跨文化交际综合测试及答案 ()

跨文化交际综合测试一. 单选题（共35题,共70分）

从下列各题备选答案中选出一个正确答案。每题2分，共70分）

1. What does “Australians have different perspectives to Chinese”mean?（）（2分）

A. they have different ways of talking

B. they have different ways of thinking

C. they have different ways of drinking

D. they have different ways of eating

☆考生答案：B

★考生得分：2 分评语：

2. As a man with plenty of guts, he is the person who is expected to bring success to this company which is on the verge of bankruptcy. The underlined part can be replaced by________. （）（2分）

A. the white hope

B. the red hope

C. the green hope

D. the pink hope

☆考生答案：A

★考生得分：2 分评语：

3. In China, who will make the decisions for children?（）

（2分）

A. Mother

B. Father

C. Grandfather

D. Children

☆考生答案：B

★考生得分：2 分评语：

4. Married foreigners in China understand invitations to banquets by Chinese to mean_______. （）（2分）

A. they will get drunk

B. their spouse is also invited

C. their spouse is not invited

D. they have to pay for dinner

☆考生答案：B

★考生得分：2 分评语：

5. Today, many Chinese people_______. （）（2分）

A. pay a lot of attention to origins of surnames

B. are very aware of the meaning of given names

C. are mostly unaware of the meaning of given names

D. search for the origins of surnames

☆考生答案：B

★考生得分：2 分评语：

6. What is a sinologist?（）（2分）

A. a specialist in languages

B. a student of Chinese languages.

C. a specialist in Chinese studies

D. a Chinese language student

☆考生答案：C

★考生得分：2 分评语：

7. What is the primary relationship in a Chinese family?（）（2分）

A. husband-and-wife relationship

B. parent-and-children relationship

C. brother-and sister

D. grandparent-grandchildren

☆考生答案：B

★考生得分：2 分评语：

8. Which of the following is not a pair of synonyms?（）（2分）

A. everlasting - never-ending

B. autumn - winter

C. youths – youngsters

D. autumn - fall

☆考生答案：B

9. An “utterance meaning” is______. （）（2分）

A. what a speaker says

B. what is heard by someone

C. what is meant by someone

D. how someone says something

☆考生答案：A

★考生得分：2 分评语：

10. A commonly held stereotype of the French is that they are________. （）（2分）A. extremely rude

B. philosophical

C. extremely romantic

D. cold and reserved

☆考生答案：C

★考生得分：2 分评语：

11. Such phrases such as：You should; You must; Do this; Don’t do________. （）（2分）

A. usually help cultural communication

B. sometimes help cultural communication

C. sometimes hinder cultural communication

D. potentially inhibit cultural communication

☆考生答案：D

12. Pick out the pair of words that are examples of American English?（）（2分）A. janitor, elevator

B. apartment, footpath

C. post, gas

D. nappies, trousers

☆考生答案：A

★考生得分：2 分评语：

13. A Christian name is also called a________. （）（2分）

A. given name

B. surname

C. family name

D. last name

☆考生答案：A

★考生得分：2 分评语：

14. The broad sense of “social interaction” is________. （）（2分）

A. relationships between people

B. making friends easily

C. forming a social club

D. speaking to people

☆考生答案：A

★考生得分：2 分评语：

15. _______is often regarded as the source of English proverbs. （）（2分）

A. Jefferson

B. Wordsworth

C. Shakespeare

D. Hemingway

☆考生答案：C

★考生得分：2 分评语：

16. A “white lie” is________. （）（2分）

A. a lie told with the intention of causing trouble

B. the intention to lie and not be caught

C. a good lie told with bad intentions

D. a lie told with good intentions

☆考生答案：D

★考生得分：2 分评语：

17. I'm afraid something bad may happen. We need to prepare for the worst. The underlined part can be replaced by________. （）（2分）

A. I've seen the red light.

B. I've seen the green light.

C. I've seen the yellow light.

D. I've seen the orange light.

☆考生答案：A

★考生得分：2 分评语：

18. English is a language particularly rich in synonyms and these synonyms differ from one another in the following ways except________. （）（2分）

A. regional variety

B. stylistic differences

C. emotional connotations of words

D. physical variety

☆考生答案：D

★考生得分：2 分评语：

19. Scanning is a type of fast reading which is used________. （）（2分）

A. when the reader wants to locate a particular piece of information without necessarily understanding the rest of the text or passage

B. when the reader wants to locate a particular piece of information with totally understanding the rest text or passage

C. when the reader wants to get the main idea

D. when the reader wants to locate a particular piece of information with partial understanding of the rest of the text or passage

