跨文化交际(胡超版)期末试题

1、Test Paper I . Filling the blanks:1. Gen erallyspeak ing,intermsofcon textuality,thecom muni cati on in the West islow-c on textualwhile that in the East is high-contextual2. Gen erally speak ing, in terms of world views, the West adopts Dualistic view, while the East adopt s holistic view3. Gen era

2、lly speak ing, in terms of thought patter ns, the West follows Analytic and abstract thinking, while the East follows synthetic and concrete thinking4. Gen erally speak ing, in terms of discourse patter ns, theWest uses Deductive pattern,while the East uses inductive pattern5 In the Axial Age, the g

3、reat thin kers in China areConfucius Lao Tze, Mo Tze, and thegreat thin ker in In dia isSiddhartha Gautama, the great figure in Palesti ne are Hebrewprophets and the great thinkers in the West are Plato , Homer and Archimedesn . Choose the best answer:1. Non-verbalmessages are classified into two co

4、mprehensive categories: those thatare primarily produced by the body, such as,; andthose that the in dividualcomb ines with the setti ng,such as , ,. DA. physical con tact, eye con tact, parala nguage; space, time, manB. facial expression, touch, taste; space, time, sileneeC. appearanee, movement, g

5、esture; surrounding, occasion, manD. movement, smell, paralanguage; space, time, silenee2. In Chinese writing,there are usually more adjectives, proverbs and allusions thanin English writing.Some Western scholars name this style flowery ”， stating thatits aim is to give a more fan ciful impressio n

6、tha n in formati on, and the in formatio nis usually of beauty, fragra nee, happ in ess, and any other good ness ” aspects so as to attract people. We may term this style as-oriented.Western writingismore direct with objective information.To them, much-repeated words may meanless after a while. We m

7、ay term the Western writing as -oriented. CA. adjective, objectiveB. Chin ese, WesternC. impressio n, i nformatio nC. i ndirect, direct3. As to the human nature orientation,the traditional Western belief holds that, while the Asia n people believe that.BA. basically good; basically badB. evil but pe

8、rfectible, basically goodC. the mixture of good and evil; the mixture of good and evil;D. unknown4. As to the Man-Nature orie ntati on, the traditi onal Western belief holds that,while the Asia n people believe that.DA. subjugati on to n ature; harm ony with n atureB. harm ony with n ature; mastery

9、over n atureC. harm ony with n ature; subjugati on to n atureD. mastery over n ature; harm ony with n ature5. As to time orie ntati on,gen erally speak ing, the USA is, the Philipp in es,Mexico, and Latin America are , and Asia, Britain,Greece, France are.CA. on-time orie nted; in-time orie nted; la

10、te-time orie ntedB. youth-orie nted; adult-orie nted; elderly-orie ntedC. future-orie nted; prese nt-orie nted; past-orie ntedD. prese nt-orie nted; future-orie nted; past-orie nted6. In terms of activityorientation,the USA isLati n America are, and Asia is.DA. doin g-orie nted; play in g-orie nted,

11、 bein g-orie ntedB. play in g-orie nted; bein g-orie nted; doin g-orie ntedC. bein g-orie nted; doin g-orie nted; bein g-i n-beco ming orie ntedD. doin g-orie nted; bein g-orie nted; bein g-i n-beco ming orie nted7. The dividingworldview is also referredfollowi ng differe nt n ames:DA. reas on versu

12、s result; religi on versus arB. in sti netversus in tuiti on;scie neesubjectivity,the Philipp in es,Mexico, andto as mechanisticview. It goest; objectivity versus imag in ati on versus tech no logy;imag in ati onC. tuiti on versus in tuiti on; regi on versus religi on; subjugati on versus subjectivi

13、tyD. reas on versus in tuiti on; scie nee ve8. The Greek thi nks in order to. It is meditati on.Thecon templatio n.CA. do; die; liveB. spectacle; meddle; con temptC. un dersta nd; think; self-cultivateD. thi nk; self-cultivate; un dersta nd9. Your body does n k now how to liersus religio n; objectiv

14、ity versus subjectivityIt is speculati on. The Hindu thi nks in order to Chin ese thinks in order to.” ndicatesBA. somethi ng is wrong with your body and you can only sta nd.B. body Ian guage is importa nt.C. body con tact is dan gerous.D. we can separate mi nd from body.10. Gen erally speak ing, in

15、 the US, people make frie ndsChina, people make frie nds by shari ng .BA. pers onal relati on ship; activitiesB. activities; pers onal relati on shipC. love; bloodD. blood; love11. In terms of physical con tact,by sharingby theversusItis,whileinthe high while thecon tactlow con tactcoun triescoun tr

16、iesareare.CA. the US, Britain,most Northern European countries;coun tries, Indon esiaB. the US, Brita in, Japa n; East Europea n coun tries, Russia, Middle EastC. Arab world, Mediterra nean coun tries, Europea n coun triesD. Arab world,MediterraneanEuropea n coun tries12.Gen erallyspeak ing,inhigh-c

17、 on textualpeople arelow-c on textual coun tries are _A. Lati n America ns, Chin ese, Japa nese; the America ns, Germa n, SwissB. the America ns, Germa n, Swiss; Lati n America ns, Chin ese, Japa neseC. Native America ns, Chin ese, Korea ns; the America ns, Japa nese, BritishArab world,Mediterra nea

