牛津面试问题精选

1. English literature candidates1: JK Rowling has just published a book for adults after the hugely successful Harry2 Potter series. In what ways do you think that writing for children is different to writing for adults?

2. History candidates: Which person (or sort of person) in the past would you most like to interview, and why?

3. English literature candidates: Why do you think an English student might be interested in the fact that Coronation Street has been running for 50 years?

4. Computer science candidates: How do pirates3 divide their treasure?

5. Geography candidates: If I were to visit the area where you live, what would I be interested in?

6. Law candidates: If the punishment for parking on double yellow lines were death, and therefore nobody did it, would that be a just and effective law?

7. Medicine candidates: Why does your heart rate increase when you exercise?

8. Modern languages candidates: Should poetry be difficult to understand?

9. Modern languages candidates: What is language?

10. Biology candidates: Why do many animals have stripes4?

1 candidates

n.报考者( candidate的名词复数 )；申请求职者；攻读学位者；最后命运或结局如何已显然可见者

参考例句：

Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。

one of the leading candidates for the presidency 总统职位的主要候选人之一

2 harry

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。

Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

3 pirates

n.海盗( pirate的名词复数 )；剽窃者；侵犯版权者；非法播音的人（或组织）

参考例句：

Children dressed (themselves) up as pirates. 孩子们假扮成海盗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

The pirates treated their captives with barbarity. 海盗们残暴地对待他们的俘虏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 stripes

n.（与底色不同的）条纹( stripe的名词复数 )；（军装或警服上表示等级的）臂章；纹理

参考例句：

The plant's stem is marked with thin green longitudinal stripes. 这种植物的茎上长有绿色细长条纹。

a zebra's black and white stripes 斑马的黑白条纹