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牛劍面試來(lái)了！約7成學(xué)生將被拒，什么樣的面試題目這么難？

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往年來(lái)看，面試是很多優(yōu)秀學(xué)生的大敵，很多學(xué)生有著相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)的GCSE成績(jī)、AL/IB成績(jī)，入學(xué)考試的成績(jī)也是面試官見(jiàn)過(guò)的最高分之一，個(gè)人陳述同樣非常好；有的學(xué)生得到了4個(gè)學(xué)院的面試邀請(qǐng)，這真的相當(dāng)多了，但最終沒(méi)有拿到一個(gè)offer。

牛劍面試問(wèn)題是什么，怎么樣的作答思路才正確？今天，讓我們來(lái)聊聊牛劍面試。

面試時(shí)間

每年，牛劍在11月份初舉行本校的入學(xué)考試，比如MAT/STEP等。

在筆試成績(jī)出來(lái)之后，學(xué)校會(huì)在11月中旬發(fā)放面試邀請(qǐng)。

以今年牛津大學(xué)為例，每個(gè)專業(yè)和科系的面試時(shí)間不同，但今年的面試基本都集中在12月6日-17日之間。以下是部分面試時(shí)間表。
牛劍面試來(lái)了！約7成學(xué)生將被拒，什么樣的面試題目這么難？牛津大學(xué)面試時(shí)間表（部分）

面試形式

今年，所有劍橋、牛津的面試都是線上進(jìn)行。

學(xué)校通常會(huì)提供Zoom教室鏈接，在指定時(shí)間學(xué)生點(diǎn)擊鏈接登入即可。
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面試問(wèn)題

牛劍的面試問(wèn)題非常專業(yè)，比較少見(jiàn)一些常規(guī)的面試題。大體來(lái)說(shuō)，面試問(wèn)題將基于學(xué)生所報(bào)的專業(yè)，并結(jié)合教授的研究方向，具體到專業(yè)性很強(qiáng)的面試問(wèn)題。

理科專業(yè)，比如數(shù)學(xué)、物理專業(yè)，通常數(shù)學(xué)教授會(huì)直接出題，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)讓面試學(xué)生做數(shù)學(xué)題、物理題。

而非計(jì)算類的專業(yè)問(wèn)題，有著自己的答題思路。

我們一起來(lái)看一些面試問(wèn)題，下面這些問(wèn)題的作答思路由牛劍面試輔導(dǎo)官點(diǎn)評(píng)。

Q. Would it matter if tigers became extinct?
如果老虎滅絕了對(duì)人類會(huì)有影響嗎?

A. 這個(gè)問(wèn)題并不是希望面試學(xué)生展示他們關(guān)于老虎的專業(yè)知識(shí)。大多數(shù)面試學(xué)生會(huì)本能地回答“是的……”，但真正讓我感興趣的答案是“因?yàn)椤保@有助于將具有批判性思維的學(xué)生與其他學(xué)生區(qū)分開(kāi)來(lái)。我可能會(huì)接著問(wèn)下面這個(gè)問(wèn)題，如果不那么迷人的生物——比如真菌——滅絕了，這是否重要?

多種老虎瀕臨滅絕邊緣

Q. If you could save either the rainforests or the coral reefs, which would you choose?
如果你可以拯救雨林或珊瑚礁，你會(huì)選擇哪一個(gè)?

A. 我希望面試學(xué)生能夠運(yùn)用他們的常識(shí)來(lái)給出答案——不需要詳細(xì)的知識(shí)。學(xué)生可能會(huì)被問(wèn)到自然特征的重要性，比如生物多樣性和稀有物種，以及人類利益，比如從雨林或珊瑚礁獲得的燃料和食物、生態(tài)旅游和藥物。最后還要考慮氣候變化、土壤侵蝕、污染、伐木、生物燃料替代、過(guò)度捕撈等方面的影響。最終的答案并不重要——為了在自然保護(hù)和人類需求兩方面保持平衡，珊瑚礁和雨林都必須得到可持續(xù)的管理。

Q. Why might it be useful for an English student to read the Twilight series?
為什么對(duì)英語(yǔ)專業(yè)的學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)讀《暮光之城》系列非常有用?

