期末英語(yǔ)專業(yè)跨文化交際試題試題及參考答案

1、中央廣播電視大學(xué)2003-2004學(xué)年度第二學(xué)期“開放本科”期末考試英語(yǔ)專業(yè)跨文化交際試題注 意 事 項(xiàng) 一、將你的學(xué)號(hào)、姓名及分校(工作站)名稱填寫在答題紙的規(guī)定欄內(nèi)。考試結(jié)束后，把試卷和答題紙放在桌上。試卷和答題紙均不得帶出考場(chǎng)。 二、仔細(xì)閱讀題目的說明，并按題目要求答題。答案一定要寫在答題紙指定的位置上，寫在試卷上的答案無效。 三、用藍(lán)、黑圓珠筆或鋼筆答題，使用鉛筆答題無效。 information for the examinees： this examination consists of four sectionsthese are： section i：listening(20

2、points，30 minutes) section ii：language appropriacy and accuracy(30 points，20 minutes) section：reading comprehension(20 points，30 minutes) section lv：communication analysis(30 points，40 minutes) the total marks for this examination are 100 pointstimeallowed for competing this examination is 2 hours(1

3、 20 minutes)allowed for completing this examination is hours (120 minutes)section i：listening 20 pointsinstructions：the listening test will take approximately 30 minutesthere are two parts to the test and you will hear each part twicethere will be a pause of 30 seconds before each part to allow you

4、to look at yourquestionsthere will be a pause of 30 seconds after each part to allow you to think about youranswersyou can first write your answers on this test paperafter the recordings，you willhave about 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheetatianswers must appear on the answer sh

5、eetpart 1：questions 15 are based on this part(10 points)you are going to listen to an interviewthen choose the best answer from a，b，c and d toanswer each questionwrite your answers on the answer sheet1concerning the issue of maternity，what ideas prevail among chinese women? athe modern concept bthe

6、traditional concept cthe responsibility to the society dthe responsibility to the family2according to the passage，raising childrenais an unbearable burden to women bis a significant part of a womans life cis the permanent task of women d is the task 0f both a man and a woman3giving birth abrings gre

7、at pleasure to women bdiffers men from women physically and spiritually cmakes the womens life complete dall the above4those oppose giving birth think that agiving birth is something rather primitive bwomen do not need to follow their mothersideas cthey are not educated and influenced to live with m

8、aternity dgiving birth is necessary for women5according to the passage，which statement is true9 acity dwellers have children to take care of them when they get old brural dwellers have children to give them emotional comfort ccity dwellers have children to give them emotional comfort drural dwellers

9、 have children only to ensure the bloodlinepart 2：questions 615 are based on this part(10 points)you are going to listen to a lecture on celebrating diversityas you listen，fill in the blanks tocomplete sentences 61 5note：only one word is necessary for each blank6diversityour lives7cultural diversity

10、 brings together the resources and talents of many people for the benefit of all8yet consider howlife would be if we all looked alike，thought alike，and acted alike!9together we can overcome and intolerance and work towards a more peaceful and productive world10people may fear diversity simply becaus

11、e they are to the way things used to be and change makes t hem uncomfortable11others may somehow feel because they perceive increased participation by traditionally underrepresented groups in the workplace12education universalizes the human 13the word university is to this idea14i believe that the i

12、s also true：if you lose a language，you lose a world15we can cross and feel comfortable in other worlds this is the end of the listening testsection：language appropriacy and accuracy 30 pointsinstructions：there are altogether 1 5 statements belowyou are offered four choices markedwith a，b，c，and d for

13、 each statementchoose the most appropriate one and write it on theanswer sheet 16. maybe its asking too much 0f you to follow the idea oflove me love my dog，but atleast you should tolerate my love for jazza10ve my dog as much as loving meb10ve everything about me because you love mectolerate my love

14、 for jazz music like your tolerating my dogd10ve jazz music the same as you love my dog17what a fabulous carim very jealousared with envybblue with envycgreen with envydwhite with envy18as a man with plenty of guts , he is the person who is expected to bring success to this company which is on the v

15、erge of bankruptcyathe great white hopebthe great red hopecthe great green hopedthe great black hope1 9he is always shooting his mouth off about how many vips he knows aboasting bimaging ctelling 1ies about ddenying 20im not surprised at the downfall of the president because of the promises he made

16、before he came into office turned out to be plans that are unlikely to be fulfilled adutch courage bfl piece of cake cthe salt of the earth dcastles in the air 21 these days mr.smith looks anxious and restlesswhat happened? i heard his wife was in the family way this month abadly sick bdead cdying d

17、pregnant 22“well，”said the master，“if you wont listen to what i say，i refuse to be responsible for you and your examination chances azip my lips of bwash hands of c1ick my boots of dsit at my feet of 23she is always hiding her light under a bushel when it comes to giving us her ideas akeeping ideas

