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如何在紧张的面试过程中对答如流,进入面试官的法眼顺利进入梦校呢?在这里总结了各个专业的过往面试题目,各位申请英本的同学们可以提前准备准备~
01Economics
经济学
1.What is the point of using NHS money to keep old people alive? (Oxbridge)
用国民医疗服务体系的钱来维持老人的生命有什么意义?
2.What would you say if Gordon Brown were to take a report which shows that people who go to university earn more than those who do not, and then proclaim that going to university causes you to earn more? (Oxbridge)
如果戈登·布朗拿一份报告显示上大学的人比没有上大学的人挣得更多,然后宣称上大学会让你挣得更多,你会怎么想?
3.Should governments subsidise agriculture?(Oxbridge)
政府应该补贴农业吗?
4.What are the consequences of changing interest rates? (Oxbridge)
改变利率的后果是什么?
5.What is the point of privatisation? (Oxbridge)
私有化的意义何在?
6.How would you make a hypothetical sandwich stall more profitable? (Oxbridge)
你如何让一个假想的三明治摊位更有利可图?
7.What is a monopoly? What are the advantages and disadvantages? ( Oxbridge)
什么是垄断?有什么优点和缺点?
02Experimental Psychology
实验心理学
How many monkeys would you use in an experiment?
你会在实验中使用多少只猴子?
Can a thermostat think?
恒温器能思考吗?
How would you design a scientific experiment to show that a certain substance is addictive?
你将如何设计一个科学实验来证明某种物质会让人上瘾?
How come a painting by a four year old of “a tiger amongst tulips” (as described by the child) doesn’t look like a tiger despite the child studying a tiger at the zoo the day before and being satisfied with the outcome?
尽管这个四岁小孩前一天在动物园观察研究了老虎,但画的“郁金香中的老虎”(孩子描述的)看起来不像老虎?
What are the effects of recreational drugs on the brain?
消遣性药物对大脑有什么影响?
An experiment appears to suggest Welsh speakers are worse at remembering phone numbers than English speakers. Why?
一项实验似乎表明说威尔士语的人在记住电话号码方面比说英语的人更差。为什么?
would taxi drivers use a different part of their brain to remember routes
出租车司机会使用他们大脑的不同部分来记住路线吗
03History
历史
How do you organise a successful revolution?
你如何组织一场成功的革命?
How would you compare Henry VIII and Stalin?
你会如何比较亨利八世和斯大林?
In the 1920s did the invention of the Henry Ford car lead to a national sub-culture or was it just an aspect of one?
在 1920 年代,亨利福特汽车的发明是否导致了一种民族亚文化,或者它只是其中的一个方面?
Should historians be allowed to read sci-fi novels?
历史学家应该被允许阅读科幻小说吗?
Do you think that all of History is a History of Thought?
你认为所有的历史都是思想史吗?
Would History be worth studying if it didn’t repeat itself?
如果历史不重演,它是否值得研究?
04History of Art
艺术史
Discuss restoration and conservation. Are they good or bad?
讨论恢复和保护,他们是好是坏?
What is your opinion on the Turner Prize and Brit Art?
你对特纳奖和英国艺术有什么看法?
How does art reflect its society?
艺术如何反映其社会?
What work of art would you most like to own?
你最想拥有什么艺术品?
How can art be musical?
艺术怎么有音乐感?
To what degree is it necessary to be an artist to study History of Art?
作为一名艺术家,学习艺术史需要达到什么程度?
What is the value of art?
艺术的价值是什么?
05Human Science
人文科学
Comment on a population pyramid.
请评论人口金字塔
Design an experiment to show whether monkeys’ behaviour is innate or learnt.
设计一个实验来证明猴子的行为是先天的还是后天习得的。
Is shopping the new religion?
购物是新的宗教吗?
How could you tell how long a disease had been prevalent in an area?
你怎么知道一种疾病在一个地区流行了多长时间?
Should Gorillas have human rights?
大猩猩应该有人权吗?
explain the social behaviour of bees
解释密封的社会行为
why do few Americans believe in evolution?
为什么很少有美国人相信进化论?
06Land Economy
土地经济
Is it more important to focus on poverty at home or abroad?
关注国内贫困还是关注国外贫困更重要?
Is the environment a bigger crisis than poverty/AIDS etc?
环境是比贫困/艾滋病等更大的危机吗?
Do you think that getting involved in poverty abroad is interfering with others' freedoms?
你认为在国外卷入贫困是在干涉他人的自由吗?
Make Poverty History is a commendable thought, is it a practical one?
让贫苦成为历史是值得称赞的历史,但是切合实际的想法吗?
How does global development affect your life personally?
全球发展如何影响您个人的生活?
What kind of transport policy could be implemented in Cambridge?
剑桥可以实施什么样的交通政策?