大学英语跨文化交际双语课程水平测试题（四）
I. Multiple Choice (20 points, 2 points each)
Directions: There are some statements in this section. For each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C, D, choose the ONE that best complete the statement.
1.______ refers to hostile words and/or actions that people say or do against a
certain group because that group is different.
A. Hate speech
B. Betrayal speech
C. Patriotic speech
D. Academic Speech
2._____ style focuses on the speaker and role relationships. People with such
communication style stress high power distance. This style is popular in collectivist and high-context culture.
A. Contextual
B. Personal
C. Succinct
D. Elaborate
3._____ refers to some words or actions that are avoided by a particular group of
people, or in certain culture for religious or social reasons.
A. Euphemism
B. Taboo
C. Argot
D. Dialect
4.The _________ refers to the ability to understand and adapt to the target culture;
in another word, it refers to the sensitivity to cultural diversity, i.e., the ability to behave in an appropriate way and to regulate one‟s communication and interaction according to the context.
A. intercultural competence
B. social competence
C. communication competence
D. cultural competence
5.__________ stresses that it is important that others‟ behavior is no longer
evaluated as good or bad, as viewed through the filtering cultural lenses, but that people have different approaches to different people.
A. Ethnocentrism
B. Ethnology
C. Ethnorelativity
D. Ethnopsychology
6._________ takes place when individuals become an integral part of the new
culture while maintaining their cultural integrity.
A. Culture shock
B. Integration
C. Cultural identity
D. Acculturation
7._________ refers to losing one‟s cultural identity and not having any
psychological contact with the larger society.
A. Marginalization
B. Acculturation
C. Culture shock
D. Separation and segregation
8._________ refers to the traumatic experience that an individual may encounter
when entering a different society.
A. Dissimilation
B. Assimilation
C. Integration
D. Culture shock
9.__________ refers to the specific behaviors through which individuals‟ capacity
to express cognitive and affective experiences outwardly is shown.
A. The cognitive competence
B. The motive competence
C. The behavioral competence
D. The affective competence
10._____ is behaviors such as gestures, body movements, facial expressions, and eye
contact.
A. Chromatics
B. Olfactics
C. Haptics
D. Kinesics
II. Terms (15 points, 3 points each)
Directions: There are five terms in this section. Try to explain the following terms in your own words. Then write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.
11.Culture Merge
12.Chronemics
13.Proxemics
petent Communication
15.Confucianism
III. Case Analysis (20 points, 5 points each)
Directions: In this section you are supposed to analyze the following cases from the perspective of intercultural communication. Then write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.
16.In 1979, the Shah of Iran was admitted to the United States for medical reasons.
The Iranians reacted by holding all the diplomatic personnel hostage in the embassy in Iran. The secretary of state was Henry Kissinger, and the president was Jimmy Carter. The United States took the position that the Iranians should not be upset with the Shah being allowed into the United States for the humanitarian reason of medical need. The Shah had been a friend to the United States and the United States to the Shah; therefore, the U.S government felt a certain obligation to Shah. The revolution in Iran was based on Islamic religious assumptions.
17.A U.S. American woman executive is sent to negotiate a contract with a
