跨文化交际（东北农业大学）智慧树知到网课章节测试答案

跨文化交际（东北农业大学）智慧树知到网课章节测试答案

见面课：Chinese and Western festivals, cultural integration
1、The origin of the Spring Festival is associated with a monster called “Nian”. （ ）
答案:【对】

2、Tomb-sweeping Day is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. （ ）
答案:【对】

3、Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. It is celebrated on the 4th Tuesday of December.（ ）
答案:【错】

4、In crisis period, the differences between the old and new culture are seen in a romantic way.（ ）
答案:【错】

5、Keeping in touch with your family and friends at home and around the world by telephone, email and letters will help reduce and overcome the effects of culture shock.（ ）
答案:【对】
见面课：Culture ,Communication and Philosophy
1、Which of the following is true about culture.（ ）
A:Culture is all about meanings.
B:Culture is everything.
C:Culture is everywhere.
D:All of the above.
答案:【All of the above. 】

2、Which of the following is the most important of all the characteristics of culture.（ ）
A:Culture is learned.
B:Culture is transmitted from generation to generation.
C:Culture is based on symbols.
D:Culture is subject to change.
答案:【Culture is learned.】

3、Individualistic cultures are more self-centred.（ ）
答案:【对】

4、Non-action is a kind of concept of Confucian philosophy.（ ）
答案:【错】

5、 _____ had laid the foundation of the later western philosophy.（ ）
A:Greek philosophy
B:Christianity
C:Bible
D:Zeus
答案:【Greek philosophy 】
见面课：language and cuisine cuture
1、Similarly, people of different cultural backgrounds have similar understanding of the same colors, but the connotation of colors can also carry similar meanings in different cultures. （ ）
答案:【错】

2、Euphemism refers to the use of pleasant mild or indirect words or phrases in place of more accurate or direct one. （ ）
答案:【对】

3、Generally, when we talk about topics that are considered too personal or too controversial, we’ll talk it frankly.（ ）
答案:【错】

4、Chinese cuisine culture plays very important role in our daily lives, but it has nothing to do with ancient Chinese philosophy.（ ）
答案:【错】

5、The westerns carefully measure the elements in food, such as nutrition, seasoning, addictive, and flavoring.（ ）
答案:【对】
见面课：verbal communication and non-verbal communication
1、Nodding the head always means I agree.（ ）
答案:【错】

2、 In North American, direct eye contact means a sign of untruthfulness, shame or embarrassment. （ ）
答案:【错】

3、If a visit is business rather than socially related, the Westerners prefer to arrange the time in advance, and they expect the visitor to come straight to the point, rather than go through lengthy preliminary chatting.（ ）
答案:【对】

4、When one of your professors may say she has plenty of time to go over a quiz with you, but if she remains standing, doesn’t offer you a seat, and keeps fidgeting with her watch, all of the above behaviors show that __. ( )
A:She likes to stand
B:her sincerity of the verbal remark is questionable
C:her watch is valuable
D:she doesn’t like to talk with you
答案:【her sincerity of the verbal remark is questionable】

5、For public speakers, they should always make a lot of ____to audience to see their responds―whether they are interested in the speech, whether they can understand, etc. ( )
A:facial expression
B:gestures
C:eye contact
D:posture
答案:【eye contact】
第一章 单元测试
1、 Although many aspects of culture are subject to change, the _ of a culture resists major alterations.
A:history
B:the deep structure
C:background
D:tradition
答案:【
the deep structure
】
2、 ______ is at the core of intercultural communication.
A:Sender
B:Receiver
C:Culture
D:Language
答案:【
Language
】

3、 Which of the countries doesn’t belong to individualistic culture?
A:Italy
B:New Zealand
C:France
D:Greece
答案:【
Greece
】

4、 It is a universal truth that language is _ by culture and in turn it ____ culture.
A:influenced, reflects
B:displayed, influences
C:determined, reflects
D:shaped, influences
答案:【
influenced, reflects
】

5、 Learning is the most important character of culture where and how can we learn is easy to explain.( )
答案:错

6、 Conformity is high in loose cultures. In Japan, which is a loose culture, people are sometimes criticized for minor deviations. ( )
答案:错

7、 The culture is more likely to be tight where people are highly independent.( )
答案:错

8、 Classifying culture into active culture and passive culture is from the perspective of attitude towards nature.
答案:对

9、 Neutral cultures are not necessarily cold or unfeeling, nor are they emotionally constipated or repressed.( )
答案:对

