
In ________ cultures, people solve their conflicts through some peaceful measures, lik

A.which
B.where
C.what
Few Asian-American students major in human sciences mainly because ________.
A) their English is not good enough
B) they are afraid they might meet with unfair judgement in these areas
C) there is a wide difference between Asian and Western cultures
D) they know little about American cultures and Western cultures
Body language can sometimes lead to_since people of different cultures often
have different forms of behavior. for sending the same message or have different
interpretations of the same signal
A. misunderstanding
B. communication
C. agreement
D. effectiveness
A.coach
B.forsake
C.foster
D.censor
A.Teach them as much as you can about your culture.
B.Learn to speak their language.
C.Recognize and accept the differences between cultures.
D.Pretend not to notice any differences.
中英互译:in short, despite the near-term dominance of the dominance of the producers of mass culture like Disney, the long-term future of culture is not a situation where all cultures seem the same but an immense. complex and valuable mixture of individual national traditions. fashions. and beliefs.
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Individual and collective neurosis might prevent communications with others.
B.People in different cultures may be governed by the same cultural norms.
C.People's visions will be enlarged if only they knew that cultural differences exist.
D.If cultural norms are something tangible, they won't be so confining.
"Culture consists of all shared products of human society" (Robertson, 1981 ). This means not only such material things as cities, organizations and schools, but also non-material things such as ideas, customs, family patterns, languages. Putting it simply, culture refers to the entire way of life of a society, "the ways of a people".
Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some social scientists consider it the keystone of culture. Without language, the maintaining of culture would not be possible. On the other hand, language is influenced and shaped by culture, it reflects culture. In the broadest sense, language is the symbolic representation of a people, and it comprises their historical and cultural backgrounds, as well as their approach to life and their ways of living and thinking.
We should not go further into the relationship between language and culture. What needs to be stressed here is that the two interact, and that understanding of one requires understanding of the other.
Social scientists tell us that cultures differ from one another, that each culture is unique. As cultures are diverse, so languages are diverse. It is only natural then that with differences in cultures and differences in languages, difficulties often arise in communicating between cultures and across cultures. Understanding is not always easy.
Learning a foreign language well means more than merely mastering the pronunciation, gram mar, words and idioms. It means learning also to see the world . as native speakers of that language see it, learning the ways in which their language reflects the ideas, customs, and behaviors of their society, learning to understand their "language of the mind". Learning a language, in fact, is inseparable from learning its culture.
According to the first paragraph, the term "culture" refers to ______.
A.things like cities, organizations and schools
B.ideas, customs, family patterns, and languages
C.all things produced by human race
D.the total that constitute a society
Another theory associated intergenerational living arrangements with inheritance【C11】______ . In some cultures, the stem family pattern of inheritance overtakes.【C12】______ this system, parents live with a married child, usually the oldest son, who then【C13】______ their property when they die. The stem family system was once common in Japan, but changes in inheritance laws,【C14】______ broader social changes brought【C15】______ by industrialization and urbanization, have【】 the usage. In 1960 about 80% of Japanese over【C16】______ lived with their children; by 1990 only 60%【C17】______ a figure that is still high【C18】______ American standards, but which has been【C19】______ steadily. In Korea, too, traditional living arrangements are【C20】______ : the percentage of aged Koreans who live with a son declined from 77% in 1984 to 50 % just 10 years later.
【C1】
A.about
B.after
C.for
D.over