《跨文化交际》考试试卷

《跨文化交际》考试试卷

C.“I can?t say I did well this morning.”

D.“Thank you.”

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to discuss immediately after an introduction?

A. Politi

B. Religion

C. Marital status

D. Occupation

《跨文化交际》 8. After visiting a sceni c spot. Tourist: “Thank you very much for what you?ve done.” Tourist

guide: A. “Not at all. It was the least I could do.” B.“Not at

all. It?s my duty.”

C. “It was my pleasure.”

D.“Never mind.” 考试时间 120分钟考试

方式闭卷成绩 9. One of your foreign friends gives you a gift. Friend: “Here is a little something for you. I

hope that you like it.” You: 专业学号(八位) 姓名 A. “That?s

very nice of you. Oh, that?s just what I want. Thanks a lot.”

(本卷适用班级: 班) B. “Oh, you really shouldn?t have gone to the expense.”

C. “No,no, I really can?t accept it.” Part I Language Appropriacy and Accuracy. (3x10=30)

D. “Oh. I have had such a thing already.” Instructions: There are altogether 10 statements or questions below. You are offered four 10. If your English teacher uses a Latin word you don?t know, you might say: choices marked with A, B, C and D for each

statement or question. Choose the most appropriate A. “Please repeat.”

B. “I am sorry. What did you say just now?” one and write the

corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. C. Nothing and pretend that you have understood. 1. At a bus stop. Man: “Excuse me, do you know which bus to catch for London Road, please?” D. “I?m sorry, I didn?t understand what you said. Could you please repeat that last word?” Woman: “Sorry, I?ve no idea.” Man:

Part II Case Analysis (You are required to state cultural phenomenon in each case). A. “It doesn?t matter.” B.“Oh.” C.“Never mind.”

D.“Thank you anyway.”

(10×2=20) 2. You have spent an afternoon with your foreign teacher, Mr. Good. You have jus t got to go. Case 1 Mr. Good: “Do drop around and visit us some time.” You:

Zhou came to the United States for overseas study half a year ago. When he worked part-time A. “Yes, of course, if I?m free.” B.“I will come anytime, if you like.”

in a restaurant, he made friends with an American student Jim. C. “Thank you. I will come at 7 p.m. on Monday.” D. “Thank you, I will.”

One day, as they were leaving work, Jim asked Zhou, "Zhou, I need a favor. I have to go over to 3. Joyce is talking to her friend, Brenda.

school, and I?m out of money. Could you lend me a dollar so I can take the bus over there and Joyce: “I wonder if you?d mind posting this letter for me on your way home, Brenda?”

then get home? I?ll pay you back tomorrow. " Brenda:

“Sure, Jim. No problem. You don?t have to pay me back," said Zhou,

as he handed Jim a dollar. A. “You?re welcome.” B.“I don?t care.”

C.“I don?t mind.”

D.“Yes, sure.”

As soon as he got to work the next day, Jim went over to Zhou and handed him a dollar, saying, 4. In a Factory, Li, the guide, is interpreting for a group of foreign guests. When they have "Thanks, Zhou.

I really appreciated this last night. It sure was too cold to walk. " finished visiting one workshop, he would like the group to follow him to the next workshop. He "Forget it," said Zhou, as he handed back his dollar. says:

“Oh, no. I insist. 1 don?t want to take advantage of a friend. What if 1 needed to borrow money A. “This way, please.” B.“Come here!”

C.“Follow me!”

D.“Move on!”

again sometime? If I didn?t pay you back now, I would feel wrong asking to borrow money 5. Xiao Ma is an interpreter. One day a foreign visitor, Mr. Brown, talks to him.

again” said Jim, as he put the dollar into Zhou?s shirt pocket. Mr. Brown: “Your English is quite fluent.” M a:

Zhou answered, “But that?s what friends for. In China, we have a saying …today for you, A. “Thank you. It is kind of you to say so.” B. “No, not at all.”

tomorrow for me?. If you pay me back, I will feel that I won?t be

able to ask you for money C. “No, no, my English is poor.” D.“Oh, no. Far from that, I still have a long way to go.”

when I need it. I will feel like you are closing the door on me, and that there is no trust between 6. Betty is a foreign student in China. She has met Peng Fei.

us. I thought we were friends. How can I take the money?” Zhou handed back the dollar. Betty: “I was told that you won the 100-meter race in the all-city track meet this morning.

