牛津麵試問題精選

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.報考者( candidate的名詞複數 )；申請求職者；攻讀學位者；最後命運或結局如何已顯然可見者

參考例句：

Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必須公平而毫無成見地考慮所有求職者。

one of the leading candidates for the presidency 總統職位的主要候選人之一

2 harry

vt.掠奪，蹂躪，使苦惱

參考例句：

Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人們感到更加忙碌和苦惱。

Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奧巴馬用醫改掠奪了商界。

3 pirates

n.海盜( pirate的名詞複數 )；剽竊者；侵犯版權者；非法播音的人（或組織）

參考例句：

Children dressed (themselves) up as pirates. 孩子們假扮成海盜。 來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

The pirates treated their captives with barbarity. 海盜們殘暴地對待他們的俘虜。 來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4 stripes

n.（與底色不同的）條紋( stripe的名詞複數 )；（軍裝或警服上表示等級的）臂章；紋理

參考例句：

The plant's stem is marked with thin green longitudinal stripes. 這種植物的莖上長有綠色細長條紋。

a zebra's black and white stripes 斑馬的黑白條紋