What is the main idea of the reading passage? A. How to develop intercultural awareness? B. Culture and communication are closely intertwined. C. How to become a good intercultural communicator? D. How to understand culture better when you study a foreign language? 2. What is the main point stated in the second part (Para.3-5) of the reading passage? A. To better understand cultural differences, one must be aware that the meaning of a word is given by the other person. B. To be a successful intercultural communicator, one must make efforts to understand cultural differences. C. Learning a second language, one must learn its culture at the same time. D. Communicating across cultures is made difficult because of one’s ethnocentrism. 3. Without a culture we cannot see, but with a culture we are____. A. easier to act in other cultures B. easier to see our own culture C. more difficult to act in other cultures D. more difficult to see our own culture 4. What does “passport” (Line 3, Para.3) refer to? A. ID card indicating who we are. B. Glasses we wear to see things. C. Home culture in which we grow up. D. Host culture in which we view differences. 5. What is special about adults learning a second language? A. They must spare extra efforts to learn its culture consciously. B. They must learn its grammatical structure and semantics. C. They learn it in order to communicate with native speakers. D. They recognize that variety is the spice of life. 6. According to the author, which of the following statements is not true? A. Words communicate meaning that is given by a particular culture. B. Everyone is born into a culture that teaches us shared understandings and expectations. C. Ethnocentrism involves the ways in which we use our own culture as the standard to judge other cultures. D. One culture’s way of doing things that is right for its people is always “right” for everyone. Answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.