牛津劍橋大學經濟社科各專業麵試題目分享

根據官網信息，劍橋麵試將於(yu) 11月開始發放麵邀，12月開始麵試；牛津整體(ti) 麵試時間區間為(wei) 12月4日到12月14日。

至於(yu) 麵試形式，除了在英國本土的學生，其餘(yu) 的都在線上進行！

牛津麵試官方使用的軟件為(wei) Microsoft Teams，劍橋則通過Zoom或Whereby等平台進行，具體(ti) 學院會(hui) 在發放麵邀時標明。

和牛津一樣，劍橋大學大多數學院今年也會(hui) 采用線上麵試的形式，除了以下六所院校（限英高學生）：

岡(gang) 維爾與(yu) 凱斯學院（Gonville & Caius College）

國王學院（King's College）

彭布羅克學院（Pembroke College）

彼得豪斯（Peterhouse）

塞爾溫學院（Selwyn College）

三一學院（Trinity College）

今年劍橋大學的大部分麵試都在12月份的前三周進行，但有些可能會(hui) 早一些，也有一些麵試可能會(hui) 在2024年1月初進行。

各專(zhuan) 業(ye) 的具體(ti) 麵試時間，同樣建議同學們(men) 到學校官方上進一步核查。

我們(men) 找來了一些往年牛劍麵試問題，大家不妨來看看你能否hold住這些題目？

牛津各專(zhuan) 業(ye) 具體(ti) 麵試時間可看👇

【麵試課程】牛津大學48個(ge) 專(zhuan) 業(ye) 麵試時間匯總！麵試官偏愛什麽(me) 樣的學生？

PPE專(zhuan) 業(ye)

Is there essentially any difference between taxation and the state taking away one of your arms? 在國家向你征稅和取走你的一條胳膊之間，有什麽(me) 本質區別？

Do you really consent to any government given that there is barely anywhere in the world to escape some government or other?

Put a monetary value on this teapot? 評估一隻茶壺的價(jia) 值

If you’re not in California, how do you know it exists? 如果你不在加州，你如何確定它真的存在？

Is it a matter of fact or knowledge that time travels in only one direction? 時間隻是單向流動的嗎？

Differentiate between power and authority. 權利和權威之間有什麽(me) 區別？

Why do we need government? 為(wei) 什麽(me) 我們(men) 需要政府？

Would it be feasible to have an economy entirely based on the service sector? 如果經濟全部依賴於(yu) 第三產(chan) 業(ye) 會(hui) 如何？

Do you believe in free will? How far does it extend to - an oyster, for example? 你相信有自由意誌嗎？所有東(dong) 西都有嗎，比如一隻生蠔有嗎？

Are you cool? 你酷嗎？

If there were three beautiful, naked women standing in front of you, which one would you pick? Does this have any relevance to economics? 如果有三個(ge) 漂亮的luo女站在你麵前，你會(hui) 挑哪個(ge) ？這和經濟有關(guan) 嗎？

What have you enjoyed most about your A Level Economics course? 你最喜歡Alevel經濟課的哪方麵？

Do animals think? 動物會(hui) 思考嗎？

How do you measure the success of a political voting system? 如何衡量投票製度的成功與(yu) 否？

If a Martian drops money across the country, does inflation go up? 如果火星人全國撒錢，通貨會(hui) 膨脹嗎？

Convince me you are real and not just in my dreams? 說服我你是一個(ge) 真人，而不是在我夢裏。

When I was at school in the 1970s, there was talk of a pensions crisis that would one day hit. The talk persisted in the 1980s, and the 1990s – and then there was a pensions crisis, and little had been done politically to prepare us for it. Is there a fault with the British political system that means we can't sensibly address serious medium and long-term problems when they are identified? 當我在70年代上學時，就有關(guan) 於(yu) 養(yang) 老金危機的傳(chuan) 言，一直持續到80、90年代，它真的發生了，我們(men) 卻準備的非常少。你認為(wei) 英國的政治體(ti) 係是不是有嚴(yan) 重問題，導致我們(men) 不能解決(jue) 已經提前預見的中遠期問題？