10、 Communication occurs when two or more people interact through the exchange of messages
答案:对

第二章 单元测试
1、 Communication always and inevitably occurs within some context.
答案:对

2、 Which of the following is appropriate to describe communication?
A:symbolic
B:continuous
C:systematic
D:irreversible
答案:【
symbolic
continuous
systematic
irreversible
】

3、 Communication is a(n) ___ by which a source transmits a message to a receiver through some channel.
A:activity
B:process
C:transaction
D:action
答案:【
process
】

4、 Communication is a process which has a beginning and an end.( )
答案:错

5、 Which of the following is element of communication?
A:context
B:participants
C:channels
D:noise
答案:【
context
participants
channels
noise
】

6、 Intercultural communication is contextual.( )
答案:对

7、 Intercultural communication occurs even within the same dominant culture because of racial, linguistically, occupation, age or sexual orientation.( )
答案:对

8、 Like an iceberg, nine-tenths of culture is below surface.( )
答案:对

9、 Some sorts of daily rules are learned by osmosis.(
答案:对

10、 The iceberg model implies that the visible parts of cultures are just expressions of its invisible parts.( )
答案:对

第三章 单元测试
1.Which of the following is not the title of Confucius _________.
答案:a bishop
2.According to Mencius ,which of the following can be summarized as Ren ?
答案:all of the above
3.The followings are Confucian philosophical thought except__________.
答案:Naturalness
http://doc.docsou.comozi was the founder of Taoism.( )
答案:错
5.American philosopher and historian Tilly held the opinion that _____ had laid
the foundation of the later western philosophy.
答案:Greek
6._______ developed the opinion that a person should know oneself and pursue
knowledge with the correct way.
答案:Socrates
7.Confucian philosophy and Taoist philosophy are two of the main
representatives of ancient Chinese philosophy.
答案:对
8.Chinese usually emphasize the desires of individuals, which can also explain
the Chinese people always keep modesty.( )
答案:错
9.The doctrine of mean is regarded as the supreme principle of morality, which
refers to the mastery of appropriateness to keep balance and to make the
words and behaviors of human beings fit for the established moral
standards.( )
答案:对
10.The Doctrine of Li can explain why Chinese people are usually subtle, modest
and indirect in expressing and doing, which has become a kind of ideal in
their mind.( )
答案:错
第四章
1.Unless asked about your health, westerners always like to avoid the topic.
Even when asked, keep it simple and avoid details.( )
答案:对
2. A high-context culture relies on implicit communication and nonverbal
cues.In high-context communication, a message cannot be understood
without a great deal of background information.( )
答案:对
3.To compliment is to praise.Western and Chinese culture are at polar
opposites about compliments.( )
答案:对
4.Which one of the following does not belong to the steps of starting a
conversation?
答案:Talk about one’s family.
5.In China it is acceptable for kids to call their parents’ full names directly.( )
答案:错
6.In America, the surname goes before the given name.( )
答案:错
7.Chinese surnames usually come first, followed by the given name.( )
答案:对
8.Verbal communication is the communication that is expressed through
words. It is vital to healthy relationship, businesses and groups. It plays an
essential role in daily life.( )
答案:对
9.Many people nowadays, especially the westerners believe that nothing works
better than a sincere compliment if you are to establish better relationships.( )
答案:对
10.Taboo is an indirect and more acceptable word or phrase people use instead
of the one that is impolite, embarrassing or unpleasant.( )
答案:错
第五章
1.The function of nonverbal signs is sometimes indispensable. For example,
placing your index finger to your lips as an alternative to saying ’Please calm
down so that I can speak’is a case of ______.
答案:substituting
2.The V-sign no matter palm to others or palm to oneself means the same, that
is: peace and victory.( )
答案:错
http://doc.docsou.comtins and Mediterranean Arabs prefer ____.
答案:short distance
4.Your are invited to a cocktail party tonight to a German or Sweden home at
7:00. When are you supposed to get there?
答案:7:00
5. A person can communicate nonverbally by being on time or late.
答案:对
6.Personal distance is the most formal use of distance.( )
答案:错
7. A person can communicate nonverbally by being on time or late.( )
答案:对
8.In a mixed message, the nonverbal communication is usually more reliable
than the verbal message because verbal messages are more likely to show
your feelings.( )
答案:对
9.Nodding the head always means I agree.( )
答案:错
10.Cultures of Arabs, Southern and Western Europeans, Jews and Latins belong
to touch culture.( )
答案:对
第六章
1.Red has traditionally been associated with ______ in western culture.
答案:courage and love
2._____ is another warm and comforting color, stimulating the appetite and
actually making food taste better.
答案:Brown
3.In the western culture, ______are often associated with royalty and wealth.
答案:purple and gold
4.But in western culture, blue can also have a tendency to cause______.
答案:feelings of sadness
5.The same color may lead to _____meanings in the minds of peoples of different
cultural backgrounds.
答案:different
6.To______ people, “tiger” is referred to as the king of animals and stands for
power, vigor and bravery.
答案:Chinese
7.Agriculture is the foundation of China’s economic development, so the____
play a great role in Chinese culture.
答案:cattle
8.In China, in the important festivals such as the Spring Festival, Chinese
people would like to use ______as in indispensable dish to symbolize
“abundance”, because they are homophones.
答案:fish
9.To English people, _____ is a symbol of bad luck. All these explanations are
figurative with derogatory meanings. On the contrary, it is a symbol of good
luck in China.
答案:a magpie
10.A______is a generally harmless word, name, or phrase that replaces an
offensive or suggestive one.
答案:euphemism

