跨文化交际期末试题

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Test Paper 1

Ⅰ、Filling the blanks:

1.Generally speaking, in terms of contextuality, the

communication in the West is low-contextual while that in

the East is high-contextual

2.Generally speaking, in terms of world views, the West adopts

Dualistic view, while the East adopt s holistic view

3.Generally speaking, in terms of thought patterns, the West

follows Analytic and abstract thinking, while the East

follows synthetic and concrete thinking

4.Generally speaking, in terms of discourse patterns, the West

uses Deductive pattern, while the East uses inductive

pattern

5In the Axial Age, the great thinkers in China are Confucius, Lao Tze, Mo Tze, and the great thinker in India is Siddhartha Gautama, the great figure in Palestine are Hebrew prophets, and the great thinkers in the West are Plato, Homer and

Archimedes

Ⅱ、Choose the best answer:

1.Non-verbal messages are classified into two compr ehensive

categories: those that are primarily produced by the body,

such as_________,________,_______; and those that the

individual combines with the setting, such as _______, _______,

_______、D

A.physical contact, eye contact, paralanguage; space, time,

man

B.facial expression, touch, taste; space, time, silence

C.appearance, movement, gesture; surrounding, occasion,

man

D.movement, smell, paralanguage; space, time, silence

2.In Chinese writing, there are usually more adjectives,

proverbs and allusions than in English writing、Some

Western scholars name this style “flowery”, stating that its

aim is to give a more fanciful impression than information,

and the information is usually of beauty, fragrance, happiness,

and any other “goodness”aspects so as to attract people、

We may term this style as_______-oriented、Western writing

is more direct with objective information、To them,

much-repeated words may mean less after a while、We may

term the Western writing as ________-oriented、C

A、adjective, objective

B、Chinese, Western

C、impression, information C、indirect, direct

3、As to the human nature orientation, the traditional Western

belief holds that _______, while the Asian people believe that_______、B

A、basically good; basically bad

B、evil but perfectible, basically good

C、the mixture of good and evil; the mixture of good and evil;

D、unknown

4、As to the Man-Nature orientation, the traditional Western

belief holds that _______, while the Asian people believe that_______、D

A、subjugation to nature; harmony with nature

B、harmony with nature; mastery over nature

C、harmony with nature; subjugation to nature

D、mastery over nature; harmony with nature

5、As to time orientation, generally speaking, the USA is______,

the Philippines, Mexico, and Latin America are _____, and Asia, Britain, Greece, France are ______、C

A、on-time oriented; in-time oriented; late-time oriented

B、youth-oriented; adult-oriented; elderly-oriented