跨文化交际考试样卷

跨文化交际考试样卷

I.Understanding terms （20%）

Directions: Match each of the terms in Column A with its corresponding definition or explanation in Column B. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET II.

Column A Column B

1. low-context culture A. a culture in which information is

contained in the verbal code, and the

message is stated clearly and

explicitly without depending on the

context of the communication or the

participants

2. the Spir-Whorf hypothesis B. a type of cultural change that results

from continuous firsthand contact between two distinct cultural groups

3. ethnocentrism C. the study of how people use,

structure, interpret, and understand

time

4. power distance D. a hypothesis first advanced by two

American linguists, which holds that

the structure of a language affects

the ways in which its speakers are

able to conceptualize their world, i.e.

their world view

5. acculturation E. the belief that one’s own culture is the

best and all other cultures are inferior.

6. chroxemics F. the degree to which the culture

accepts the unequal distribution of

power

7. cultural pattern G. a circumstance in which a new

component of identity is

incompatible with an existing one 8. identity conflict H. the troublesome feelings such as

depression, loneliness, confusion,

inadequacy, hostility, frustration, and

tension, caused by the loss of

familiar cues from the home culture 9. uncertainty

avoidance I. the norms, values, and beliefs related

to the toleration of ambiguity

10. culture shock J. the conditions that contribute to the

way in which a people perceive and

think about the world, and the manner

in which they live in that world.

II.Term translation（20%）

Section A:

Directions Write the English equivalents of the following. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET II.

1.低情景依赖型文化

2.文化内涵

3.刻板印象

4.跨文化身份

5.亚文化

Section B:

Directions Write the Chinese equivalents of the following. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET II.

1.proxemics

2.individualism

3.euphemism

4.past-oriented culture

5.acculturation strategy

Part III True or False (20%)

Directions: Mark A if the statement is True; mark B if it is False. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Shee t.

1. The iceberg model of culture implies that it is very difficult to understand a culture thoroughly.

2. Culture is innate as soon as a person is born.

3. People may sometimes get confused about his or her cultural identity.

4. Scholars prefer the term subculture to co-culture in describing a culture which exists within a dominant culture.

5. A person could be a member of several different subgroups at the same time.

6. Stereotyping is a complex form of categorization that mentally organizes your experiences and guides your behavior toward a particular group of people.

7. Values are social principles, goals, or standards accepted by persons in a culture. They are the innermost “skin of the onion.”

8. Ethnocentrism is the belief that somebody else’s cultural bac kground, including ways of analyzing problems, values, beliefs, language, and verbal