第七章
1.People send _________ to newly married couple which indicate “the wish to
have a baby soon”.
答案:chopsticks
2.In Chinese pre-history, the ancient Chinese used ________ as utensils to eat.
答案:forks and knives
3.Dinner fork trace their origins back to the time of the _______, who then used
them as kitchen forks.
答案:Greeks
4.________ uses the preference between fish and bear’s paw to reveal the
existential choice between life and righteousness.
答案:Mencius
5.The food-oriented belief in Chinese cuisine culture can be reflected in
Chinese language, such as “da jiang you” refers to _________.
答案:a passer-by
6.Which of the following statement is correct?
答案:All of the above.
7.In Chinese cooking, ________is important in the preparation of each dish.
答案:All of the above
8.Now American cooking is famous for its _______ as so many fast food chains
are widespread around the world.
答案:fast food
9.The seat of honor, reserved for the master of the banquet or the guest with
highest status, is the one in the center facing ________.
答案:entrance
10.Which of the following statements is correct?
答案:In Western countries,the
principle of "Ladies first" is a traditional belief as well as an important social manner.

第八章
1.Pictures of the god of doors and wealth will also be put on the front door who ward off evil spirits and welcome _______and abundance.
答案:peace
2.The QingMing Festival is an opportunity for memorizing ________ands weeping tombs of the deceased.
答案:ancestors
3.If it _______on this day, older people might say that Zhinu is crying on the dayshe meets Niulang and her family again.
答案:rains
4.The Mid-autumn day is also referred to as the ________Festival.
答案:Reunion
5.Some people suggested that the demon of Nian was afraid of the following
except___.
答案:fish
6.Valentine was ___ who served during the third century in Rome.?
答案:a priest
7. A small ship called the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England and thepassengers, most of whom were pilgrims, spent 66 days to arrive themainland coast of_____.
答案:Massachusetts
8.At Christmas children will receive gifts from_____.
答案:Santa Claus
9.What is on the top of the Christmas tree is believed to guide Three Wise Mento find Jesus?
答案:the star on the top of the Christmas tree
10.Which of the following activity does not happen on Halloween?
答案:sending
gifts

第九章
1.The time of taking bath reflects different ____________ and different life pace.
答案:life style
2.Which stage of culture shock is full of observations and new discoveries?
答案:honeymoon period
3.Crisis stage ismarked by criticism, resentment and_________.
答案:anger
4.If you’re planning to live or work abroad for a number of years, it’s importantto __________to see whether you think you would enjoy living there and be able to cope with the culture.
答案:visit the country
5.Learning a language can take time and requires__________.
答案:motivation
6.Globalization is not new. Which is not the good example of globalization?
答案:Travel within the country
7. A good example of the spread of education is not _________.
答案:chatting with
friends on line
8.CIIE is an important decision made by China to pursue a new round of high-level_______, and is China’s major initiative to still widen market access to the rest of the world.
答案:opening-up
9.Confucius Institute is a (an)________educational institution established bySino-foreign cooperation.
答案:non-profit
10.The business world is moving to China, so just be able to connect with thepeople on the personal level through knowing a little bit ______will be super
beneficial.
答案:Chinese