A. 我問(wèn)這個(gè)問(wèn)題有幾個(gè)原因。在面試時(shí)找到一些面試學(xué)生最近讀過(guò)的文章是很有用的，而且《暮光之城》系列的書(shū)很容易找到，也很受歡迎。一般情況下，面試學(xué)生會(huì)把注意力集中在他們?cè)趯W(xué)校里學(xué)過(guò)的文章上，我想讓他們談?wù)撍麄儶?dú)立閱讀過(guò)的文章，這樣我就能了解他們是如何獨(dú)立思考的，而不是他們跟老師學(xué)到了什么。優(yōu)秀的英語(yǔ)學(xué)生會(huì)對(duì)他們讀過(guò)的每一本書(shū)的文學(xué)性進(jìn)行分析。這個(gè)問(wèn)題還會(huì)引出一些關(guān)于敘事聲音、類型和觀眾的有趣討論。

《暮光之城》

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?
在雙黃線上停車(chē)的人如果會(huì)處以死刑，沒(méi)有人會(huì)這樣做，這個(gè)法律公正且有效嗎?

A. 面試學(xué)生不需要對(duì)這個(gè)問(wèn)題給出正確或錯(cuò)誤的答案。他們只需表明，他們能認(rèn)清由此引起的各種問(wèn)題。能區(qū)分“公正”和“有效”的面試學(xué)生表現(xiàn)得最好。一旦做出區(qū)分，問(wèn)題就變得不同了。公正的法律不一定有效，反之亦然。犯罪行為受到法律制裁的占比，這涉及到法律的公正性問(wèn)題。其有效性的答案已經(jīng)在問(wèn)題中——“因此沒(méi)有人敢在雙黃線上停車(chē)”。

Q. What does it mean for someone to “take” another’s car?
一個(gè)人“拿走”另一個(gè)人的車(chē)是什么意思?

A. 這個(gè)問(wèn)題沒(méi)有正確的答案。例如，你能在不開(kāi)車(chē)甚至不移動(dòng)的情況下“拿走”一輛車(chē)嗎?重點(diǎn)在于面試學(xué)生的推理——如何制定一個(gè)初始定義，然后如何應(yīng)用并改進(jìn)這個(gè)初始定義，以回應(yīng)面試?yán)蠋熖峁┑募僭O(shè)例子。一個(gè)例子可能是: 我正在街上走，這時(shí)開(kāi)始下雨了。我打開(kāi)一輛沒(méi)有上鎖的車(chē)門(mén)，在車(chē)?yán)镒?5分鐘，直到雨停。我“拿走”這輛車(chē)了嗎?面試的目的是給面試學(xué)生一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)展示他們的申請(qǐng)，推理能力和溝通技巧。

Q. What is language?語(yǔ)言是什么?
A. 例如，學(xué)生有時(shí)說(shuō)他們喜歡學(xué)習(xí)西班牙語(yǔ)，因?yàn)樗麄儭盁釔?ài)這門(mén)語(yǔ)言”。為了讓學(xué)生進(jìn)行批判性和分析性思考，這個(gè)問(wèn)題會(huì)讓他們思考他們喜歡的語(yǔ)言是由什么構(gòu)成的？——它是由特點(diǎn)定義的還是由功能(它是做什么的)定義的?形式與意義是如何聯(lián)系起來(lái)的?等等。

Q. Why does your heart rate increase when you exercise?
為什么當(dāng)你運(yùn)動(dòng)時(shí)你的心率會(huì)增加?

A. 所有學(xué)生都能給出簡(jiǎn)單的答案，因?yàn)槟阈枰蚣∪廨斔透嗟难鯕夂蜖I(yíng)養(yǎng)物質(zhì)，并排除代謝產(chǎn)物。但后續(xù)的問(wèn)題將考察學(xué)生是否認(rèn)識(shí)到，身體必須有一種方式知道它需要提高心率，以及實(shí)現(xiàn)這一目標(biāo)的可能方法。答案可能包括感覺(jué)到氧氣含量降低或二氧化碳含量升高。事實(shí)上，氣體的濃度可能不會(huì)有太大的變化，所以進(jìn)一步要求學(xué)生們給出其他答案，以及可以測(cè)試得出這些答案的方法。這些問(wèn)題涉及以下幾個(gè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，如解決問(wèn)題能力和批判性思維能力、求知欲、熱情、好奇心以及傾聽(tīng)能力。

