跨文化交际考试样卷 I. Understanding terms （20%） Directions: Match each of the terms in Column A with its corresponding definition or explanation in Column B. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET II. Colu mn A Colu mn B 1. low-context culture A. a culture in which information is contained in the verbal code, and the message is stated clearly and explicitly without depending on the context of the communication or the participants 2. the Spir-Whorf hypothesis B. a type of cultural change that results from continuous firsthand contact between two distinct cultural groups 3. ethnocentrism C. the study of how people use, structure, interpret, and understand time 4. power distance D. a hypothesis first advanced by two American linguists, which holds that the structure of a language affects the ways in which its speakers are able to conceptualize their world, i.e. their world view 5. acculturation E. the belief that one’s own culture is the best and all other cultures are inferior. 6. chroxemics F. the degree to which the culture accepts the unequal distribution of power 7. cultural pattern G. a circumstance in which a new component of identity is incompatible with an existing one 8. identity conflict H. the troublesome feelings such as depression, loneliness, confusion, inadequacy, hostility, frustration, and tension, caused by the loss of familiar cues from the home culture 9. uncertainty avoidance I. the norms, values, and beliefs related to the toleration of ambiguity 10. culture shock J. the conditions that contribute to the way in which a people perceive and think about the world, and the manner in which they live in that world. II. Term translation（20%） Section A: Directions Write the Engli...
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