diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/CMakeLists.txt
index da76747f82d1ab51af07c2e942d1ea893e149b7e..182e30a6a9b4249a895d15cfd65c403bb6813d0d 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ endforeach()
 add_subdirectory(fit_a_line)
 add_subdirectory(recognize_digits)
 add_subdirectory(image_classification)
+add_subdirectory(understand_sentiment)
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/understand_sentiment/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/understand_sentiment/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..673c965b662a022739f8d489c331f4de9455a926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/understand_sentiment/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+file(GLOB TEST_OPS RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "test_*.py")
+string(REPLACE ".py" "" TEST_OPS "${TEST_OPS}")
+
+# default test
+foreach(src ${TEST_OPS})
+    py_test(${src} SRCS ${src}.py)
+endforeach()
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/understand_sentiment/notest_understand_sentiment_stacked_lstm.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/understand_sentiment/test_understand_sentiment_stacked_lstm.py
similarity index 63%
rename from python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/understand_sentiment/notest_understand_sentiment_stacked_lstm.py
rename to python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/understand_sentiment/test_understand_sentiment_stacked_lstm.py
index 9948e5c0234ed78237c94f9a25d6401619267d0d..0d7cbe3874cbc0c2def9d0032737f81e662296d6 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/understand_sentiment/notest_understand_sentiment_stacked_lstm.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/understand_sentiment/test_understand_sentiment_stacked_lstm.py
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import paddle
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
 from functools import partial
+import numpy as np
 
 CLASS_DIM = 2
 EMB_DIM = 128
 HID_DIM = 512
 STACKED_NUM = 3
+BATCH_SIZE = 128
 
 
 def stacked_lstm_net(data, input_dim, class_dim, emb_dim, hid_dim, stacked_num):
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ def stacked_lstm_net(data, input_dim, class_dim, emb_dim, hid_dim, stacked_num):
     return prediction
 
 
-def inference_network(word_dict):
+def inference_program(word_dict):
     data = fluid.layers.data(
         name="words", shape=[1], dtype="int64", lod_level=1)
 
@@ -60,57 +62,71 @@ def inference_network(word_dict):
     return net
 
 
-def train_network(word_dict):
-    prediction = inference_network(word_dict)
+def train_program(word_dict):
+    prediction = inference_program(word_dict)
     label = fluid.layers.data(name="label", shape=[1], dtype="int64")
     cost = fluid.layers.cross_entropy(input=prediction, label=label)
     avg_cost = fluid.layers.mean(cost)
     accuracy = fluid.layers.accuracy(input=prediction, label=label)
-    return avg_cost, accuracy
+    return [avg_cost, accuracy]
 
 
-def train(use_cuda, save_path):
-    BATCH_SIZE = 128
-    EPOCH_NUM = 5
+def train(use_cuda, train_program, save_dirname):
+    place = fluid.CUDAPlace(0) if use_cuda else fluid.CPUPlace()
+    optimizer = fluid.optimizer.Adagrad(learning_rate=0.002)
 
     word_dict = paddle.dataset.imdb.word_dict()
+    trainer = fluid.Trainer(
+        train_func=partial(train_program, word_dict),
+        place=place,
+        optimizer=optimizer)
 
-    train_data = paddle.batch(
+    def event_handler(event):
+        if isinstance(event, fluid.EndEpochEvent):
+            test_reader = paddle.batch(
+                paddle.dataset.imdb.test(word_dict), batch_size=BATCH_SIZE)
+            avg_cost, acc = trainer.test(
+                reader=test_reader, feed_order=['words', 'label'])
+
+            print("avg_cost: %s" % avg_cost)
+            print("acc     : %s" % acc)
+
+            if acc > 0.2:  # Smaller value to increase CI speed
+                trainer.save_params(save_dirname)
+                trainer.stop()
+
+            else:
+                print('BatchID {0}, Test Loss {1:0.2}, Acc {2:0.2}'.format(
+                    event.epoch + 1, avg_cost, acc))
+                if math.isnan(avg_cost):
+                    sys.exit("got NaN loss, training failed.")
+        elif isinstance(event, fluid.EndStepEvent):
+            print("Step {0}, Epoch {1} Metrics {2}".format(
+                event.step, event.epoch, map(np.array, event.metrics)))
+            if event.step == 1:  # Run 2 iterations to speed CI
+                trainer.save_params(save_dirname)
+                trainer.stop()
+
+    train_reader = paddle.batch(
         paddle.reader.shuffle(
-            paddle.dataset.imdb.train(word_dict), buf_size=1000),
+            paddle.dataset.imdb.train(word_dict), buf_size=25000),
         batch_size=BATCH_SIZE)
 
-    test_data = paddle.batch(
-        paddle.dataset.imdb.test(word_dict), batch_size=BATCH_SIZE)
-
-    def event_handler(event):
-        if isinstance(event, fluid.EndIteration):
-            if (event.batch_id % 10) == 0:
-                avg_cost, accuracy = trainer.test(reader=test_data)
-
-                print('BatchID {1:04}, Loss {2:2.2}, Acc {3:2.2}'.format(
-                    event.batch_id + 1, avg_cost, accuracy))
+    trainer.train(
+        num_epochs=1,
+        event_handler=event_handler,
+        reader=train_reader,
+        feed_order=['words', 'label'])
 
-                if accuracy > 0.01:  # Low threshold for speeding up CI
-                    trainer.params.save(save_path)
-                    return
 
-    place = fluid.CUDAPlace(0) if use_cuda else fluid.CPUPlace()
-    trainer = fluid.Trainer(
-        partial(train_network, word_dict),
-        optimizer=fluid.optimizer.Adagrad(learning_rate=0.002),
-        place=place,
-        event_handler=event_handler)
-
-    trainer.train(train_data, EPOCH_NUM, event_handler=event_handler)
-
-
-def infer(use_cuda, save_path):
-    params = fluid.Params(save_path)
+def infer(use_cuda, inference_program, save_dirname=None):
     place = fluid.CUDAPlace(0) if use_cuda else fluid.CPUPlace()
     word_dict = paddle.dataset.imdb.word_dict()
+
     inferencer = fluid.Inferencer(
-        partial(inference_network, word_dict), params, place=place)
+        infer_func=partial(inference_program, word_dict),
+        param_path=save_dirname,
+        place=place)
 
     def create_random_lodtensor(lod, place, low, high):
         data = np.random.random_integers(low, high,
@@ -131,8 +147,8 @@ def main(use_cuda):
     if use_cuda and not fluid.core.is_compiled_with_cuda():
         return
     save_path = "understand_sentiment_stacked_lstm.inference.model"
-    train(use_cuda, save_path)
-    infer(use_cuda, save_path)
+    train(use_cuda, train_program, save_path)
+    infer(use_cuda, inference_program, save_path)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':