牛津入學面試題 第4條實在太難

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美國商業新聞網站 Business Insider 最近公開了英國牛津大學部份入學面試題目,牛津大學這類傳統頂級學府,每年吸引千千萬萬名尖子爭住入讀,但是,即使成績優異,要在面試中突圍而出,也不是一件容易事!

面對刁鑽的面試題目,牛津的收生總監表示,其實答案沒有一定的對與錯,學生應該發揮潛能與表達創意,將課本上學到的知識套用到生活中。即管挑戰這13條面試題目,看看大家會答那幾條,歡迎提供答案!

1. Is it easier for organisms to live in the sea or on land? (生物在海洋或在陸地較易生存?)

(科目:生物科學)
    

2. What makes a short story different from a novel? (短篇故事跟小說有何分別?)

(科目:現代語言學)
    

3. 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? ( 除了體育運動紀錄外,如果我們過去沒有任何歷史紀錄,我們可以怎樣知道過去往事?)

(科目:歷史學)
   

4. Why do human beings have two eyes? (為何人類有2隻眼睛?)

(科目:實驗心理學)
    

5. Should poetry be difficult to understand? (詩詞本來就該是難以理解的嗎?)

(科目:現代語言學)
    

6.  Is violence always political? Does 'political' mean something different in different contexts?(暴行與政治有關嗎?「政治」在不同環境下有其他意思嗎?)

(科目:歷史學)
   

7. Ladybirds are red. So are strawberries. Why? (甲蟲是紅色的,草莓也是。為什麼?)

(科目:生物科學)
    

8.  If the punishment for parking on double yellow lines were death, and therefore nobody did it, would that be a just and effective law? (幻想在雙黃線泊車的懲罰是死刑,因而沒人會這樣做,這會是一條公正與有效的法律嗎?)

(科目:法律學)
  

9. Why do you think an English student might be interested in the fact that Coronation Street has been running for 50 years? (你認為英國學生對演出長達50年的肥皂劇《Coronation Street》大感興趣的原因是?)

(科目:英國文學)
   

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10. What is 'normal' for humans? (人類的世界,什麼為之「正常」?)

(科目:心理學)

      

11. Would it matter if tigers became extinct? (若老虎有一天絕種了,你認為重要嗎?)

(科目:生物科學)
      

12. If you could invent a new musical instrument, what kind of sound would it make? (現在要發明一種新樂器,你希望它會發出怎樣的聲音?)

(科目:音樂學)
      

13.  Here’s a cactus. Tell me about it. (這裡有一顆仙人掌,試闡述關於它的事情。)

(科目:生物科學)
     

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