Q. Should poetry be difficult to understand?
詩(shī)歌應(yīng)該很難理解嗎?

A. 這個(gè)問(wèn)題是因?yàn)橐晃幻嬖噷W(xué)生談?wù)撈鹚x過(guò)的幾首詩(shī)而引起的，我們討論了這些詩(shī)是如何傳達(dá)思想的(通過(guò)語(yǔ)氣和他們使用的意象)。我們想引導(dǎo)面試學(xué)生進(jìn)入概念性思考，以測(cè)試他的求知欲，以及他利用已知知識(shí)(他所知道的詩(shī)歌)學(xué)習(xí)不太熟悉知識(shí)方法。重要的是，學(xué)生要意識(shí)到，對(duì)于這樣的問(wèn)題，正確答案不是唯一的;接下來(lái)的問(wèn)題為:我們可能會(huì)遇到什么樣的“困難”? 這些特征是詩(shī)歌特有的，還是其它文章中同樣存在?等等。最讓我們感興趣的是: 面試學(xué)生表明他們有潛力，進(jìn)一步發(fā)展自己，從而在我們提供的課程中學(xué)到更多知識(shí)。文學(xué)是牛津大學(xué)現(xiàn)代語(yǔ)言學(xué)位的重要組成部分，但我們知道大多數(shù)面試學(xué)生在申請(qǐng)學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言之前都沒(méi)有正式學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)文學(xué)。我們想知道的不是因?yàn)樗麄冮喿x過(guò)大量的文章從而表明對(duì)文學(xué)充滿興趣，而是他們具有研究文學(xué)的能力: 他們能夠認(rèn)真閱讀各種語(yǔ)言的(詩(shī)歌、散文、戲劇)，充滿熱情并具有豐富的想象力。

Q. Is it easier for organisms to live in the sea or on land?
對(duì)生物來(lái)說(shuō)，生活在海里還是陸地上更“容易”?

A. 首先，應(yīng)該定義“容易”——它是否意味著更簡(jiǎn)單，更少的能量消耗，進(jìn)化程度更低，更不容易被吃掉等等?然后，面試學(xué)生可以考慮海洋中存在的各種問(wèn)題，如高鹽度、高壓力、缺乏光照等。在陸地上生活的問(wèn)題包括身體的特殊結(jié)構(gòu)，防止脫水，需要更復(fù)雜的運(yùn)動(dòng)系統(tǒng)(腿、翅膀等)，因此需要更好的感覺(jué)和神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)等。然后問(wèn)，動(dòng)物和植物在哪一個(gè)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)更“成功”?所以現(xiàn)在必須將定義改為“成功”……

Q. The viruses that infect us are totally dependent on human cells for their reproduction; is it therefore surprising that viruses cause human diseases?
感染我們的病毒完全依賴人類細(xì)胞來(lái)繁殖; 因此，病毒引起人類疾病是否會(huì)讓人感到驚訝?