18、to herself b1eaving the office with her ideas ctelling everyone her bright ideas dagreeing with others ideas24its not easy to organize such a party，as everyone has his own likes and dislikes aevery dog has his day bevery tide has its ebb ca clear conscience is a sure card done mans meat is anothers

19、poison25when greeks meet，then comes the tug of war aif too many people try to do, the same thing at the same time，chaos will reign bemptyheaded persons are always the most talkative and noisy cthere must be something better after every piece of unpleasantness dwhen two adversaries are of equal stren

20、gth of character，the contest of wills is certain to be long and hardfought26which of the following statements are true of collectivist culture? adisclosure of private feeling is distasteful bpeople are suspicious of outsiders cuniformity is not highly thought of dthere is a positive attitude about w

21、ords of disagreement27i cant stand listening to jazzits just aa storm in a tea cup bnot my cup of tea cnot for all the tea in chinada cuppa28which one in the following expressions is not true? aas wise as a fox bas happy as a lark cas strong as a horse das stupid as a goose29xiao wang was trying his

22、 best to explain the chinese proverb “驢唇不對(duì)馬嘴” to his american friend bobwhat he means is athe donkeys lip is not suitable to the horses mouth b1eft right out cout of left field d1eft way out 30theringgesture is an insult in afrance bthe usa csouth america dtunisia section：reading comprehension 20 po

23、intspart 1：questions 3 135 are based on this part(10 points)read passage 1 and then answer questions 3 135 brieflywrite your answers on the answer sheet passage 1 proxemics is the study of what governs how closely one person stands to anotherpeople who feel close will be close，though the actual dist

24、ances will vary between cultures for americans we can discern four main categories of distance：intimate，personal，social and publicintimate distance ranges from direct contact to about 45 centimetersbeyond this comes personal stancethis stands at between 45 and 80 centimetersit is the most usual dist

25、ance maintained for conversations between friends and relatives。social distance covers people who work together or are meeting at social gatheringsdistances here tend to be kept between 13 to 2 metersbeyond this comes public distance, much as that between a lecturer and his audience all cultures dra

26、w lines between what is an appropriate and what ills an inappropriate social。t distance for different types of realty。unshipthey differ，however，in where they draw these lineslook at an international reception with representatives from the u sand arabic countries，conversing and you will see the ameri

27、can pirouetting backward surround the hall pursued by their arab partnersthe americans wilt be trying to keep a distance between themselves and their partnerswhich they have grown used to and regard as normal”they probably will not even notice themselves trying to adjust the distance between themsel

28、ves and their arab partners whom they regard as being a bit” pushythe arabs，on the other hand, coming from a cherisher，e much closer distance is the norm， may feel that the americans are a littlestand-offishfinding themselves happier standing close to and even touching those they are in conversation

29、 with，they will relentlessly pursue the americans round the room trying to close the distance between them the appropriateness of physical contact varies between different cultures0ne study 0f the number of times people converse in coffee shops over a onehour period showed the following interesting

30、variations：london，0；florida，2；paris，10；and puerto rico 18b not only does it vary between societies，however，it also varies between different subcult rues within one societyyoung people in britain，for example，are more likely to touch and hug friends than the older generationthis may be partly a matter

31、 of growing older，but it also reflects the fact that the older generation grew up at fl time when touching was less common for all age groupsforty years ago，for example，footballers would never hug and kiss one another on the field after a goal as they do today 31what are the four main categories of

32、distance for americans? 32how far apart should people who work together stand when communicating with each other?33why are americans trying to adjust the distance between themselves and their arab partners?34why do arabs feel that americans are beingstandoffish?35when conversing，do the english and a

33、mericans touch each other more than the french?part 2：questions 3 640 are based on this part(1 0 points)read passage 2 and then decide whether statements 3640 are true or false according to the information given in the passagewrite ”t for true and“f”for false on the answer sheet passage 2 nobody act

34、ually wants to cause offence but，as business becomes even more international，it is increasingly easy to get it wrongthere may be a single european marketbut it does not mean that managers behave the same in greece as they do in denmark in many european countries handshaking is an automatic gesturein

35、 france good manners require that on arriving at a business meeting a manager shakes hands with everyone presenthandshaking is almost as popular in other countries，including germany，belgium and italybut northern europeans，such as the british and scandinavians，are not quite so fond of physical demons

36、trations of friendliness in europe the most common challenge is not the content of the food，but the way you behave as you eatin france it is not good manners to raise tricky questions of business over the main coursebusiness has its place：after the cheese courseunless you are prepared to eat in sile

37、nce you have to talk about somethingsomething，that is，other than the business deal，which you are continually chewing over in your head italians give similar importance to the whole process of business entertainingin fact，in italy the biggest fear，as course after course appears，is that you entirely f

