“牛剑”大学奇葩面试题盘点

　　英国自豪地拥揽着两大世界最顶级的学府——牛津大学和剑桥大学，这两间大学一直以来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。

　　牛剑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人才脱颖而出，而且只抓住几个小问题，就以偏概全地批评面试制度，有点不太公平。

　　以下是从过往学生的经历中整理出的，最让人“抓狂”的题目，试一下你能答上几道?

　　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 beli be justified? (French and Spanish, Oxford)

　　你觉得雕塑可以移动吗?并且说出你证据。(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)
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　　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)

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