对外经济贸易大学
《跨文化交际（英）》期末考试
I.True-False: Decide whether each of the following statements is true or
false. Write T for “true” and F for “false”.（每题1分，共20分）
1.The term “intercultural communication” was first used by Geert Hofstede in
1959.
2.Hall defines culture as the "software of the mind" that guides us in our daily
interactions.
3.In most of Africa, Argentina and Peru, putting one’s index finger to his temple
means ‘You are crazy.’
4.Stereotyping is a complex form of categorization that mentally organizes your
experiences and guides your behavior toward a particular group of people.
5.V alues are social principles, goals, or standards accepted by persons in a culture.
They are the innermost “skin of the onion.”
6.People from some cultures may lower their gaze to convey respect, whereas this
may be understood as evading or even insulting in other cultures.
7.Unbuttoning one’s coat is a sign of openness, friendliness or willingness to reach
an agreement.
8.In order for intercultural negotiation to be successful, the parties must provide for
a win-lose situation.
9.Edward Hall’s theory states that the four levels embody the total concept of
culture like an onion – symbols, heroes, rituals, and values.
10.Successful intercultural business communication involves knowing the
ethnocentrisms of persons in other cultures. Understanding the mindsets of both oneself and the person of another culture will result in more efficient communication.
11.Ethnocentrism is the belief that somebody else’s cultural background, including
ways of analyzing problems, values, beliefs, language, and verbal and nonverbal communication, is better than our own.
12.People in the United States place a greater emphasis on history and do not like
change as compared with people of Asian and Latin cultures.
13.When dealing with German business people, you should avoid jokes and other
forms of humor during the actual business sessions.
14.In the business circle, American business people use first names immediately.
panies should avoid sending female employees to the Middle East, as in
Arab countries men may refuse to work with women.
16.In Southeast Asia, you should avoid presenting your business card with your right
hand.
17.When accepting a business card, German business people carefully look at the
card, observe the title and organization, acknowledge with a nod that they have digested the information, and perhaps make a relevant comment or ask a polite question.
18.The OK sign may be interpreted as asking for money by Japanese business
people.
19.Nonverbal communication is important to the study of intercultural
communication because a great deal of nonverbal behavior speaks a universal
language.
20.In short, intercultural communication competence requires sufficient awareness
knowledge, motivations, and skills. Each of these components alone is sufficient to achieve intercultural communication competence.
II.Translation: Translate the following Chinese terms into English and English terms into Chinese.（每题1分，共20分）
1. stereotypes
2. paralanguage
3. ethnocentrism
4. masculinity
5. high-context culture
6. monochronic time
7. speech act 8. conversation taboos
9. vocal qualifiers 10. power distance
