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《跨文化交际（英）》期末考试
I.
True-False: Decide whether each of
the following statements is true or
false.
Write T for “true” and F for “false”. （每题 1 分，共
20 分）
1. The term “intercultural
communication” was first used by Geert Hofstede in
1959.
2. Hall defines culture as
the
interactions.
3. In most of Africa,
Argentina and Peru, putting one‟s index finger to
his temple
means „You are crazy.‟
4.
Stereotyping is a complex form of categorization
that mentally organizes your
experiences and
guides your behavior toward a particular group of
people.
5.
Values are social
principles, goals, or standards accepted by
persons in a culture.
They are the innermost
“skin of the onion.”
6. People from some
cultures may lower their gaze to convey respect,
whereas this
may be understood as evading or
even insulting in other cultures.
7.
Unbuttoning one‟s coat is a sign of openness,
friendliness or willingness to reach
an
agreement.
8. In order for intercultural
negotiation to be successful, the parties must
provide for
a win-lose situation.
9.
Edward Hall‟s theory states that the four levels
embody the total concept of
culture like an
onion – symbols, heroes, rituals, and values.
10. Successful intercultural business
communication involves knowing the
ethnocentrisms of persons in other cultures.
Understanding the mindsets of both
oneself and
the person of another culture will result in more
efficient
communication.
11.
Ethnocentrism is the belief that somebody else‟s
cultural background, including
ways of
analyzing problems, values, beliefs, language, and
verbal and nonverbal
communication, is better
than our own.
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12. People in the United States place
a greater emphasis on history and do not like
change as compared with people of Asian and
Latin cultures.
13. When dealing with German
business people, you should avoid jokes and other
forms of humor during the actual business
sessions.
14. In the business circle,
American business people use first names
immediately.
15. Companies should avoid
sending female employees to the Middle East, as in
Arab countries men may refuse to work
with women.
16. In Southeast Asia, you
should avoid presenting your business card with
your right
hand.
17. When accepting a
business card, German business people carefully
look at the
card, observe the title and
organization, acknowledge with a nod that they
have
digested the information, and perhaps
make a relevant comment or ask a polite
question.
18. The OK sign may be
interpreted as asking for money by Japanese
business
people.
19. Nonverbal
communication is important to the study of
intercultural
communication because a great
deal of nonverbal behavior speaks a universal
language.
20. In short, intercultural
communication competence requires sufficient
awareness
knowledge, motivations, and skills.
Each of these components alone is sufficient
to achieve intercultural communication
competence.
II.
Translation: Translate the following
Chinese terms into English and
English terms into Chinese.（每题 1 分，共 20 分）
1. stereotypes
3. ethnocentrism
2.
paralanguage
4. masculinity
6. monochronic
time
8. conversation taboos
10. power
distance
5. high-context culture
7. speech act
9. vocal qualifiers
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11.
译码
13. 文化震惊
15. 概念意义
17.
礼貌原则
19. 空间语言
12.
偏见
14.
不确定性回避
16.
语用错误
18.
归纳法
20.
礼仪与礼节
III.
Multiple Choice: Choose the
ONE appropriate answer. （每题 1 分，共
20 分）
.
1. Understanding another culture
a.
enables businesspeople to know why foreign
associates believe and act
as they do
b.
is best achieved through “do‟s and
don‟ts” lists
c. is important for
businesspeople because they can appear to be
better
informed
d. isn‟t necessary for
businesspeople
2. Non-linear languages
a.
b.
c.
.
are object
oriented
see time as a continuum of present,
past and future
are circular, tradition
oriented and subjective
d. lead to short-range
planning in business practices
3.
Which statement about values is incorrect?
a. Values are social principles, goals, or
standards accepted by persons in a
culture.
b. Values are learned by contacts with
family members, teachers, and
religious leaders.
Values will be
influenced by what is seen on television or
read in
newspapers.
d. People in various
cultures have basically similar values.
c.
4. People from cultures that
follow the monochronic time system tend to
a.
do one thing at a time.
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b.
be committed to people.
borrow and lend things often.
build
lifetime relationships.
c.
d.
5.
Which statement regarding haptics is
incorrect?
a.
b.
c.
In Thailand,
it is offensive to touch the head.
Japan is
considered a
Greece is considered a
In
Latin American countries, touching between men is
unacceptable.
.
a view of hierarchical
structure of social relationship
a view of
group orientation structure of social relationship
a view of individual orientation structure of
social relationship
none of the above
d.
6. The opinion that everyone has a
position and clearly defined privileges is
a.
b.
c.
d.
