2021春跨文化交际期末复习题〔填空与选择局部〕
I.  Fill in the blanks to make the statements complete
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
 adopts scholarsholistic 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 
5．In 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
6. After twenty five years working in the bank she decided on a different vocation   . 
7. Finally, after arguing about the meal for five minutes it was decided he would   foot the bill .
8. Despite the circumstances of the accident there were still some   grey areas    that needed explanation. 
9. There are many different   kin terms   used when talking about people's relationships in China.
 10. "Mike! Meet Jane, the trouble and strife  ." 
11. "Ok, the argument is over. Let's forget it, live and let live you know." 
12. People in English speaking countries also avoid losing face or hurting other people by telling white lies . 
13. It is difficult for foreigners to understand British pub culture, especially the system of    buying a round   which all members of the group are expected to join in. 
14.English compliments often begin with the word “you〞 while Chinese compliments often start with the word “__I__〞. 
15. Due to different cultural influences, the descriptions of the same or similar situations are not gained by using the same or similar words as is expected. For instance, we Chinese 吹牛，but the English talk _horse_.
16. To Chinese people and English people, “bear〞 has quite different figurative meanings. To Chinese people “bear〞 means “cowardly and timid〞 or “stupid〞, such as笨熊,瞧那熊样, etc. However, in English, people use “bear〞 to refer to those having special ability, for instance, “he is a_bear_ at music.
17. To Chinese people, “_tiger_〞 is referred to as the king of animals and stands for power, vigor and bravery. But in English it symbolizes cruelty. The westerners regard “_lion_〞 as the king of animals. Its connotation is courage, bravery, dignity or dominance.
18. The Chinese phrase “知识分子〞 has the same meaning as “intellectual 〞.
19. The following six English word: vice〞, “associate〞, “assistant〞, “deputy〞, “lieutenant〞 and “under〞 can all mean “副〞 in Chinese language. But they are a little different in usage.
20. In referring to animals and birds, the Chinese practice is generally, but not always ,to use “公〞 or “母〞 to show whether a creature is male or female. This is the same with the English language.
21. As far as the human culture is concerned, Chinese culture holds that it is good but corruptible without
 proper educationwhiletheAmerica culture holds that it is evil but perfectible though hard wo
rk. 
II Choose one correct answer from the four choices
1. Non-verbal messages are classified into two comprehensive 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 

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