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forsomemonths.Ithasnotbeentotallysuccessful.Theyarediscussingthesituation

inthelaboratory.

FengLi:

Idon'

tknowwhereitwentwrong!

Tom,Don'

tfeelsobad.Cheerup,you'

vedoneyourjob.

Butourexperimenthasturnedouttobeafailure.

Tom:

Relaxforacoupleofdays.I'

llfacethemusic.

Tom,wearenotplayingchildren'

sgameshere.Thisisascientific

experiment.

Tom,I'

venevertakentheexperimentaschild'

splay,andI'

mplayingthegame.

Yousayyou'

replayingthegame!

It'

saratherimportantexperiment!

FengLiwalksoutoftheLaboratoryangrily.Tomispuzzled.?

Question3

Case3:

Thisisamorecomplexsituationwherethereareseveralthingsthatrequiremore

informedculturalanalysis.Findtheculturalproblemsandexplainthecultural

differences.JimandLiZhenwerestudentstogetheratLeedsUniversityinBritain.A

yearlater,aftergraduating,JimwenttoShanghaiasavisitingscholaronayear'

s

exchange.

JimhadneverbeentoChinabefore.LiZhentookhimtoaclassicalpianoconcert

performedbyafamousChinesepianist.Duringtheperformancepeopleweretalking

andatonestagesomeoneranupontothestageandpresentedthepianistwithabunch

offlowersduringtheplayingofaparticularmusicalitem.Thishappenedseveral

timesduringtheevening.Italsohappenedwhentwosingerswereonstagesinging

somesongsthathewasplaying.Jimthoughtallthesethingsquitestrange.Attheend

oftheperformancetheaudienceapplaudedthepianistandheapplaudedthem.The

audiencebegantoleavewhilethepianistremainedonthestage.?

Paper2Vocabulary

Chooseonewordorexpressionfromthoseintheboxbelowtofillthegapin

eachofthesentences.Writethecorrectwordsinthespacesprovidedinyour

answersheet.Donotchangetheformsofthewords.?

CommunitywhiteliesDutchcouragegreyareas

kintermsvocationbelowthebeltbuyingaround

liveandletlivetroubleandstrifefootthebillrecreation

4.Aftertwentyfiveyearsworkinginthebankshedecidedona

different.

5.Finally,afterarguingaboutthemealforfiveminutesitwasdecidedhe

would.

6.Despitethecircumstancesoftheaccidenttherewerestillsomethatneeded

explanation.

7.Therearemanydifferentusedwhentalkingaboutpeople'

srelationships

inChina.

8.Mike!

MeetJane,the.

9.Ok,theargumentisover.Let'

sforgetit,youknow.

10.PeopleinEnglishspeakingcountriesalsoavoidlosingfaceorhurtingother

peoplebytelling.

11.ItisdifficultforforeignerstounderstandBritishpubculture,especiallythe

systemofwhichallmembersofthegroupareexpectedtojoinin.

12.Itwasacrushingblowtoher,ahitwhenshereceivedthenewsthather

husbandhadleftherforanotherwoman.

13.InChinathereisarealsenseofinsocialsituations.?

Paper3Translation?

TranslatethefollowingpassagefromEnglishintoChinese.Pleasewriteyour

translationontheanswersheet.?

WhatdowemeanbyInterculturalCommunicationsorIC?

Thisisnota

descriptionofthepopulartrendtowardtalkingaboutinternationalthingsorgoing

overseas.ICisactuallyanacademicandapplieddisciplinethathasdeveloped

internationallysincethe1950s.Sometimescalledcross-culturalcommunicationsor

comparativeculture,scholarsmostoftenusetheprefixinterwiththeword

culturaltodescribetheinteractionbetweencultures.Ononelevel,ICisrepresented

byculturestudies,whereweexaminethepolitical,economicandlifestylesystemsof

othercountries.Onanotherlevel,itisappliedlinguistics,whereweseekto

understandtherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture.ManyChineseEnglish

teachersandprofessorshavebeeninterestedinthisaspectsincethe1980s-Howto

teachEnglishinwaysthathelpstudentsalsolearnthebasiccommunicationpractices

ofBritain,theUSorotherEnglishspeakingcountries.?

ButthedisciplineofInterculturalCommunicationsisactuallyabroadand

well-developedfieldofstudy.ICisaninterdisciplinaryapplicationoffieldslike

culturalanthropology,sociology,psychology（andsocialpsychology）,

communicationstudies,appliedlinguisticsandeducationalpedagogy.ICisa

comprehensiveattempttounderstandallaspectsofhumanculturesandhowthey

interactwitheachother.?

