跨文化交际中考试题

跨文化交际中考试题

跨文化交际中考试题

Paper 1 Listening Test（此部分不要求做，熟悉题型）

Information for candidate

There are two parts to the test and you will hear each part twice.

There will be a pause before each part to allow you to look through the questions and other pauses to let you think about your answers.

Write your answers in the spaces indicated in the test paper.

You will have ten minutes at the end of the listening test to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

Part 1 An Extended Conversation (8 points)

You are going to listen to a conversation. You will hear it twice. Answer the following questions during and after your listening. You would do best to answer questions 1-2 after the first listening, and then answer questions 3-8 after the second listening.

Choose the best answer according to what you learn from the discussion:

1. Which of these is correct?

a) Mrs. Ji was asking Jane to do her a favour.

b) Jane was asking Mrs. Ji to do her a favour.

c) Neither was doing the other a favour.

2. How was Jane feeling after this experience?

a) Confused.

b) Hurt.

c) Angry.

3. According to Jane, Mrs. Ji refused the gift…

a) politely.

b) apologetically.

c) vehemently.

4. What was Jane’s first reaction to Mrs. Ji’s departure?

a) She wondered what she had done wrong.

b) She was angry with Mrs. Ji for not taking the gift.

c) She wondered why Mrs. Ji wanted to offend her.

5. What does it mean when you “break an unwritten rule”?

a) You do something illegal without knowing it.

b) You disobey a convention that is understood by people, but not expressed. c) You offend someone from another culture very deeply.

6. What does Wing ling mean by “he was being very Chinese”?

a) She was reacting insensitively to the foreigner.

b) She was reacting in a typical Chinese way.

c) She was reacting in a way Wing Ling found annoying.

7．What does Jane mean by “accept gifts with grace”?

a) praise the person who is giving you the gift.

b) never refuse a gift

c) accept whatever you are given with politeness and gratitude.

8. This incident is an example of

a) culture shock.

b) cultural misunderstanding.

c) communication breakdown.

跨文化交际中考试题

Part 2 A Lecture (7 points)

You will hear part of a lecture by Professor Guide on The English Teacher’s Role in the Teaching of Culture Through Language. As you listen, try to answer questions 9-15. The sentences below summarize the main points of the lecture. Listen carefully and write in the words used by the lecturer to fill the gaps in the sentences.

9. A lack of knowledge about cultural differences causes

_________________________ in using English.

10. We should not expect non-English majors to ________________________, but to

have some ideas about it.

11. The three main purposes for teaching English culture through English language

instruction are 1) to impart knowledge, 2) to strengthen language proficiency, and

3) to enable the students to better ________________________.

12. The major contribution of Chinese English teachers is in

_______________________ the two cultures.

13. The translation passage stated that it was all right to arrive a little late for a meal,

so that the hostess could have ______________________.

14. That actually meant to _____________________.

15. When learners realize they are the product of a culture, they are

___________________ to learn about another culture.

Paper 2 Communication Analysis

The following are three different cases of cross-cultural communication. In each of the cases there is something to be improved upon. Write an analysis on what is to be desired for more successful communication.

Question 16 ( 10 points)

Case 1:

When James Crock first came to Beijing from London to take a Chinese training course, he was invited to a party held by Chinese students. There he noticed a Chinese girl whom he wanted to get know of. He went up to her and started the following conversation.

James: Is anybody sitting here?

Girl: No, no.

James: Didn’t I see you with Professor Li the other day?

Girl: Yeh.

James: Professor is my tutor in Chinese literature. My name is James.

Girl: Nice to meet you.

James: Nice to meet you, too. Excuse me. (James stood up and went to talk with someone else, because he thought that the girl didn’t like him.)

Girl: (Thinks to herself) Why did he go away? Did I say something wrong?

Question 17 (10 points)

Case 2:

This is a more complicated case than Case 1. In the analysis you should focus on the intentions of the communicators:

Liz, an American woman married to a Chinese businessman had immigrated to US recently. Her mother-in-law came to visit them at their Chicago home. The following conversation between Liz and Dick, her husband, took place two days after the

跨文化交际中考试题

mother’s arrival.

Liz: Dick, how long is your mum going to stay?

Dick: I don’t know. I haven’t asked her.

Liz: Why not ask her?

Dick: What do you mean by asking her?

Liz; I mean what I said. Just ask her how long she’s going to stay.

Dick (becoming angry): Are you eager to get rid of her?

Question 18 (10 points)

Case 3:

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