18、nIndon esia; the US, Brita in, most Norther ncoun tries,terms ofChina; the US, Britain, most Northerncon textualityofcom muni cati on,the, while theEach person hasa bubble ” of space (territory).Studies showthat people from5havea smallerpers onal territorytha ndo peoplefrom,5.AA. South America,Arabc

19、oun tries,and manyAsia ncoun tries;NorthAmerica,Britai n, Germa nyB. North America,Brita in,Germa ny;South America,Arab countries,and manyAsia n coun triesC. South America,Brita in,Germa ny;North America,Arab countries,and manyAsia n coun tries.D. North America,Arabcoun tries,and manyAsia ncoun trie

20、s;SouthAmerica,Britai n, Germa nyInculture,the nuclear familyis much moreimportantto theCD. the America ns, Japa nese, British; Native America ns. Chin ese, Korea ns 13.14.in dividual tha n the exte nded family, while inculture, the exte nded family is very importa nt.A. Hispa nic; America n, Asia n

21、, Arabia n, Africa nB. Arabia n; America n, Asia n, Africa n, Hispa nicC. America n; Asia n, Africa n, Arabia n, Hispa nicD. Africa n; America n, Asia n, Arabia n, Hispa nic15. In nu clear-family culture, people rely mainly on, _while in exte nded-family culture, people rely mai nly on _for for help

22、.help, CA. families, frie nds, professi on als; familiesB. families, frie nds, professi on als; in stitutio nsC. frie nds, professi on als, in stituti ons; familiesD. frie nds, families, in stituti ons; professi on als16. In nuclear-family culture, usually comes first, while in extended -familycultu

23、re,usually comes first.BA. family; in dividualB. i ndividual; familyC. husba nd; wifeD. wife; husba nd17. Whe n it comes to frien dship, an America n frie nd would feel that they hadif the friend gave up a real need to study to go shopping.One duties andobligations toward friends,even best friends a

24、re understood to ; one doesnot expect frie nds to assume burde nsome,resp on sibilities toward on eself. Aclose friend in the US is a person that one feels free to ask for help, recognizing, however, that the frie nd may, if they give you a reas on.This is maybe that inthe West, people prefer to be

25、, so they do not feel comfortablein arelati on ship in which one pers on ismore and the other is depe ndent on whatis being given. For Westerners friendship is mostly a matter of providing support and. BA. depended too much; limitless; small; say OK ”； dependent; receiving;material;get separateB. im

26、posed too much; have limits; Iong -term; say No ”； independent;giving;emoti on al; spe nd time together.C. imposed too little; have limits; short -term; sayYes ”； free; earning; finan cial; getinvo IvedD. depended a little; limitless; big; say Sorry ”； independent; giving; spiritual; get together.18

27、. I n Chi na, the duties and obligati ons of frie ndships seem virtuallyfor allpractical purposes. Chinese friends give each other much helpand assista nee tha n Western frie nds do.For example, they give each otherand might help each otherfor aperiod of time. A frie nd in China issome one who, sens

28、ing that you are in n eed in some way, offers to assist you .CA. impossible; more spiritual; thin gs; practically; short; whe n being askedB. eno rmous; less spiritual; mon ey; finan cially; long; un willi nglyC. un limited; more con crete; mon ey; finan cially; long; without wait ing tobe askedD. l

29、imited; more con crete; thin gs; materially; certa in; if required19. In times of trouble, both American and Chinese friends give each other emotional support, but they do it differe ntly.A Chin ese frie nd is more likely to beto giveadvice to a friend,while an America n frie nd will betogive advice

30、, in stead she may raise questio ns to en courage her frie nd to con sider carefully what may happe n if she does one thing in stead of ano ther.A. cautious; detailed; ready; specificB. ready; ambiguous; cautious; guideli neC. ready; specific; cautious; directD. un willi ng; direct; ready; specific2

31、0. Whe n it comes to the relati on shipbetwee n pare nts and married sons, in China, aman relati on ship with his pare nts istha n that with his wife.Thus in theeve nt of any quarrel betwee n his wife and his mother, a man should.At most he might hope to , and this was regarded as . InAmerica, a man

32、 relationship with his parents is than that with his wife.He would be expected to . He might even be counseled tothe vic in ity of his pare nts home to ease the con flict.DA. more important; side with his mother; side with his father;honorabl e; moreimporta nt; side with no one; move intoB. less imp

33、ortant;side with no one; say something;honorable; less important; sidewith his father; get away fromC. less importa nt;side with his wife; rema in sile nt; dish ono rable; more importa nt;side with his wife; move intoD. more importa nt; side with his mother; rema in n eutral; disho no rable; less im

34、porta nt;side with his wife; move awayIH . True or false:1. Gen erally speak ing, Chi na is an equal society, America is a hierarchy society. ( F )2. Gen erallyspeak ing, in Chin ese society, the power dista nee is small, while inAmerica, the power dista nee is large. ( F )3. Both the Asia n and Wes

35、ter n coun tries have the con cept offace ”，a nd face ” has thesame social significaneefor these countries in that one face is also the face ofone group.( F )4. The dividing worldview relies strongly onfacts ” as opposed toopinions ”. ( T )5. A very rough generalization is that thinking for the Gree

36、k is to look upward, for theHi ndu is to look in ward, for the Con fucia ns isto look outward. (F )6. Values are explicitly stored in our mi nd. We are always aware of them, and we makejudgme nts accordi ng to them. (F)7. Values are separate from each other. Each one work alone. ( F )8. Values can be compared on a continuum rather than one of only two possiblechoices. People everywhere possess the same