7. General
guidelines to follow when conversing with someone
from another
culture include all of the
following except:
a.
b.
c.
politics is a safe topic in most cultures.
avoid telling jokes.
avoid personal
questions.
keep the conversation positive.
d.
8.
Which statement
best describes an incorrect handshake?
a.
b.
c.
d.
In the U.S., a handshake
should be firm.
An Asian handshake is usually
gentle.
Germans repeat a brusque handshake
upon arrival and departure.
A British
handshake is firm and repeated frequently.
9.
Which statement referring to
thought patterns is incorrect?
a.
b.
c.
Asians typically use the inductive
method of reasoning.
Thought patterns impact
oral communication.
When using the deductive
method of reasoning, one starts with the facts
and goes to generalizations.
d.
Recognizing different thought patterns is
important in negotiation with
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different cultures.
10.
Which statement is incorrect?
a.
Costly business blunders are often the result of a
lack of knowledge of
another culture's
nonverbal communication patterns.
b. Processes
of reasoning and problem solving are the same in
all cultures.
Attitudes toward time and use
of space convey nonverbal messages in
intercultural encounters.
d. When in
another culture, an appropriate caution would be
to watch the
behavior of the persons you are
talking with and match their style.
c.
11. Language is important because it
a. helps us shape concepts, controls how
we think, and controls how we
perceive others.
b.
c.
d.
allows us to be
understood by foreigners.
is determined by
colonialism.
is stable, easily understood, and
free of diversity.
12.
Which of
the following countries uses high-context
language?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Canada
Germany
Japan
United States
13.
Slang is generally
a.
b.
understood by everyone.
spoken by
the masses.
easily translated.
used by
subgroups.
14.
c.
d.
Nonverbal communication does not
include
a.
b.
c.
d.
chromatics.
chronemics.
haptics.
semantics.
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15. Dominance, harmony, and subjugation
are all value orientations that correspond
to
which of the following cultural problems?
a.
What is the nature of human beings?
What is the relationship of humans to nature?
What is the orientation of humans to time?
b.
c.
d. What is the human
orientation to activity?
16. Proverbs
are significant to the study of
intercultural communication
.
they
provide a compact description of a culture‟s
values
they tell a great deal about what a
culture praises and what it rejects
they unite
a people with the wisdom of their ancestors
because
a.
b.
c.
d.
all of the above
17. Which statement
highlights weak uncertainty avoidance?
a.
b.
c.
One group's truth should
not be imposed on others.
Scientific opponents
cannot be personal friends.
Citizen protest
should be repressed.
Negative attitudes are
expressed toward young people. d.
18. The
main idea of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is that
a.
b.
c.
language is just a
device for reporting a person's experience.
two languages can represent the same social
reality.
the social reality can be conveyed to
a person who does not speak the
language.
d.
language functions as a way of
shaping a person's experience.
19.
Many multinational firms find that cultural shock
can be alleviated by
a.
b.
c.
d.
sending only top executives abroad.
sending only young, single associates on
overseas assignments.
testing associates to
see who is most qualified.
selecting
employees for overseas assignments who
possess certain
personal and professional
qualifications.
20.
Which of the
following statement is incorrect?
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a. Knowing cultural
variations in the use of silence is helpful
when
conversing with persons in another
culture.
b. We need to keep things in
perspective and not get offended each time we
deal with someone who has a different attitude
toward touching
c. Good advice when
communicating with persons in other cultures is to
keep gestures to a minimum
d. Although
oral communication varies from culture to culture,
non-verbal
communication is almost always
interpreted the same in each culture.
IV.
Answer the following essay
question. (共 20 分)
Compare and contrast the
following proverbs from two different cultures:
“It is
the duck that squawks that gets shot”
and “The squeaky wheel gets the
grease.” How
do people from these cultures perceive silence and
talk? In light of
their different
perceptions, how might they view each other?
What problems
might arise in their
interactions?
V.
Case
Analysis: Analyze the following conversation from
an intercultural
perspective. (共 20 分)
The following conversation took place
between two Chinese friends.
A: We‟re
going to New Orleans this weekend.
B:
What fun! I wish we were going with you. How long
are you going to be
there?
A:
Three days.
B: Do you need a ride to the
airport? I‟ll take you.
A: Are you sure it‟s
not too much trouble?
B: No, no. It‟s no
trouble at all.
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Case Analysis: Analyze the
following conversation from an
intercultural
perspective.
参考答案及评分标准
A 卷
VI.