I'm having trouble with the meaning of three words: Lie, Deceive, Mislead. They seem to mean something a bit similar, but not exactly the same. Help me to sort them out from each other. 我難以區分這幾個(ge) 詞：謊言，欺騙，誤導。他們(men) 看起來很類似，但不完全相同，請幫我區分它們(men) 。

Is it possible for a society to exist in which everyone lies all the time? why? 如果有一個(ge) 社會(hui) 所有人任何時候都撒謊，這個(ge) 社會(hui) 會(hui) 存在嗎？為(wei) 什麽(me) ？

Define 'cruelty' 定義(yi) “殘忍”。

Of all nineteenth century politicians which was most like Tony Blair?在所有19世紀的政治家中，誰最像托尼·布萊爾？

Would you describe the following as 'traditional British values'? drinking tea, eating roast beef and hitting school children.你會(hui) 將以下內(nei) 容描述為(wei) “英國傳(chuan) 統價(jia) 值觀”嗎？喝茶，吃烤牛肉，打學生。

What do you think of gay couples adopting?

What exactly do you think is involved in blaming someone? ‘究責於(yu) 某人’這件事涉及哪些方麵？

A person with 50 k is rich. a person with n pounds is rich and a person with n-1 pounds is also rich. so a person with 1 pound is rich. I then had to falsify I. 如果有5萬(wan) 英鎊是富裕的，那麽(me) 比他少1鎊也可以認為(wei) 是富裕的，以此類推，何時才算貧窮？

Think of a question that you have prepared an answer to, ask yourself the question and show us how you would answer it in a logical fashion 自己問自己一個(ge) 準備的問題，然後講出準備好的答案，讓我們(men) 看到邏輯的魅力。

經濟

What is the point of using NHS money to keep old people alive? 用國家醫保的錢贍養(yang) 老人的意義(yi) 在哪裏？

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? 如果調查顯示大學畢業(ye) 生收入高於(yu) 未讀大學的人，證明大學使人收入增加。你如何看？

Should governments subsidise agriculture? 國家是否應該補貼農(nong) 業(ye) ？

What are the consequences of changing interest rates? 改變銀行利息有什麽(me) 後果？

What is the point of privatisation? 私有化的意義(yi) 是什麽(me) ？

How would you make a hypothetical sandwich stall more profitable? 如何讓一個(ge) 假設的三明治攤子增加利潤？

What is a monopoly? What are the advantages and disadvantages? 壟斷是什麽(me) ？有什麽(me) 好處和壞處？

If the government passed a law requiring people to wear seatbelts, why might this result in more road accident casualties? 如果政府通過法案規定所有人係安全帶，為(wei) 什麽(me) 這可能導致車禍死亡率上升？

Define 'greed' 定義(yi) 貪婪

Distance from London to new York, work out 計算倫(lun) 敦到紐約的距離

Tell me why playing your sport will make you a better economist 解釋為(wei) 什麽(me) 你參與(yu) 的運動會(hui) 有助於(yu) 你成為(wei) 更好的經濟學家？

Why do Ryan air try and sell tickets for Dublin day passes on flights into London Stansted? 為(wei) 什麽(me) 廉價(jia) 航空出售倫(lun) 敦Stansted機場和都柏林之間的日票（一日內(nei) 暢飛）？

經濟與(yu) 管理

How would you market a rock band? 如何營銷一支搖滾樂(le) 隊？

Consider a production line. What could be done to help the worker to get away from the routine? 如何讓流水線上的工人避免重複勞作？

Are large or small companies more successful? 小公司還是大公司更成功？

Why do Rolls-Royce build cars by hand, and Toyota by machine? 為(wei) 什麽(me) 勞斯萊斯手工造車，而豐(feng) 田使用流水線？

What is the basis of performance related pay? 按表現支付薪水的基礎原理是什麽(me) ？

Are there too many people in the world? 地球上的人太多了嗎？

Explain why teachers might be changing jobs to become plumbers. 為(wei) 什麽(me) 老師可能跳槽去做水管工？