“But I won?t feel right if you don?t take it!” said Jim. Congratulations!” Peng:

A. “I could have done better if it hadn?t been so cold.”

B. “Just lucky.”

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Case 2 many social, physical, and psychological factors that

motivate our behavior. But, these various People in the United States frequently err in guessing the age of Japanese individuals, such as motivating forces occur within specific cultural contexts. In a sense, the influence of culture on judging a Japanese college student in mid-

20s to be only 14 or 15. communication can be summed up by the idea that what we talk about and how we talk about it

is for the most part determined by the culture in which we have lived.

Questions Part III Reading Comprehension (4x5=20) 1. How is culture manifested? Culture is an intriguing concept. Although we can easily read a definition of it, when we 2. According to the author, is it true

to say that communication is completely determined by begin to consider that definition and what it implies, culture becomes a prodigious and culture? Quote the text to support your answer. commanding notion. Formally defined, culture is the deposit of knowledge, experiences, beliefs, 3. Does the author anticipate any challenges of the views he states in the text? Quote the text to values, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, timing, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the support your answer. universe, and material objects and possessions acquired by a large group of people in the course 4. According to the author, does an individual contribute to the cultural deposit? Quote the text of generations through individual and group striving. Culture manifests itself in patterns of to support your answer. language and in forms of activity and behavior that act as models for both the common adaptive 5. According to the author, is it true to say that cultural values are hereditary? Quote the text to acts and the styles of communication that enable us to live in a society within a given support your answer. geographic environment at a given state of technical development at a particular moment in time. It also specifies and is defined by the nature of material things that play an essential role in common life. Such things as houses, instruments and machines used in industry and Part IV English-Chinese translation (15x2=30) agriculture, forms of transportation, and instruments of war provide a material foundation for The word "winner" and "loser" have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a social life. Although this definition is

considerable and covers a wide range of human endeavor, winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who we can easily see that culture is persistent, enduring, and omnipresent, and that is includes all of responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an the behavioral reinforcements that we receive during the course of our lifetime. Culture also individual and as a member of a society. helps dictate the form and structure of our physical realm, and it encompasses and specifies the Winners do not dedicate their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; social environment permeating our lives. rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, The effect of culture on our lives is largely unrealized. Over the period of time we have maintaining pretence, and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference been raised in our culture, many of the influences culture has had on us have become buried in between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being the primitive portions of our brains beneath the neocortex, where they largely are below our knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask. levels of awareness. Whether any cultural knowledge is transmitted by heredity is unknown, but Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can even this possibility cannot as yet be ruled out. Perhaps another way to understand cultural separate facts from opinions and don?t pretend to

have all the answers. They listen to others, influence is by way of analogy with electronic computers: As we program computers to do what evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. Although winners can admire and they do, our culture to a great extent programs us to do what we do and to be what we are. Our respect other people, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them.

culture affects us in a deterministic manner from conception to death—and even after death in Winners do not play "helpless", nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume terms of funeral rites. responsibility for their own lives. The effect of this cultural influence is found in our everyday modes of behavior and on our communication practices. Culture includes all of the behavioral reinforcements we receive during our lifetime, and it is through rewarding reinforcements that we learn how to act and how to communicate in a manner that is both effective and acceptable within our cultural context. Of course, culture is not the sole determinant of beh communication. There are also

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to support your answer.

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5. According to the author, is it true to say that cultural values are hereditary? Quote the text to

《跨文化交际》答题卷 support your answer.

Part IV English-Chinese translation (15x2=30) 考试时间 120分钟考试

方式闭卷成绩

专业学号(八位) ____ 姓名

Part I Language Appropriacy and Accuracy. (3x10=30)

1 ______

2 ______ 3______ 4______ 5______ 6 ______ 7______ 8______

9______ 10______

Part II Case Analysis (You are required to state cultural phenomenon in each case).

(10×2=20)

1、

2、

Part III Reading Comprehension (4x5=20)

1. How is culture manifested?

2. According to the author, is it true to say that communication is completely determined by culture? Quote the text to support your answer.

3. Does the author anticipate any challenges of the views he states

in the text? Quote the text to support your answer.

4. According to the author, does an individual contribute to the cultural deposit? Quote the text

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