True-False: Decide
whether each of the following statements is true
or false. Write T
for “true” and F for
“false”. （每题 1 分，共 20 分）
1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T
5. T 6. T 7. T 8. F 9. F 10. T
11. F 12. F 13.
T 14.T 15. T 16. F 17. F 18. T 19. T 20. F
VII. Translation: Translate the following
Chinese terms into English and English terms
into Chinese.（每题 1 分，共 20 分）
1.
stereotypes 定势刻板印象
言
3. ethnocentrism
民族中心主义
5. high-context culture 高语境文化
念
7. speech act 言语行为
忌
9. vocal
qualifiers 声音修饰
11. 译码 decoding
13. 文化震惊
cultural shock
avoidance
15. 概念意义
denotational meaning
17. 礼貌原则 the Politeness
Principle
pattern
19. 空间语言 spatial
languageproximics
and protocol
10. power
distance 权力距离
12. 偏见 prejudice
14. 不确定性回避
uncertainty
16. 语用错误 pragmatic failure
18. 归 纳 法 inductive
20. 礼仪与礼节
etiquette
8. conversation taboos 对话禁
4.
masculinity 男性特征
6. monochronic time 单一时间观
2. paralanguage 辅助语言副语
VIII. Multiple
Choice: Choose the ONE appropriate answer. （每题 1
分，共 20 分）
IX.
1. a 2. a 3. d 4.
a 5. d 6. a 7. a 8. d
11. a 12. c 13. d 14. d
15. b 16. d 17. a 18. d
Answer the following
essay question. (共 20 分)
9. c 10. b
19. d 20. d
测试重点： Compare and contrast
the proverbs “It is the duck that squawks that
gets shot” and “The squeaky wheel gets the
grease.” The former is an English proverb
while the latter is a Chinese proverb. In
light of their different perceptions, the two
cultures might differ in terms of silence and
talk etc. and problems might arise in their
interactions.
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评分标准：从以上角度进行分析，其他根据具体答题情况酌情。
X.
Case Analysis: Analyze the following conversation
from an intercultural perspective.
(共 20 分)
测试重点：Chinese requestsoffersspeech
actcommunication patternsthought
patterns
评分标准：从以上角度进行分析，其他根据具体答题情况酌情。
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对外经济贸易大学
《跨文化交际（英）》期末考试
I.
True-
False: Decide whether each of the following
statements is true or
false. Write T for
“true” and F for “false”. （每题 1 分，共 20 分）
1.
The term “intercultural communication” was first
used by Geert Hofstede in
1959.
2. Hall defines culture as the
interactions.
3. In most of Africa,
Argentina and Peru, putting one‟s index finger to
his temple
means „You are crazy.‟
4.
Stereotyping is a complex form of categorization
that mentally organizes your
experiences and
guides your behavior toward a particular group of
people.
5.
Values are social
principles, goals, or standards accepted by
persons in a culture.
They are the innermost
“skin of the onion.”
6. People from some
cultures may lower their gaze to convey respect,
whereas this
may be understood as evading or
even insulting in other cultures.
7.
Unbuttoning one‟s coat is a sign of openness,
friendliness or willingness to reach
an
agreement.
8. In order for intercultural
negotiation to be successful, the parties must
provide for
a win-lose situation.
9.
Edward Hall‟s theory states that the four levels
embody the total concept of
culture like an
onion – symbols, heroes, rituals, and values.
10. Successful intercultural business
communication involves knowing the
ethnocentrisms of persons in other cultures.
Understanding the mindsets of both
oneself and
the person of another culture will result in more
efficient
communication.
11.
Ethnocentrism is the belief that somebody else‟s
cultural background, including
ways of
analyzing problems, values, beliefs, language, and
verbal and nonverbal
communication, is better
than our own.
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12. People in the United States place
a greater emphasis on history and do not like
change as compared with people of Asian and
Latin cultures.
13. When dealing with German
business people, you should avoid jokes and other
forms of humor during the actual business
sessions.
14. In the business circle,
American business people use first names
immediately.
15. Companies should avoid
sending female employees to the Middle East, as in
Arab countries men may refuse to work
with women.
16. In Southeast Asia, you
should avoid presenting your business card with
your right
hand.
17. When accepting a
business card, German business people carefully
look at the
card, observe the title and
organization, acknowledge with a nod that they
have
digested the information, and perhaps
make a relevant comment or ask a polite
question.
18. The OK sign may be
interpreted as asking for money by Japanese
business
people.
19. Nonverbal
communication is important to the study of
intercultural
communication because a great
deal of nonverbal behavior speaks a universal
language.
