2011秋跨文化交际备考宝典

2011年秋季学期“跨文化交际”考前复习宝典

Part I: General Information:

This examination consists of FOUR sections. They are:

Section I: Listening Test (20 points, 25 minutes)

Section II: Communicative Competence (30 points, 25 minutes)

Section III: Reading Comprehension (30 points, 40 minutes)

Section IV: Communication Analysis (20 points, 30 minutes)

Pat II: Focal points:

Section I Listening T est (20 points)

Part 1 Multiple choices (5 items, 2 points for each)

Materials will be chosen from one of the following:

1.Task2, Activity4, Unit5

2.Task1, Activity4, Unit4

3.Task4, Activity5, Unit2

Part 2 Spot dictation. (10 items, 1 point for each, 0.5 point off for each misspelling.)

Materials will be chosen from one of the following:

1.Task2&3, Activity2, Unit5

2.Task2, Activity3, Unit3

Section II Communicative Competence (30 points)

Multiple choices (15 items, 2 points for each)

Materials will be chosen from the following focal points:

1. Basics of communication (P14-16, Task1&2, Activity2, Unit1 )

communication models (model1&2)

2. Individualism / Collectivism (P73-77, Task2&3, Activity4, Unit2)

hospitality

politeness (addressing, making invitation/request/apology)

privacy and autonomy

intimacy

assertiveness/harmony (directness/indirectness)

https://www.360docs.net/doc/4e11055507.html,s (P100, Task1, Activity1, Unit3; P104, Task1, Activity2, Unit3;)

Naming name

Root

4. Invitation and reply (P141-144, Task3&4, Activity1, Unit4)

5. Sub-theories (P202, Task4, Activity3, Unit5)

sub-culture theory (man/woman)

power theory

6. Non-verbal communication (P230, Task4, Activity1, Unit6)

7. Categories of distance ( P255-256, Task1, Activity5, Unit6)

Intimate => personal => social => public

8.Idioms, proverbs and euphemisms

meaning of the idioms: have a big mouth, a piece of cake, take a French leave etc.

animal idioms (P282-284, Task3, Activity2, Unit7; Task4, Activity3, Unit7; )

meaning of euphemisms: in the family way (P318, Task5, Activity5, Unit7)

rhyming slang (P313, Task3, Activity5, Unit7)

例题：

1. When two people coming from the same culture are communicating with each

other, we can say this is a ________.

A. cultural communication

B. mono-cultural communication

C. bi-cultural communication

D. multi-cultural communication

2. In face-to-face communication, ________signals are just as important as verbal

message. Sometimes they play a more decisive role than verbal message in determine communicative effects.

A. cultural

B. non-verbal

C. body

D. hand

3. When people first arrive in a new cultural environment, they seem to go through a

culture shock made up of four stages. They may experience an exciting honeymoon period at the beginning. This is referred to as a stage of ________.

A. euphoria

B. euphoric

C. euphemism

D. optimism

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Surnames were used to indicate family relationships.

B. Surnames were used to indicate occupations.

C. Surnames were used to indicate year of birth.

D. Surnames were used to indicate location.

5. Which of the following is NOT theoretically true of English female names?

A. They tend to have more syllables.

B. They tend to have longer names.

C. They tend to have only one syllable.

D. They tend to make more use of the /i/ sound.

6. In Chinese families, ________ is the primary relationship.

A. parent-and-children relationship

B. husband-and-wife relationship

C. family-and-society relationship

D. family-and-relatives relationship

7. If something is taken “at its face value” it means ________.

A. at its dollar value

B. it is taken literally

C. it is worthless

D. it is worth considering

8. An artificial language is one which ________.

A. is used for talking to babies

B. is created for blind people by computers

C. is impossible for humans to understand

D. is created by humans for special purposes

9. Women tend to ask directions more than men because ________.

A. they are more talkative

B. they are more friendly

C. they are inferior in society

D. they are superior in society

10. A private goal in Cross Cultural Communication means ________ and may get

across or may not sometimes in the communication.

A. an important goal

B. a personal goal

C. an implied meaning

D. a received meaning

11. That was “a white lie” which means ________.

A. a harmless lie

B. a shameless lie

C. a worthless lie

D. an interesting lie

12. “Sidewalk” in American English means ________ in British English.

A. subway

B. pavement

C. tower block

D. snack

13. “Kinesics ” means ________.

A. Facial expression

B. Eye contact

C. Gesture

D. all of the above

14. Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A. Shorter-than-average eye contact can indicate shyness, disinterest, or

preoccupation.

B. Longer-than-average eye contact indicates a high level of interest in the U.S.

C. The average length of eye contact varies in different cultures.

D. A study shows that a person will change his patterns of eye contact when he

grows up.

15. Spatial language is study of the way that people use _________ to convey

messages

A. literary words

B. body language

C. signals

D. physical space

参考答案：

1. B

2. B

3. A

4. C

5. C

6. A

7. B

8. D

9. C 10. B

11. A 12. B 13. D 14 A 15. D

Section III Reading Comprehension (30 points)

Part 1 True or false questions. (5 items, 2 points for each)

Y ou should w rite “T” for true, “F” for false, and “NM” for not mentioned.

Part 2 Multiple choices (5 items, 2 points for each)

Part 3 Answer questions (5 items, 2 points for each)

Materials will be chosen from one of the following:

1. Individualism / Collectivism (P73-77, Task2&3, Activity4, Unit2)

2.Child-rearing (P178-180, Task1, Activity1, Unit5)

Section IV Communication Analysis (20 points, 2 items, 10 points for each)

The cases will involve the following topics:

1.Individualism / Collectivism (P73-77, Task2&3, Activity4, Unit2)

2.Showing hospitality in different way (P153-154, Task1, Activity4, Unit4)

3.Avoid western taboos (P66-67, Task2, Activity3, Unit2)

4.Gifts (P151-152, Task1, Activity3, Unit4)