TounderstandInterculturalCommunications,weseektounderstandtradition

andmodernization,consistencyandchange.Asweunderstandsomeoftheongoing

nationalcharacteristicsofapeople,wecanexaminehowthiscultureisseenfromthe

outside,howitinteractswithotherculturesandhowitischanging.Inthelastthirty

oddyears,scholarshavedevelopedboththeoreticalframeworkforcomparing

culturesandsomepracticaldimensionsforconsideringthesimilarityanddifferences

betweenthem.OnelevelofinterculturalcomparisonisCulturalIdentity.Another

levelofcomparisonisVerbalCommunication.Anotherareareceivingmuchattention

isNonverbalCommunication.?

Paper4Reading

Passage1Questions15-20?

InrecentyearscriticismshavebeenvoicedconcerningsexistbiasintheEnglish

language.Ithasbeenarguedthatsomeofthevocabularyandgrammarweuse

reflectsandreinforcesatraditionalviewoftheworldasoneinwhichmenare

dominantandwomenplayasecondaryrole.Taketheword'

chairman'

forexample.

Whilethiscaninfactapplytopeopleofbothsexes,itappearstosomepeopletobe

male-orientedasitendsin'

man'

.Inthepastpeopletakingtheroleofchairmanwere

exclusivelymaleandthewordwasobviouslyoriginallyacompoundof'

chair'

and

'

.ManyEnglishspeakers,however,haveceasedtoviewthiswordasa

compoundandnomorefeelittobecomposedofthesetwounits,thantheyperceive

cupboardtobeacompositeof'

cup'

and'

board'

.Inadditionthecontinueduseof

chairmanmightbedefendedonthegroundsthatthefinalsyllableispronounced/m'

n/

ratherthan/mn/,justlikethefinalsyllableofwoman.Despitesuchconsiderations

otherspeakerstakeacontraryviewandaresensitivetothecomponentsofwhichitis

madeup.Theyclearlyperceiveitasatitlethatperpetuatestraditionalideasaboutthe

placeofwomeninsociety.Forthisreasontheyseektoreplaceitwithneutralterms

suchas'

chairperson'

or'

sothatitisnowpossibletoaskquestionssuchas;

Whoischairofthecommittee?

Otherchangesadvocatedincludethereplacementofwordssuchas'

postman'

fireman'

policeman'

withmoreclearlyneutraltermssuchas'

postalworker'

fire-fighter'

policeofficer'

.Thereis,however,continuingcontroversyabouthow

farsuchlanguagechangesshouldgo.Shouldchangesbeconsideredfortraditional

idiomsas'

maninthestreet'

andtitlessuchas'

PekingMan'

?

Whataboutthosewords

wherethemalemeaningof'

isnolongerdominant,suchas'

manhandle'

Totheextentthatchangeshavetakenplace,theyhavedonesomoreinthe

writtenlanguageandformalpronouncementsthanineverydayspeech.Youwouldbe

quitelikelytoreadinthepaperthat'

Postalworkersaretoreceiveapayincrease.'

But

Hasthepostmanbeen?

wouldbemostlikelytobeheardininformalconversation.

Here'

remainsfirmlyentrenchedinpopularusage.

Theextenttowhichlanguagereflectsandshapesattitudesandbehaviorsisa

matterofconjecture.Chinese,Japanese,PersianandTurkishdonotmakethekinds

ofsexdistinctionsEnglishmakesthroughitssystemofpronouns,butitwouldbe

difficulttomaintainthatmaleswhospeaktheselanguagesarelesssexistthanmales

whospeakEnglish!

Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtotheabovetext:

15.Thegeneraluseoftheword'

addedtoEnglishwordsindicates.

A.sexualfeelingsB.sexualfreedom

C.sexistideasD.sexistbias.

16.GenerallywherelanguageandsexareconcernedinBritain.

A.allpeopleagreechangeisneeded

B.somepeopleagreechangeisneeded

C.peoplecan'

tmakeuptheirmindsontheissue

D.peoplethinktheissueisunimportantandnotserious

17.Whatexampledoestheauthorgivetosupportadefenseoftheword'

18.Whatdoestheauthorargueforwhentheexample'

isgiven?

19.Whatdoestheauthorhavetosayabouttheimpactoflanguagechanges?

20.Whatistheauthor'

sargumentinthefinalparagraph?

Passage2Questions21-27

CanComputersDoaBetterJobRatingStocks?

SinceMay,CharlesSchwabhasbeenprovidingstockratingstoclientsusinga

computerizedsystemthatitsaystriestoremovehumanbias.

Inparticular,Schwabsays,itssystemismeanttoavoidtheconflictsofinterest

thathaveplaguedtraditionalbrokeragefirms,whoseresearchanalystshaveoften

actedascheerleadersforcompaniesbeingcourtedbytheirinvestmentbankers.

Webelievethatoursinglebiggestadvantagei