20. In short, intercultural
communication competence requires sufficient
awareness
knowledge, motivations, and skills.
Each of these components alone is sufficient
to achieve intercultural communication
competence.
II.
Translation: Translate the following
Chinese terms into English and
English terms into Chinese.（每题 1 分，共 20 分）
1. stereotypes
3. ethnocentrism
2.
paralanguage
4. masculinity
6. monochronic
time
8. conversation taboos
10. power
distance
5. high-context culture
7. speech act
9. vocal qualifiers
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11.
译码
13. 文化震惊
15. 概念意义
17.
礼貌原则
19. 空间语言
12.
偏见
14.
不确定性回避
16.
语用错误
18.
归纳法
20.
礼仪与礼节
III.
Multiple Choice: Choose the
ONE appropriate answer. （每题 1 分，共
20 分）
.
1. Understanding another culture
a.
enables businesspeople to know why foreign
associates believe and act
as they do
b.
is best achieved through “do‟s and
don‟ts” lists
c. is important for
businesspeople because they can appear to be
better
informed
d. isn‟t necessary for
businesspeople
2. Non-linear languages
a.
b.
c.
.
are object
oriented
see time as a continuum of present,
past and future
are circular, tradition
oriented and subjective
d. lead to short-range
planning in business practices
3.
Which statement about values is incorrect?
a. Values are social principles, goals, or
standards accepted by persons in a
culture.
b. Values are learned by contacts with
family members, teachers, and
religious leaders.
Values will be
influenced by what is seen on television or
read in
newspapers.
d. People in various
cultures have basically similar values.
c.
4. People from cultures that
follow the monochronic time system tend to
a.
do one thing at a time.
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b.
be committed to people.
borrow and lend things often.
build
lifetime relationships.
c.
d.
5.
Which statement regarding haptics is
incorrect?
a.
b.
c.
In Thailand,
it is offensive to touch the head.
Japan is
considered a
Greece is considered a
In
Latin American countries, touching between men is
unacceptable.
.
a view of hierarchical
structure of social relationship
a view of
group orientation structure of social relationship
a view of individual orientation structure of
social relationship
none of the above
d.
6. The opinion that everyone has a
position and clearly defined privileges is
a.
b.
c.
d.
7. General
guidelines to follow when conversing with someone
from another
culture include all of the
following except:
a.
b.
c.
politics is a safe topic in most cultures.
avoid telling jokes.
avoid personal
questions.
keep the conversation positive.
d.
8.
Which statement
best describes an incorrect handshake?
a.
b.
c.
d.
In the U.S., a handshake
should be firm.
An Asian handshake is usually
gentle.
Germans repeat a brusque handshake
upon arrival and departure.
A British
handshake is firm and repeated frequently.
9.
Which statement referring to
thought patterns is incorrect?
a.
b.
c.
Asians typically use the inductive
method of reasoning.
Thought patterns impact
oral communication.
When using the deductive
method of reasoning, one starts with the facts
and goes to generalizations.
d.
Recognizing different thought patterns is
important in negotiation with
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different cultures.
10.
Which statement is incorrect?
a.
Costly business blunders are often the result of a
lack of knowledge of
another culture's
nonverbal communication patterns.
b. Processes
of reasoning and problem solving are the same in
all cultures.
Attitudes toward time and use
of space convey nonverbal messages in
intercultural encounters.
d. When in
another culture, an appropriate caution would be
to watch the
behavior of the persons you are
talking with and match their style.
c.
11. Language is important because it
a. helps us shape concepts, controls how
we think, and controls how we
perceive others.
b.
c.
d.
allows us to be
understood by foreigners.
is determined by
colonialism.
is stable, easily understood, and
free of diversity.
12.
Which of
the following countries uses high-context
language?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Canada
Germany
Japan
United States
13.
Slang is generally
a.
b.
understood by everyone.
spoken by
the masses.
easily translated.
used by
subgroups.
14.
c.
d.
Nonverbal communication does not
include
a.
b.
c.
d.
chromatics.
chronemics.
haptics.
semantics.
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15. Dominance, harmony, and subjugation
are all value orientations that correspond
to
which of the following cultural problems?
a.
What is the nature of human beings?
What is the relationship of humans to nature?
What is the orientation of humans to time?
b.
c.
d. What is the human
orientation to activity?
