factors.114.2.1 Linguistic factors.124.2.2 Non-linguistic factors.154.3Countermeasures.174.3.1Reading strategies.174.3.2Stimulating Students Interest.17 4.3.3Inputting culture.18Chapter Five Conclusion.20References. .21Appendix I. .22Appendix II.23The Analysis of Reading Barriers in English Major andthe CountermeasuresChapter One IntroductionWith the development and improvement of international exchange，English has become an essential tool for communication among people from different nations and regions. The present study is a survey study which attempts to emphasize the importance of English reading in university students study and to know some difficulties they meet when they are reading .It aims to summarizepropermethods and countermeasures to help students improve their English reading ability.80 English major students were participated in this survey in the form of responding to a questionnaire.Reading is quite essential for language acquisition，especially in the environment of studying English as a foreign language. In present-day society，with the economic globalization，two-thirds of newspapers ,magazines and periodical spread in English all over the world. Therefore, English reading plays avery important role in college studentsacquisition of knowledge and analysis of English material increasingly. At present,reading is the major input of language, during the learning process of college students, among the four language skillslistening,speaking ,reading ,and writing, reading has accounted a lot. As Kristen(1985) said ,“reading is good for language acquisition;it promotes better spelling, better writing skills, higher reading comprehension and more advanced vocabulary.”Ones reading ability is a major indication of his integrative language proficiency. But compared with a lot of theoretical research in English reading, survey studies are superior to theoretical ones.Studies abroad，they are based on the design of good experiment to demonstrate the limitations of existing theories. It aimsto revise and imp