A. 就像大多數(shù)好的面試問(wèn)題一樣，這個(gè)問(wèn)題可以引起任何有趣的對(duì)話。大多數(shù)面試學(xué)生都會(huì)給出合理解釋，即病毒本質(zhì)上是寄生的基因?qū)嶓w，但面試官并不想得到這些基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)。在教程式的討論中，優(yōu)秀的面試學(xué)生將參與到一個(gè)悖論中，即病毒需要人體進(jìn)行繁殖，卻給我們?cè)斐蓚ΑＫ麄兛赡軙?huì)指出，人類感染病毒后的一些反應(yīng)(比如打噴嚏)有利于病毒的傳播。面試?yán)蠋熆赡軙?huì)將討論轉(zhuǎn)向與高死亡率相關(guān)的病毒感染，以及任何殺死宿主的病毒都有滅絕的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)——除非它也能感染其他宿主物種。面試學(xué)生可能會(huì)遇到這樣的例子:病毒從動(dòng)物轉(zhuǎn)移到人體。然后面試?yán)蠋熆赡軙?huì)問(wèn)，面試學(xué)生是否認(rèn)為存在感染人類并成功繁殖但不引起任何疾病的病毒。我們?nèi)绾稳グl(fā)現(xiàn)和鑒定這種病毒?這些問(wèn)題考察學(xué)生以下能力，包括解決問(wèn)題能力、批判性思維能力、求知欲、溝通能力、傾聽(tīng)能力以及與教程式回答的的兼容性。

Q. Why is income per head between 50 and 100 times larger in the United States than in countries such as Burundi and Malawi?
為什么美國(guó)的人均收入是布隆迪和馬拉維等國(guó)的50到100倍?

A. 這個(gè)問(wèn)題可能集中在最重要的經(jīng)濟(jì)問(wèn)題上:為什么有些國(guó)家富有而有些國(guó)家貧窮?和大多數(shù)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)問(wèn)題一樣，沒(méi)有簡(jiǎn)單的或唯一的答案。面試學(xué)生需要考慮所有造成這種收入差距的原因。

Q. How can we estimate the mass of the atmosphere?
我們?nèi)绾喂烙?jì)大氣的質(zhì)量?

A. 這個(gè)問(wèn)題可以用多種方法來(lái)解決，并涉及我們的幾個(gè)考察標(biāo)準(zhǔn):使用邏輯和批判性方法分析和解決問(wèn)題的能力; 橫向思維能力和如何做假設(shè);處理數(shù)量和單位的能力; 以及將熟悉的概念(壓力、力量等)應(yīng)用于不熟悉的情況的能力。學(xué)生通常首先考慮大氣的組成，以及我們?nèi)绾沃肋@一點(diǎn)，它的密度是多少，然后再考慮估算它體積的方法。我們來(lái)看看是否有更簡(jiǎn)單的方法: 例如，你可以把地球和大氣層看作一個(gè)比地球稍大的球體，然后從這個(gè)球體中減去地球的體積，就得到大氣層的體積?這種方法的困難往往在于確定大氣層的終點(diǎn)以及密度隨高度如何變化，理想氣體定律等概念在這些情況下是否適用，而這些都是我們?cè)谟懻撝锌赡芴接懙牟淮_定性。另一種方法是，我們是否可以在表面觀察到的大氣特性，使我們能夠估計(jì)其質(zhì)量。其中一個(gè)性質(zhì)是大氣壓，也就是單位面積上的力。這個(gè)力也可以描述為質(zhì)量乘以加速度，在地球上是重力加速度。因此，如果我們對(duì)大氣壓有一些了解，我們就可以計(jì)算單位面積上的壓強(qiáng)。如果我們能估計(jì)出地球的總表面積(近似于球體的表面積)，我們就能因此計(jì)算出大氣的總質(zhì)量。

Q. How many different molecules can be made from six carbon atoms and 12 hydrogen atoms?
6個(gè)碳原子和12個(gè)氫原子可以組成多少種不同的分子?