16. Proverbs
are significant to the study of
intercultural communication
.
they
provide a compact description of a culture‟s
values
they tell a great deal about what a
culture praises and what it rejects
they unite
a people with the wisdom of their ancestors
because
a.
b.
c.
d.
all of the above
17. Which statement
highlights weak uncertainty avoidance?
a.
b.
c.
One group's truth should
not be imposed on others.
Scientific opponents
cannot be personal friends.
Citizen protest
should be repressed.
Negative attitudes are
expressed toward young people. d.
18. The
main idea of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is that
a.
b.
c.
language is just a
device for reporting a person's experience.
two languages can represent the same social
reality.
the social reality can be conveyed to
a person who does not speak the
language.
d.
language functions as a way of
shaping a person's experience.
19.
Many multinational firms find that cultural shock
can be alleviated by
a.
b.
c.
d.
sending only top executives abroad.
sending only young, single associates on
overseas assignments.
testing associates to
see who is most qualified.
selecting
employees for overseas assignments who
possess certain
personal and professional
qualifications.
20.
Which of the
following statement is incorrect?
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共 9 页
a. Knowing cultural
variations in the use of silence is helpful
when
conversing with persons in another
culture.
b. We need to keep things in
perspective and not get offended each time we
deal with someone who has a different attitude
toward touching
c. Good advice when
communicating with persons in other cultures is to
keep gestures to a minimum
d. Although
oral communication varies from culture to culture,
non-verbal
communication is almost always
interpreted the same in each culture.
IV.
Answer the following essay
question. (共 20 分)
Compare and contrast the
following proverbs from two different cultures:
“It is
the duck that squawks that gets shot”
and “The squeaky wheel gets the
grease.” How
do people from these cultures perceive silence and
talk? In light of
their different
perceptions, how might they view each other?
What problems
might arise in their
interactions?
V.
Case
Analysis: Analyze the following conversation from
an intercultural
perspective. (共 20 分)
The following conversation took place
between two Chinese friends.
A: We‟re
going to New Orleans this weekend.
B:
What fun! I wish we were going with you. How long
are you going to be
there?
A:
Three days.
B: Do you need a ride to the
airport? I‟ll take you.
A: Are you sure it‟s
not too much trouble?
B: No, no. It‟s no
trouble at all.
第 7 页 共 9 页
Case Analysis: Analyze the
following conversation from an
intercultural
perspective.
参考答案及评分标准
A 卷
VI.
True-False: Decide
whether each of the following statements is true
or false. Write T
for “true” and F for
“false”. （每题 1 分，共 20 分）
1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T
5. T 6. T 7. T 8. F 9. F 10. T
11. F 12. F 13.
T 14.T 15. T 16. F 17. F 18. T 19. T 20. F
VII. Translation: Translate the following
Chinese terms into English and English terms
into Chinese.（每题 1 分，共 20 分）
1.
stereotypes 定势刻板印象
言
3. ethnocentrism
民族中心主义
5. high-context culture 高语境文化
念
7. speech act 言语行为
忌
9. vocal
qualifiers 声音修饰
11. 译码 decoding
13. 文化震惊
cultural shock
avoidance
15. 概念意义
denotational meaning
17. 礼貌原则 the Politeness
Principle
pattern
19. 空间语言 spatial
languageproximics
and protocol
10. power
distance 权力距离
12. 偏见 prejudice
14. 不确定性回避
uncertainty
16. 语用错误 pragmatic failure
18. 归 纳 法 inductive
20. 礼仪与礼节
etiquette
8. conversation taboos 对话禁
4.
masculinity 男性特征
6. monochronic time 单一时间观
2. paralanguage 辅助语言副语
VIII. Multiple
Choice: Choose the ONE appropriate answer. （每题 1
分，共 20 分）
IX.
1. a 2. a 3. d 4.
a 5. d 6. a 7. a 8. d
11. a 12. c 13. d 14. d
15. b 16. d 17. a 18. d
Answer the following
essay question. (共 20 分)
9. c 10. b
19. d 20. d
测试重点： Compare and contrast
the proverbs “It is the duck that squawks that
gets shot” and “The squeaky wheel gets the
grease.” The former is an English proverb
while the latter is a Chinese proverb. In
light of their different perceptions, the two
cultures might differ in terms of silence and
talk etc. and problems might arise in their
interactions.
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评分标准：从以上角度进行分析，其他根据具体答题情况酌情。
X.
Case Analysis: Analyze the following conversation
from an intercultural perspective.
(共 20 分)
测试重点：Chinese requestsoffersspeech
actcommunication patternsthought
patterns
评分标准：从以上角度进行分析，其他根据具体答题情况酌情。
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