☆考生答案：A

★考生得分：2 分评语：

20. What is an idiom?（）（2分）

A. a phrase with a variety of meanings

B. a fixed phrase with its own meaning

C. a meaningless phrase

D. a phrase with limited meaning

☆考生答案：B

★考生得分：2 分评语：

21. When will British people may sound cold and distant?（）（2分）

A. when they really get bad weather

B. when they really are very upset

C. when they really are very friendly

D. when they really want to go home

☆考生答案：C

★考生得分：2 分评语：

22. The reason why English and Chinese idioms are sometimes similar but can differ is______. （）（2分）

A. cultural traditions

B. religious beliefs

C. historic circumstances

D. all of the above

☆考生答案：D

★考生得分：2 分评语：

23. When two people coming from the same culture are communicating with each other, we can say this is a______. （）（2分）

A. multi-cultural communication

B. bi-cultural communication

C. mono-cultural communication

D. cultural communication

☆考生答案：C

★考生得分：2 分评语：

24. Women are believed to speak and hear________. （）（2分）

A. a language of connection and intimacy

B. a language of intimacy and reflection

C. a language of connection and reflection

D. a language of connection, reflection and intimacy

☆考生答案：A

★考生得分：2 分评语：

25. In “western” countries, hugging and kissing will be________. （）（2分）

A. rarely seen in public

B. often seen in public

C. never seen in public

D. not allowed in public

☆考生答案：B

★考生得分：2 分评语：

26. All of the following is a necessary factor of communication except _______. （）（2分）

A. there is only one people

B. there must be some contact between communicators

C. there must be a language shared by communicators

D. an exchange of information has taken place

☆考生答案：A

★考生得分：2 分评语：

27. One can assume from Margaret Thatcher’s family name that her ancestors________. （）（2分）

A. sold candles

B. made clothes

C. made barrels

D. made roofs

☆考生答案：D

★考生得分：2 分评语：

28. For Chinese children, married life sometimes begins with a shock

because_______. （）（2分）

A. they have to clean and cook

B. they have to have a baby

C. they have to live with someone else

D. they have to wash dishes

☆考生答案：A

★考生得分：2 分评语：

29. The term “man in the street” means_______. （）（2分）

A. the man walking past

B. the person walking past

C. casual people

D. ordinary people

☆考生答案：D

★考生得分：2 分评语：

30. A typical “Western” style meetings_________. （）（2分）

A. always start with prayers

B. are always informal and friendly

C. lack any formal organizational structure

D. usually are organized well in advance

☆考生答案：D

★考生得分：2 分评语：

31. If someone is “stand-offish” they are______. （）（2分）

A. Intimate

B. Standing

C. Reserved

D. Outstanding

☆考生答案：C

★考生得分：2 分评语：

32. The following explanations are about the four basic parts of the computer, which of the following is incorrect?（）（2分）A. You feed information into the computer with an input unit, such as a 答案board.

B. The processing unit performs a task and then shows you the result on an output unit, such as a mouse.

C. The memory unit stores information and instructions.

D. The processing unit performs a task and then shows you the result on an output unit, such as a screen.

☆考生答案：B

★考生得分：2 分评语：

33. “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it”is a saying from Shakespeare which implies that ________. （）

（2分）

A. people can put on different gestures to hide their true feelings

B. people can say untrue words to hide their true feelings

C. people can put on different facial expressions to hide their true feelings

D. people can say wrong words to hide their true feelings

☆考生答案：C

★考生得分：2 分评语：

34. English is said to be a language of______ in that many different words stand for the same thing. （）（2分）

A. empathy

B. sympathy

C. synonyms

D. antonyms

☆考生答案：C

★考生得分：2 分评语：

35. At English dinners hosts often inquire the guests’favors________. （）（2分）A. just before they serve a meal

B. before they come to the dinner

C. as they are serving the meal

D. is a totally untrue statement

☆考生答案：B

★考生得分：2 分评语：

二. 判断题（共20题,共30分）

从下列各题备选答案中选出多个正确答案，并将其代号写在题干前面的括号内。每题1. 5分，共30分）

1. When you complain to your instructor about your course credits through telephone, you use two languages: natural language used between you and your instructor and artificial language used by the telephone（）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：正确

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

2. Certain animals are often associated with certain qualities in English and Chinese cultures. Some animals have similar associations in both cultures: deer, for example, are regarded as dangerous and horrible. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

3. People from America and Britain speak different varieties of English, they usually find difficulty in understanding each other. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

4. In individualist cultures, children are brought up to draw

attention to themselves. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：正确

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

5. To be 'full of pep' is to be inactive and short of energy. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

6. When we Chinese suggests going for a meal at a restaurant, the person who invites should pay; this is always true in English- speaking countries. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

7. The Chinese are affectionate to their friends and relatives, but perhaps they show their affection in public less than other peoples. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：正确

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

8. We express our emotions not only verbally but also through non-verbal channels, and one of the main non-verbal channels is facial expression. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：正确

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

9. Western culture asks people to behave very modestly when paying

a visit to someone. Nevertheless, when they decline the host’s offer they hope the host would ask again or bring out a cup of coffee or a mug of tea anyway. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

10. Guests invited to dinner in the West frequently bring only one bottle of wine, bringing two might even give the impression that the giver is a heavy drinker. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：正确

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

11. People are sensitive about their personal appearance. So even if something appears to you to be wrong, it's not polite to mention it unless you know the person very well. （）（1. 5分）☆考生答案：正确

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

12. In face-to-face communication non-verbal signals are not important at all. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

13. After the westerners say 'no', they usually wait for the second or third offer before they accept it, but that never happens in a

Chinese home. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

14. Machine language is known as artificial language. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：正确

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

15. A social situation may receive two definitions. One is given by the community, and the other by the participants. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：正确

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

16. “Snack” and “baggin” provide an example to show the difference in stylistic variety. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

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17. A written message does not create an instance of communication until the message receiver reads it. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：正确

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

18. Nowadays, however, all people no longer pay much attention to the origin of their surnames, and they are much more aware of the

meaning of their given names. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

19. Telegraphy marked a great advance in rapid long-distance communication; early telegraph systems could convey messages passage by passage. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：

20. A person who has 'cheek' is afraid of doing things that annoy or embarrass people. （）（1. 5分）

☆考生答案：错误

★考生得分：1. 5 分评语：