38、orget you are there on businessif you have the energy，you can always do the polite thing when the meal finally ends，and offer to paythen，after a lively discussion，you must remember the next polite thing to dolet your host pick up the bill the germans are notable for the amount of formality they brin

39、g to businessas a1)outsider，it is often difficult to know whether colleagues have been working together for 30 years or have just met for the first time in their life1f you are used to calling people by their first names this can be a little strangeto the germans，titles are importantforgetting that

40、someone should be called herr doctor or frau directory might cause serious offence it is equally offensive to call them by a title they do not possess in italy the question of title is further confused by the fact that everyone with a university degree can be called nott ore and engineers，lawyers an

41、d architects may alsoexpect to be called by their professional titles these cultural challenges exist side by side with the problems of doing business in aforeign languagelanguage，of course，is full of difficultiesdisaster may be only asyllable awaybut the more you know of the culture of the country

42、you are dealing with，theless likely you are to get into difficultiesit is worth the effortit might be rather hard toexplain that the reason you lost the contract was not the product or the price，but the factthat you offended your hosts in a light-hearted comment over an aperitifgood manners areadmir

43、ed：they can also make or break the deal36people in britain shake hands just as much as people in germany37in france people prefer talking about business during meals38it is not polite to insist on paying for a meal if you are in italy39german business people dont like to be called by their titles40i

44、talian professionals are usually addressed by their titlessection iv：communication analysis 30 pointsinstructions：the following are three different cases of cross-cultural communicationin each of the cases there is something to be improved uponwrite an analysis on what is to be desired formore succe

45、ssful communication or cultural understanding in each case by answering questions4 l一43 respectivelyyour analysis of each case should be about l00l 50 wordswrite your answers on the answer sheetnote! your writing ability will also be assessed in this section of the testcase 1(7 points) i have an ame

46、rican friendi have invited him several times，and at long last he invitedme to his home one dayhe told me to get there at 3 pmi thought we could chat and have a meal togetheri gave him a chinese calendar，a womans scarf and a bottle of chinese white winehe only took out a dish of nuts，a plate of bread

47、 and a bottle of wineafter two hours chat，i found there was no hint of a meal and said goodbye to himhe only gave me a box of chocolate as a present for the new yearafter i got home，i found the box had already been openedi was very surprisedquestion 4 1：what surprised me?case 2(10 points) lin had tr

48、aveled 20 hours from beijing to new yorkhe needed a good mealhis american friend，mike，met himbut mike only offered him a plate of roasted chicken and a glass of orange juicelin was used to having a main course，and asked mike if he had any ricemike said he only had fried noodles，and lin had to make d

49、o with itthough lin knew americans didnt care very much about what food they ate，he still felt surprised because he had taken mike to the most famous duck restaurant in beijingquanjudewhen he arrived in beijingquestion 42：why did lin feel surprised? offer some advice to him about adjusting to his ne

50、w environment in america case 3(13 points) when zhang tao traveled in america，he lived in the home of his american friend，bill0nce after he had traveled back，he found bill was in a bad moodwhen he asked what the problem was，bill told zhang tao that his son adam got furious about the noise zhang made

51、 when walking upstairs and also because he was using too much water in the solar powered shower and adam had to have his shower in cold waterbill told zhang tao that he should walk more softly in future，and have a fast shower to save waterzhang tao felt uneasyhow could the host set such rules for hi

52、s guest!question 43：why did zhang tao feel uneasy?試卷代號(hào)：1028 中央廣播電視大學(xué)2003-2004學(xué)年度第二學(xué)期“開放本科”期末考試 英語(yǔ)專業(yè)跨文化交際試題答案及評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn) (供參考) 2004年7月section i：listening bo pointspart 1(10 points，2 points each) 1b 2b 3d 4a 5c part 2(10 points，1 point eachthe exact words are required) 6enriches 7shared 8dull 9prejudice 10a

53、ccustomed 11threatened 12spirit 13related 14reverse 1 5boundaries section：language appropriacy and accuracy 30 points (30 points，2 points each) 16b 17c 18a 19a 20d 21d 22b 23a 24d 25d 26b 27b 28a 29c 30csection：reading comprehension 20 pointspart 1(10 points，2 points each05 point off for each gramma

54、rspelling mistake，but at most 1 point can be deducted for each item for the grammarspelling mistakesthe exact wording is not required，but the meaning must be the same)3 1intimate，personal，social and public32between 13 and 2 meters33because they are trying to follow their own standards about the appr

55、opriate distance to maintain 34because in the arabian culture，standing very close is the norm35n0part 2(10 points，2 points each) 36f 37f 38t 39f 40t section：communication analysis 30 pointsquestion 41case 1(7 points，5 points for the analysis，2 points for overall language quality)1)in china，a visit to home always includes a mealand the guest always brings