想要申请英国顶尖名校牛剑,除了AL、IG、笔试成绩好,雅思考得高,文书写得好,有学术竞赛背景,面试也是非常重要的。
面试官一般会问什么问题:
“简单介绍一下自己”
“你为什么选择xx大学?”
“你为什么选择xx专业?”
众所周知,世界名校在录取学生的时候面试题的奇葩程度也是很没有底限的!许多专业在面试过程中也会有比较多的做题环节,比如数学专业;也有许多专业在面试过程中会有与专业相关的开放型论述类问题。牛剑也不例外。
今天,我们就来看看牛剑的部分面试题,看看你的梦校都会出什么面试题目吧?
牛津大学
# 生物科学
Q1:Ladybirds are red.So are strawberries.
Why?
瓢虫是红色的,草莓也是红色的,为什么?
Q2:Is it easier for organisms to live in the sea or an land?
生物是生活在海洋里还是陆地上更容易?
Q3:Why do some habitats support higher biodiversity than others?
为什么许多动物都有条纹?
Q4:Would it matter if tigers became extinct?
如果老虎灭绝,这是否重要?
# 心理学
Q1:Why do human beings have two eyes?
为什么人类有两只眼睛?
Q2:What is 'normal' for humans?
对人类来说,什么是“正常”的?
# 现代语言
Q1:What makes a short story different from a novel?
短篇小说与小说有何不同?
Q2:Should poetry be difficult to understand?
诗歌应该很难理解吗?
# 历史
Q1:Imagine we had no records about the past at all, except everything to do with sport – how much of the past could we find out about?
想象一下,除了与体育有关的一切之外,我们根本没有关于过去的任何记录,我们可以挖掘出多少历史?
Q2:Is violence always political? Does 'political' mean something different in different contexts?
暴力总是具有政治性的吗?“政治”在不同情况下的内涵有何不同?
# 法律
Q:If the punishment for parking on double yellow lines were death, and therefore nobody did it, would that be a just and effective law?
如果对在双黄线停车的处罚是死刑,因此没有人会继续错误行为,那这将是一项公正有效的法律吗?
# 英国文学
Q:Why do you think an English student might be interested in the fact that Coronation Street has been running for 50 years?
你认为是什么原因会导致英国学生对加冕典礼街已经运营50年这一事实感兴趣?
# 音乐
Q:If you could invent a new musical instrument, what kind of sound would it make?
如果你可以发明一种新乐器,它将发出什么样的声音?
# 工程学
Q1:Do you believe in fairies at the end of the garden?
你相信花园尽头的仙女吗?
Q2:“What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and you were an ant?”
“如果你明天醒来变成了一只蚂蚁,你会怎么做?”
# 不限学科
Q1:Do you think you’re clever?
你认为你很聪明吗?
Q2:What is a sense?
什么是意义?
Q3:Would you believe me if I said right now that you have not secured a place at Oxford?
如果我现在对你说,你尚未在牛津大学获得一席之地,你会相信我吗?
注意:此类问题不限定学科,最好联系你所申请的专业决定如何回答问题。
剑桥大学
# 法学
Q1:How comfortable is that chair?
那把椅子舒适吗?
Q2: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?
如果妻子以前曾对此表示过不满,那么她丈夫在早餐时在蛋中加果酱的习惯会成为离婚的理由吗?
# 医学
Q1:What is your opinion on spontaneous human combustion?
您对人体自燃有何看法?
Q2:How can reindeer tell the difference between spring and autumn?
驯鹿如何分辨春秋之间的差异?
Q3:Would you rather be a seedless or 'non-seedless' grapefruit?
你愿意成为无籽或“有籽”葡萄柚吗?
Q4:How would you poison someone without the police finding out?
如果警察未发现,你将如何毒害某人?
# 历史
Q:Is Hitler really evil?
希特勒真的邪恶吗?
# 法律专业
Q1:Would you rather be a seedless or 'non-seedless' grapefruit?
你愿意成为无籽或“有籽”葡萄柚吗?
Q2:Do you think you are clever?
你认为自己很聪明吗?
# 考古和人类学
Q:How do you think the Christian differences shown in the Archaeology of Avebury relate to that of the Sutton Hoo ship burial?
你如何看待与萨顿胡船葬相关的埃夫伯里考古学中显示的基督教差异?
# 自然科学
Q1:Describe a potato and then compare it with an onion?
描述土豆,然后与洋葱做比较。
Q2:What would you do if I were a magpie?
如果我是一只喜鹊,你会怎么做?
Q3:If you were a rat what would be the most important thing to you?
如果你是老鼠,那对你来说最重要的是什么?
# 经济学
Q:If the government passed a law requiring people to wear seatbelts, why might this result in more road accident casualties?
假设政府通过了一项要求人们系好安全带的法律,为什么这会导致更多的道路交通事故伤亡?
看完这些题目,是不是觉得脑子不够用了!
别慌,大家需要知道,以上反常规面试题并没有完美答案。
牛津大学本科招生处负责人萨米纳汉曾在一份声明中表示:
“面试绝不是背咏已知的知识,而是给考生一个平台,让他们展示自己的能力和潜力。这便意味着申请人需要积极运用他们的知识来解决新的问题,在这一过程中接受挑战并让自己出彩。在回答问题时并没有绝对的对错,但必须要有新意。”