What is the difference between buying and selling of slaves and the buying and selling of football players? 買(mai) 賣奴隸和買(mai) 賣足球隊員（轉會(hui) ）有什麽(me) 區別？

Would I be justified in saying that only morons play sport? 如果我說隻有傻瓜才運動（競技類），你認同嗎？為(wei) 什麽(me) ？

Why is a film actor wealthier than a theatre actor? 為(wei) 什麽(me) 電影演員比劇院演員有錢？

I give you £100. You have to offer part of this £100 to someone. Unless they accept the offer, you get nothing. How much will you offer? 如果我給你100鎊，而你必須給其他人其中的一部分，並使我同意你的方案，不然你講得不到一分錢。你會(hui) 如何分配？

Why is deflation a scare to the UK? 為(wei) 什麽(me) 通貨緊縮不好？

Would you support the privatisation of the NHS? 你認同社會(hui) 醫保的私有化嗎？

A girl in a small town wishes to sell a painting – will she earn more revenue through sealed bids or raffle tickets? 一個(ge) 小鎮姑娘要賣一副油畫，封閉出價(jia) 和抽獎券兩(liang) 種方式，哪種會(hui) 使她賺到更多錢？

What is a public good? 什麽(me) 是公共物品？

Summarise Economics into one word 用一個(ge) 詞語概括經濟學。

What’s the difference between a correlation and a cause and effect relationship? “有關(guan) ”和“因果”有什麽(me) 差別？

Why do firms exist? 為(wei) 什麽(me) 公司會(hui) 存在？

If a petrol station, on a road, is equal distant from two towns, where should the next petrol station be built? 如果一個(ge) 加油站離兩(liang) 個(ge) 最近的小鎮等距離，那麽(me) 下一個(ge) 加油站應該建在哪裏？

What is the biggest problem facing CEO’s? 首席執行官（總裁）麵臨(lin) 的最大問題是什麽(me) ？

Should a Wal-Mart store be opened in the middle of Cambridge? 劍橋鎮的中心應該開一家沃爾瑪嗎？

Management: what would you do to overcome the language and cultural difficulties after merger? 公司合並後如何克服語言或文化上的障礙？

數學

牛津：

There's a torus/ring doughnut shaped space station with 2 spacemen on a spacewalk standing diametrically oppositie each other. Can then ask a variety of questions such as if spaceman A wants to throw a spanner to spaceman B, what angle and speed should they choose (stating any assumptions made, e.g. that gravity = 0)?

Show that if n is an integer, n^3 - n is divisible by 6.

Differentiate x^x, then sketch it.

Is it possible to cover a chess-board with dominoes, when two corner squares have been removed from the chessboard and they are (a) adjacent corners, or conversely, (b) diagonally opposite.

Integrate 1/(x^2) between -1 and 1. Describe any difficulties in doing this?

If a cannon is pointed straight at a monkey in a tree, and the monkey lets go and falls towards the ground at the same instant the cannon is fired, will the monkey be hit? Describe any assumptions you make.

Integrate xlog(x).

How many solutions to kx=e^x for different values of k?

Prove by contradiction that when z^2 = x^2 + y^2 has whole number solutions that x and y cannot both be odd.

Sketch y=ln(x) explaining its shape.

Compare the integrals between the values e and 1: a) int[ln(x^2)]dx; b) int[(lnx)^2]dx and c) int[lnx]dx. Which is largest?

Sketch y=(lnx)/x. (The Student Room)

Differentiate x^x and (x^0.5)^(x^0.5).

Sketch y=cos(1/x).

What is the square root of i?

If each face of a cube is coloured with one of 6 different colours, how many ways can it be done?

If you have n non-parallel lines in a plane, how many points of intersection are there?

Observation about (6 - (37^0.5))^20 being very small.

By considering (6 + (37^0.5))^20 + previous expression, show this second expression is very close to an integer.

Sketch y^2 = x^3 - x.

Integrate from 0 to infinity the following: Int[xe^(-x^2)]dx and Int[(x^3)e^(-x^2)]dx.

If you could have half an hour with any mathematician past or present, who would it be?

Integrate arctan x!

Do you know where the multiplication sign came from

If we have 25 people, what is the likelihood that at least one of them is born each month of the year?

