Intercultural communication paperI.Fill in the blanks to make the statements complete (25%)（共8小题，25个空格，每空1分）1.There are roughly five types of communication: human communication, （）communication, human-animal communication, human-machine communication and machine-to-machine communication.2.Past-oriented people tend to believe tradition is important. Present-oriented culturesmaintain that the moment is the most significant. If you tend to look to the future and make plans, you are future-oriented. Generally speaking, Chinese are accepted as past-oriented while （）are thought to be future-oriented.…II.Choose one correct answer from the four choices （共20个单选，每个1分，共20分）6.Socrates together with __________ and Aristotle are thought to be the founder ofWestern philosophy. Their emphasis is on self instead of on nature. From Socrates’ time, there is division from nature and man.A. DescartesB. HegalC. PlatoD. Archimedes7.The Chinese Three Character Classics orients human nature as ________.A. good but corruptibleB. evil but perfectibleC . mixture of good and evil D. evil and corruptible11. The ______ meditation is the most abstract of all because it is the thinking of thinking.Thinking becomes the subject of its own investigation.A. HinduB. ChineseC. GreekD. Japanese12. The ________ tends to use their reason as a spectacle in which to see the world. Hencethinking is the means to understand the world.A. HinduB. ChineseC. GreekD. Japanese13. The _________ tend to distinguish mind from body, people from nature, and God fromMan, while the Chinese are used to looking at the world as a whole unit.A. WesternersB. HindusC. ArabsD. Indonesians17. The ______ discourse style is characterized as laying emphasis on impression rather thanon information while the _________ discourse style features laying emphasis on information rather than on impression.A. Western…ChineseB. English…KoreanC. American…JapaneseD. Chinese…Westerners’18. Westerners are direct in expressing ideas while the Chinese are indirect. So the deductive(topic first) pattern is prevalent in _____ and the inductive (topic delayed) pattern is more accepted by the Chinese and other Asians.A. the WestB. ChinaC. KoreaD. Japan19. The function of nonverbal signs is sometimes indispensible. For example, placing yourindex finger to your lips as an alternative to saying “Please calm down so that I can speak” is a case of ________.A. complementingB. repeatingC. contradictingD. substituting20. In _________ culture, a good girl does not meet the eyes of an adult.A. AmericanB. Puerto RicanC. GermanD. French21. In _________ cultures, it is not uncommon to see men crying in public.A. AsianB. Middle EastC. MediterraneanD. Far East22. Most Arabs, Mediterranean people, Indonesians and people in the Middle East evaluatecloseness as _______. They belong to ______ cultures.A. negative …low contactB. positive …high contactC. positive…low contactD. negative…high contact23. People in ______ cultures usually view silence as lack of communication and aregenerally ________ with it.A. low context…uncomfortableB. high context…uncomfortableC. low context…comfortableD. high context…comfortable24. _________ have _______ personal territory than South Americans.A. North Americans…biggerB. North Americans…smallerC. Africans…biggerD. Africans…smaller25. Traditionally, all people encounter two families: the family they are born into and the onethat is formed. The first is bonded by ______ and the second is from __________.A. blood…marriageB. marriage…bloodC. duty…romanceD. romance…duty…28.Ⅲ. Judge the following statements whether they are true or false （10%）（共10个句子，每句1分）29. In English speaking countries physical contact is generally avoided in conversationamong ordinary friends or acquaintances.30. Americans often smile to cover up confusion or embarrassment.28. Dropping the names of wealthy or famous people the family knows is done in theUnited States, and it is viewed positively.29. It’s one part of American privacy that notebooks should not be looked at by anyonewithout its owner’s permission.31. Values are the core of culture and most culture is hidden.33. White is the traditional color for brides at Chinese weddings.38…Ⅳ. Translate the following （20%）Section A Put the following into Chinese（共10个，每个1分，共10分）39 live-in couples.40 their immediate family.41 funerals and weddings.42 Chinese parents long to see their sons become successful.43 Every dog has his day.44 Mo Tze preached the concept of universal love.45 filial piety.48…Section B Put the following into English（共10个，每个1分，共10分）49 红眼病50开门红51白眼狼52 她皮肤白皙53 我白忙了54纸老虎55 败家子56 荤段子Ⅴ. Fill in the missing information (共5个空格，每个空格1分，共5分)According to Mythical Legends of Mountains and Seas or Shanghaijing: grandson of Yandi,伯陵, had love affairs with Wu Gang’s wife during the three years of Wu’s being away for celestial being, and they gave birth to three sons. Wu killed 伯陵out of furious rage which offended the god of sun, Yandi and Wu ————————（57）。