A. 這個(gè)問(wèn)題給了考生一個(gè)展示化學(xué)知識(shí)的機(jī)會(huì)，答案并不簡(jiǎn)單。大多數(shù)學(xué)生會(huì)先畫(huà)出由6個(gè)碳原子和12個(gè)氫原子構(gòu)建的滿足要求的分子。如果學(xué)生不知道該如何解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題，面試?yán)蠋熆赡軙?huì)讓他們想想每個(gè)碳和氫會(huì)形成多少個(gè)鍵。這個(gè)問(wèn)題測(cè)試學(xué)生對(duì)不同種類分子的熟悉程度、將分子形象化并畫(huà)出來(lái)的能力、以及他們判斷用兩種不同方式畫(huà)出來(lái)的分子是否相等的能力。在這個(gè)過(guò)程中，面試?yán)蠋熯€會(huì)觀察應(yīng)聘者面對(duì)提示的反應(yīng)。幾分鐘后，面試?yán)蠋煂?huì)討論手性、順式反式異構(gòu)現(xiàn)象、環(huán)應(yīng)變和同位素效應(yīng)等概念。學(xué)生可能之前沒(méi)有聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)這些，這正是意料之中的事情; 面試?yán)蠋熛肟疾鞈?yīng)聘者掌握新概念的速度，是否能給出合理解釋。面試?yán)蠋熆赡軙?huì)以一個(gè)更難的問(wèn)題來(lái)結(jié)束討論，例如“一個(gè)分子只有在所有碳都形成四個(gè)鍵時(shí)才穩(wěn)定嗎?”，這個(gè)問(wèn)題課本上并沒(méi)有，極具挑戰(zhàn)性，并讓學(xué)生批判性思考化學(xué)鍵的本質(zhì)。

相信以上的幾個(gè)問(wèn)題以及作答思路，會(huì)讓學(xué)生初具面試問(wèn)題的基本印象。最后，與大家分享分科目牛劍面試題目：

面試題庫(kù)

Computer science?
? Who invented the computer?
? Tell me about binary searches. What about their efficiency?
? The game of chess will be played perfectly by computers. Is this statement true?
? How would you ensure security between two people, A and B?
? How small can you make a computer?
? What happens when light has to pass through a medium denser than air?
? What is the one fundamental difference between a spreadsheet and a database?
? Explain the principle of the global positioning system (GPS). What factors contribute to its ?accuracy?
? Can computers think?

English?
? Are there too many books?
? Define irony.
? Do you think there is any point to reading criticism?
? Does every work of literature always have a moral? Is there such thing as an immoral book?
? Do you think books transfer well to films? Give examples of this.
? How important is biography in the study of literature?
? If it could take a form, what shape would the novel To the Lighthouse become?
? If you could make up a word, what would it be? Why?
? If you could design the A-level English course, which texts would you include?
? Is good spelling merely a matter of etiquette?
? Is the Bible a fictional work? Could it be called chick lit?
? Is poetry meant to be difficult to understand?
? What makes a short story different from a novel?
? What is literature?
? What is a haiku? Why are they so different in structure to a sonnet?
? What is the difference between poetry and prose?
? What is the point of studying English?
? Why might it be useful for an English student to read the Twilight series?
? Why bother to write a poem?4
? Why do we bother studying literature that is hundreds of years old?
? Would you rather be a novel or a poem?
? Was Shakespeare a rebel?
? Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare’s plays?
? Don’t you think Hamlet is a bit long?
? Hamlet speaks to the ghost; what significance does this have?
? Do you think Hamlet knows he is being listened to when he says “To be, or not to be?”
? What does the ghost in Hamlet have to do with madness?
? How can a work of literature be beautiful?
? Should politicians study Eng

Geography?
? Would anything remain in the study of geography if we took the notion of place away?
? Give and explain some environmental impacts of industrial agriculture.
? Are fair-trade bananas really fair?
? How can computers aid geographers in understanding physical processes?
? How can volcanic eruptions change global climate, and at what timescales?
? How did the Ancient Greeks know that the Earth wasn’t flat?
? What are natural hazards?
? What are the limitations of hard mapping?
? What is the difference between a volcano and a mountain?
? What is the impact of globalisation and multi-national corporations?
? What is the role of maps in modern society?
? What is the population of Croydon?
? Why is climate so unpredictable?
? Why should we conserve?

History of art?
? What is your opinion of the Turner Prize?
? What work of art would you most like to own?
? Are the Old Masters overrated?