What makes a tennis ball spin as it's travelling through the air?

If (cos(x))^2 = 2sin(a), what are the intervals of values of a in the interval 0 ≤ a ≤ pi so that this equation has a solution?

If a round table has n people sitting around it, what is the probability of person A sitting exactly k seats away from person B?

You are given that y = t^t and x = cost. What is the value of dy/dx?

Differentiate y = x with respect to x^2?

Prove by contradiction that 2(a)^2 - b^2 is true only if a and b are both odd?

劍橋：

if your friends were here now instead of you, what would they say about you?

Whatever got you into pole dancing?

Why do you play table tennis?

Do you know where the multiplication sign came from?

What is the significance of prime numbers?

Imagine a ladder leaning against a vertical wall with its feet on hte groun. The middle rung of the ladder has been painted a differnt colour on the side, so that we can see it when we look at the ladder from side on. What shape does that middle rung trace out as the ladder falls to the floor?

哲學

Is the chair really there? 這把椅子真的存在嗎？

If you were to form a government of philosophers what selection process would you use? 如果由哲學家組成政府，你會(hui) 使用什麽(me) 樣的選舉(ju) 製度？

Is it moral to hook up a psychopath (whose only pleasure is killing) to a reality-simulating machine so that he can believe he is in the real world and kill as much as he likes? 如果將一個(ge) 殺人狂接入一個(ge) 虛擬世界，讓它在其中大開殺戒，如此做符合道德嗎？

If I could pass any piece of legislation through parliament, what would it be? 如果你可以通過一項法案，你想通過什麽(me) ？

What about fatalism? 談一談宿命論

How do we know if 1 + 1 = 2 if the concept of numbers was in fact 'invented' by humans? 如果數字的概念不是人類發明的，我們(men) 如何得知1+1=2？

Why do you think grandparents feel the need to academically surpass their children and grandchildren? 祖父祖母輩的學術水準應該超越他們(men) 的孫輩嗎？

心理學

What is 'normal' for humans? 人類所謂的正常是什麽(me) ？

Why do human beings have two eyes? 人類為(wei) 什麽(me) 有兩(liang) 隻眼睛？

Should interview be used for selection? 麵試應該作為(wei) 錄取的考核內(nei) 容嗎？

An experiment appears to suggest Welsh speakers are worse at remembering phones numbers than English speakers. Why? 有一項研究證明威爾士語使用者比英語使用者記電話號碼能力更差，你認為(wei) 為(wei) 什麽(me) ？

How would you conceptualise an emotion 如何構思一種情感？

A large study appears to show that older siblings consistently score higher than younger siblings on IQ tests? Why would this be? 有研究表明年長的兄弟姐妹比年幼的兄弟姐妹IQ測試分數更高，你認為(wei) 是為(wei) 什麽(me) ？

社會(hui) 及政治科學

Instead of politicians, why don't we let the managers of IKEA run the country? 為(wei) 什麽(me) 我們(men) 讓政治家而不是宜家的經理管理國家？

Should obese people have free NHS treatment? 為(wei) 什麽(me) 肥胖的人應該得到免費的醫保治療？

What is Christmas? 聖誕節是什麽(me) ？

How would you describe an apple? 你為(wei) 什麽(me) 會(hui) 想吃蘋果？

Does the welfare state trap people into poverty? 福利國家是否使貧民無法脫貧？

Distinguish between a society, a state and an economy? 區別社會(hui) 、國家、經濟體(ti) 。

Should museums be free? 博物館應該免費開放嗎？

Do you like Birmingham? 你是否喜歡伯明翰（英國城市）？

Is it better to be a leader or a follower? 成為(wei) 一個(ge) 領導者更好還是一個(ge) 追隨者？

Can you think of a piece of governmental legislation that includes both compassionate and utilitarian aspects? 能否舉(ju) 一個(ge) 既有功利主義(yi) 又有慈悲心的法案？

Show may we introduce feminism more effectively into business situations? 我們(men) 是否應該在商務場合倡導女性主義(yi) ，為(wei) 什麽(me) ？