跨文化交际备考宝典

“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)

Part II: Focal points:

Section I Listening Test (20 points)

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

Materials will be chosen from one of the following:

1. Task 2, Activity 3, Unit 3

2. Task 2, Activity 1, Unit 6

3. Task 3, Activity1, Unit 2

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. Task 2, Activity 2, Unit 5

2. Task 3, Activity1, Unit 8

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 (model 1&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)

3. Names (P100, Task1, Activity1, Unit3; P104, Task1, Activity2, Unit3)

Naming names

Root

4. Invitation and reply (P141-144, Task 3&4, Activity1, Unit 4)

5. Sub-cultures (P202, Task 4, Activity3, Unit 5)

sub-culture theory (man/woman)

power theory

6. Non-verbal communication (P230, Task 4, Activity 1, Unit 6)

7. Categories of distance ( P255-256, Task 1, Activity 5, Unit 6)

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, Unit 7; Task 4, Activity 3, Unit 7; )

meaning of euphemisms: in the family way (P318, Task 5, Activity 5, Unit 7)

rhyming slang (P313, Task3, Activity5, Unit 7)

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. The process of becoming adapted to a new culture is called __________.

A. affective orientation

B. cognitive-orientation

C. acculturation

D. psychomotor-orientation

6. Studies of language and gender have returned repeatedly to the question of how the language used by __________ reinforces their respective positions in society.

A. foreigners

B. social classes

C. men and women

D. friends

7. If someone refers to you as “the blue-eyed boy” it means ________.

A. you are the favorite person

B. you have blue eyes

C. your friend has blue eyes

D. you have beautiful eyes

8. English friends often apologize to each other over things that seem __________ to the Chinese.

A. stupid

B. trivial

C. special

D. accidental

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. The proverb ‘Manners make the man’ primarily uses __________ for effect.

A. balanced structure

B. metaphor

C. alliteration

D. rhyme

11. A person having butterflies in his stomach feels ______.

A. nervous

B. courageous

C. happy

D. hungry

12. People with interests, opinions or backgrounds in common are literally called ______.

A. birds of the same bill

B. birds of the same beak

C. birds of the same feather

D. birds of the same feet

13. Commonly, in ancient primitive societies, messages were sent by __________.

A. cryptic signs

B. painting pictures

C. smoke signals

D. all of the above

14. When invited to banquets, married westerners would expect __________.

A. their spouse to be invited, too

B. their spouse not to be invited

C. to pay for part of the dinner

D. to drink enough to get drunk

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

16. An “utterance meaning” is __________.

A. what a speaker says

B. what is heard by someone

C. what is meant by someone

D. how someone says something

17. In Britain, hospitality is measured by __________.

A. the number of dishes you are given

B. the number of drinks you are given

C. freedom to look at whatever you want

D. freedom to choose what you’d like to eat or drink

18. Men are believed to speak and hear __________.

A. a language of static independence

B. a language of independent status

C. a language of status and dependence

D. a language of status and independence

19. In a public meeting a speaker who does not want to yield the floor will usually __________.

A. deliberately attempt to speak longer

B. make deliberate attempts to close the meeting

C. deliberately shout at a potential speaker

D. deliberately look away from a potential speaker

20. People with interests, opinions or backgrounds in common are literally called ______.

A. birds of the same bill

B. birds of the same beak

C. birds of the same feather

D. birds of the same feet

参考答案：

1. B 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. C

6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. C

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

16. A 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. C.

Section III Reading Comprehension (30 points)

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

You should write “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, Task 2&3, Activity 4, Unit 2)

2. Showing hospitality in different way (P153-154, Task1, Activity 4, Unit 4)

3. Avoid western taboos (P66-67, Task 2, Activity 3, Unit 2)

4. Gifts (P151-152, Task 1, Activity 3, Unit 4)

例题：

Case 1

Meng Jiao works in an American toy company. She has an Australian boss--Mr. Jones. Recently the company got a big order and most people had to work overtime this weekend to meet the production deadline. Unfortunately, this Saturday is the birthday for Meng Jiao’s son and she has promised her son to stay at home. Below is the conversation between Meng Jiao and Mr. Jones.

Mr. Jones: It looks like we’re going to have to keep the production line running on Saturday.

Meng Jiao: I see.

Mr. Jones: Can you come in on Saturday?

Meng Jiao: Em…Yes… I …think… so.

Mr. Jones: That’ll be a great help.

Meng Jiao: Yes…but Saturday’s a special day, do you know?

Mr. Jones: What do you mean?

Meng Jiao: It’s my son’s birthday.

Mr. Jones: How nice. I hope you all enjoy it very much.

Meng Jiao: Thank you I appreciate your understanding

( Meng Jiao did not come to work this Saturday and Mr. Jones was furious.)

Case 2

Jay comes from Seattle, Washington State and works at a language school as an English teacher in Beijing. Wu is a Chinese teacher who teaches Intercultural Communication in BFSU. They have been friends for a few years. Wu often talks with Jay about his life in Beijing. Jay says he has had a wonderful life except for one thing. He has been asked hundreds of times about how much money he makes every month by people he knows and even by people he doesn’t know. He was embarrassed every time when he was asked such a question and didn’t know how to handle the situation.

Do you know what has caused the problem and have you got any suggestions for Jay?