商务英语文化

国际商务文化题库

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1.(T ) The terms of intercultural communication and international communication

can be used interchangeably.

2.( T ) Stereotypes, like culture itself, are learned in a variety of ways. They are the

products of limited, lazy and misguided perceptions.

3.( F ) Verbal communication is not as clarified and efficient as other ways of

communication, e.g. written communication.

4.(F ) We put the index finger and mid-figure apart with palm against the receiver

to mean “OK,” which was first used by Winston Churchill.

5.( T ) Personal territory can be large or small, which is much related to certain

elements such as place, sex, age and character.

6.( T ) Where the power distance is large, the society believes that there should be a

well-defined order of inequality in which everyone has a rightful place.

7.( F ) Asian, Latin American, and West African nations are societies high in

individualism but low in collectivism.

8.( T) In high masculinity societies, people tend to believe that matters of material

comfort, social privilege, etc. are related to ability.

9.(T ) For some multinational firms, they can alleviate culture shock by selecting

employees for overseas assignments who possess certain personal and professional qualifications.

10.( F ) Nonverbal greetings include shaking hands, kissing, bowing and making

introductions.

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1.( F ) With the integration of language into the fabric of culture, confusion and

dysfunction would reign and the culture would fail.

2.( T ) Language is a means to express and exchange thoughts, concepts,

knowledge and information as well as to transmit experience and so on.

3.( T ) Personal territory can be large or small, which is much related to certain

elements such as place, sex, age and character.

4.( T ) Where uncertainty avoidance is low, the society is comfortable with a low

degree of certainty and is open to the unknown.

5.(T ) In high-context communication, the listener is already “contexted” and so

does not need to be given much background information.

6.(T ) In U.S., a businessman who is invited for dinner to the private home of a

business contact is expected to write a thank-you note shortly after the event.

7.( F ) American negotiators tend to be competitive in their approach to negotiation,

beginning with a realistic offer.