History?
? Assess the role of dance in history.
? Are verbal sources more useful than written sources?
? Are history and myth compatible?
? Define revolution.
? Does the past exist?
? How do you organise a successful revolution?
? How would you compare Henry VIII and Stalin?
? Is there such a thing as “race”?
? Is violence always political?
? Should historians be allowed to read science fiction novels?
? Can history stop the next war?
? Can we still learn lessons from 18th century warfare?
? Can losers ever write history? How?
? Compare and contrast the French and Russian revolutions. ? Compare and contrast WWI and WWII.
? Compare the French Revolution with a modern event.
? Do we ever learn from the past?

Law?
? Can you define intellectual property?
? Define “at fault”.
? Does a girl scout have a political agenda?
? If a 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 deprivation of liberty?
? 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?
? If the punishment for parking on double yellow lines were death, and therefore nobody did it, ?would that be a just and effective law?
? If you could go back in time to any period of time, when would it be and why?
? Is someone guilty of an offence if they did not set out to commit a crime but ended up doing ?so?
? Is wearing school uniform a breach of human rights?

Maths?
? If you could have half an hour with any mathematician past or present, who would it be?
? Derive the formula for the volume of a sphere.
? Do you know what a hyperbolic function is?
? How would you prove that the square root of 3 is irrational?
? How many 0s does the number 30 have?
? How long does a mirror have to be for you to see your whole body?
? If each face of a cube is coloured with one of six different colours, how many ways can it be ?done?
? I drove to an interview at 50 mph and will drive back at 30 mph because of the traffic. What is ?my average speed?

Medicine?
? At what point is a person dead?
? How would you describe a human to a person from Mars? ? How would you measure the weight of your own head?
? How would you poison someone without the police finding out?
? How would you simulate altitude in your living room?
? If you were a grapefruit, would you rather be seedless or non-seedless?
? Should someone sell their kidney?
? Tell me about drowning.
? What do you like most about the brain?

Modern languages?
? Are you surprised that there is no Russian word for “privacy”?
? Chekhov’s great, isn’t he?
? Can you only understand or analyse a text properly in its original language?
? Can a language ever truly die?
? Compare and contrast Spanish and Portuguese.
? Does language define our identity?
? Do you think the number of languages in the world will change in the next century?
? How does the literature you have read affect your opinion of that society?
? How does Le Monde differ from an English broadsheet? ? How can you tell if a noun is masculine, feminine or neutral in German?
? How has travel influenced your relationship with language?
? How is the German mindset different to the Russian mindset?
? How many cultures are grouped together under the label “China”?

Philosophy, politics and economics (PPE)?
? Consider a production line. What could be done to help the worker get away from the ?routine?
? How would you market a rock band?
? Should governments subsidise agriculture?
? Would I be justified in saying that only morons play sport? ? Do bankers deserve their high pay or should government limit it?
? What is the difference between the buying and selling of slaves and the buying and selling of ?football players?
? What is the point of using NHS money to keep old people alive?
? How many petrol stations are there in America?
? Are there always winners and losers in politics?
? Do animals think?
? Can science and religion ever be comfortable bedfellows? ? If you are not in California, how do you know it exists?
? Is being hungry the same thing as wanting to eat?
? Put a monetary value on this teapot.
? Reflect on individual responsibility and the morality of air travel.
? Should there be an intelligence test to decide who could vote?
? What has been Britain’s greatest political achievement of recent years?
? What is Communism?

Sciences?
? Are humans still evolving?
? Are parasites bad?
? On a hot day what should you do with a fridge?
? Can you change an endothermic reaction into an exothermic one?
? Calculate the speed a coin will hit the floor when dropped from 2 metres above the ground.
? Compare and contrast electronegativity and ionisation energy.
? Compare and contrast hydrochloric acid and phosphoric acid.
? Draw the shape of the molecule B2H6.
? Describe a heat engine.
? Does the snow falling on top of a train have an effect on its velocity?
? Explain the bonding in benzene.
? How does DNA fingerprinting work? What is its use?
? How can you store large amounts of hydrogen?
? How many atoms are there in a Brussels sprout?
? How many molecules are there in this room?
? How many molecules are there in a glass of water?
? How many pebbles would it take to fill a car?
? How much of human behaviour is genetically determined?