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牛津大学、剑桥大学是英语国家中最古老的两所大学,声名远赫,在英国社会和高等教育系统中具有极其重要的地位,有着世界性的影响,英国和世界各国很多的青年学子们都以进牛津、剑桥深造为理想。一直以来,英国都令各国艳羡,因为,英国拥揽着两大世界最顶级的学府——牛津大学和剑桥大学,这两所大学也一直保持着严格的面试制度,然而,面试考官出的考题却千奇百怪,每一题都耐人寻味。
牛津大学和剑桥大学也为它们的面试制度辩护说,只有特别的问题才能使真正优秀的学生脱颖而出,而你们只抓住几个小问题,就以偏概全地批评面试制度,有点不太公平。
牛津大学
1、Can a thermostat think? Does a snail have a consciousness?(Experimental Psychology, Oxford)
保温箱会思考吗?蜗牛有意识吗?(牛津-实验心理学)
2、Do you believe that statues can move, and how might this belief be justified?(French and Spanish, Oxford)
你觉得雕塑可以移动吗?并说出你的证据。(牛津-法语与西班牙语)
3、How do you organise a successful revolution?(History, Oxford)
你如何组织一场成功的革命?(牛津-历史学)
4、Here is a piece of bark, please talk about it. (Biological sciences, Oxford.)
这是一块树皮,请就它说点什么。(牛津-生物科学)
5、How would you market a rock band?(Economics and Management, Oxford)
你会如何为一支摇滚乐队做市场推广?(牛津-经济与管理)
6、If there was an omnipotent god would he be able to create a stone that he couldn’t lift?(Classics, Oxford)
如果神无所不能,他是否能够创造出一块他举不动的石头?(牛津-古希腊古罗马学)
7、Would you rather be a novel or a poem?(English, Oxford)
你更想成为一部小说还是一首诗?(牛津-英文)
剑桥大学
1、Could there still be a second-coming if mankind had disappeared from the planet?(Theology, Cambridge)
如果人类从地球消失,基督还会再临吗?(剑桥-神学)
2、Do you think the Bavarian peasants of 1848 had an ideology?(History, Cambridge)
你认为生活在1848年的巴伐利亚农民有意识形态吗?(剑桥-历史学)
3、How would you measure the weight of your own head?(Medicine, Cambridge)
你如何测量自己头部的重量?(剑桥-医学)
4、How would you poison someone without the police finding out?(Medicine, Cambridge)
你如何在警察不能发现的情况下给某人下毒?(剑桥-医学)
5、If a wife had expressed distaste for it previously, would her husband’s habit of putting marmalade in his egg at breakfast be grounds for divorce?(Law, Cambridge)
丈夫吃早餐时有在鸡蛋上涂柠檬酱的习惯,如果妻子已经多次表示她对此的厌恶,这个习惯是否足以成为离婚的理由吗?(剑桥-法学)
6、If my friend locks me in a room, and says I am free to come out whenever I like as long as I pay £5, is this a deprivation of liberty?(Law, Cambridge)
如果我的朋友将我锁在一间屋子里,只有付给他5英镑才能放我出来,他的做法是否剥夺了我的人身自由权利?(剑桥-法学)
7、Is the chair really there?(Philosophy, Cambridge )
眼前的椅子真的在那里吗?(剑桥-哲学)
8、What would happen if you drilled through the Earth all the way to the other side and then jumped into the hole? (Engineering, Cambridge)
如果你从地球的一端钻一个洞,穿过地球一直钻到另一端,再从这个洞掉下去,将会发生什么?(剑桥-工程学)