“人为什么有两只眼睛？”“诗歌是否一定很难懂？”“动物有思想吗？”“你会如何设计一座水坝？”“你倾向于挽救雨林还是珊瑚礁？”……这些看起来让人“摸不着头脑”的问题，都是国外高校的招生面试考题。

"Why people have two eyes?""Poetry is must be very hard to understand?""Animals have thought?""How would you design a dam?""You tend to save the rainforests or coral reefs?"……These look let a person"confused"problem,Are foreign university admissions interview questions.

　　岁末年终，高三学生迎来了一年中最密集的“面试季”。本周末国内高校几大联盟的自主招生面试即将开场，而国外高校的“早申请”也进入了“面试高峰期”。

Year-end year-end,High school students ushered in the year of the most densely populated"Interview season".This weekend the domestic several big league autonomous enrolment upcoming interview,And the foreign universities and colleges"Early application"Has entered"Interview peak".

　英国高校 British universities

　　“雷人”提问让学生落荒而逃 "shocking"Ask questions to let the students be defeated and flee

　　毛毛是人大[微博]附中高三年级的学生，最近她已经接连参加了几所国外高校的面试。“牛津大学的面试大概是最难的，面试之前我就早有耳闻，因为很多问题会很奇怪，让人不知道该如何回答，所以我特意找了找往年的考题。像‘人为什么有两只眼睛’这样的题目，就让习惯了标准答案的中国学生有点不知所措。”

Maomao is National People's Congress [micro bo] attached middle school students in grade three,Recently she has for took part in several foreign college interview."University of Oxford interview is probably the hardest,Before the interview I had heard,Because a lot of problems will be very strange,Let people don't know how to answer,So I am looking for looking for the usual questions.like‘Why people have two eyes’This topic,Let accustomed to the standard answer of Chinese students a little bit at a loss."

　　毛毛报考了牛津大学的两个专业：心理学和语言学，面试是通过网上视频进行的。电脑另一端坐着两位面试官，其中一位先拿出了一份资料，是关于一种非洲语言，很奇怪的字母，但每句话后面都有英文翻译。面试官让她根据资料说一说这种非洲语言的语法结构特征。

Feather to enter oneself for an examination the Oxford University two professional:Psychology and linguistics,Interview is through the Internet video.Computer another sit up with two interviewers,One of the first took out a material,Is about an African language,Very strange letters,But behind every word has English translation.The interviewer let her according to material say this African language grammar structure characteristics.

　　“我仔细看了一下，发现这种语言在表达的时候主谓宾的顺序跟英语的语序有区别。于是我按自己的想法做了回答。面试官似乎很满意，说了一句‘excellent’(非常好)。我想这道题是测试我的观察能力以及分析问题、总结规律的能力。”

"I took a careful look,Find the language in the expression of the order of the main verb and object with English word order is different.So I according to his own idea made answer.The interviewer seems very satisfied,Said 1‘Excellent’(Is very good).I think this problem is to test my power of observation and analysis/The ability to make a conclusion."

　　新东方出国留学专家周容老师介绍说，牛津、剑桥的面试难是大家公认的。“学生总结：笑着进去，哭着出来。我还遇到过面试到一半就落荒而逃的学生。”周容老师说，英国名校的面试题往往“不走寻常路”，给考生一个很开放的问题，有的几乎无法判断属于哪个领域，问题没有惟一答案，但考生一定可以运用到所学知识去思考。“英国高校的面试注重学术，他们用这些题目考查学生的思维方式、逻辑性、研究能力，从而判断专业潜质。”

New Oriental study abroad experts ZhouRong teacher said,Oxford/Cambridge is generally accepted the interview was difficult."The student to summarize the:Smile in,Crying out.I also met interview to half of the students to be defeated and flee."ZhouRong teacher said,British school interview question often"Don't walk unusual way",Give students a very open problems,Some almost impossible to judge which belongs to the field,The only problem is not the answer,But students can use the knowledge to think about."British universities pay attention to academic interview,They use the subject test students' way of thinking/logic/Research ability,Thus judgment professional potential."

　美国高校 American colleges and universities

　　聊天看似随意实有深意 Seemingly casual chat has profound

　　与英国高校的面试相比，美国高校的面试就随意得多。毛毛参加了耶鲁大学新加坡校区和乔治城大学两所学校的面试。前者是一对一网上面试，后者是与一位在京工作的美籍校友面谈。两次面试都是“随便聊聊”，问题也很日常化，比如平常喜欢什么运动、有什么兴趣爱好、为什么选择这所学校等等。

And British universities compared to interview,American colleges and universities at the interview went much.Feather attended Yale university Singapore campus and Georgetown university two school interview.The former is one-on-one online interview,The latter is in Beijing with a work of American alumni interviews.Two times interview is"Chat casually",Problem is day-to-day work,Such as common favorite sport/Have some hobbies/Why did you choose this school and so on.

　　“感觉美国高校的面试毫无技巧可言，根本不用准备，主要靠‘气场’。不过我想，在简单的聊天中，可以看出很多本质的东西，比如是否自信、是否善于沟通、是否友善、是否有很好的表达能力。这些也许正是美国高校所关注的。”

"Feel American colleges and universities have no skills in an interview,No ready to,Mainly by‘field’.But I want to,In the simple chat,Can see many essential thing,Such as whether the confidence/Is good at communication/Are very friendly/Whether to have very good ability.These perhaps American universities concern."

　　“美国高校一直延续这种轻松的聊天风格，但我认为，这才是最聪明的面试方式。”周容老师说，“让学生自由表达，谈论自己喜欢的话题或者擅长的领域，这样的聊天最能看出学生的性格、能力、品行。”

"American universities continue this easy chat style,But I think,This is the most intelligent interview."ZhouRong teacher said,"Let the students free expression,Talk about their favorite topic or good at field,Such a chat most can see students' character/ability/conduct."

　　国内高校

Domestic universities

　　努力开放仍有“背书”嫌疑

Efforts are still open"endorsement"suspicion

　　随着自主招生院校的增加，中国高校在面试中也开始关注学生对自己想法的表达。最近几年在清华、北大的面试题目中，也出现了很多需要阐述观点的问题，比如：

With the increase of the independent recruitment of students colleges and universities,China's colleges and universities in the interview also begin to pay close attention to the student to express their ideas.In recent years in tsinghua/The interview questions in Peking University,Also appeared a lot to this view of the problem,Such as:

　　“‘蒸汽机一开始就是人力的对头。’请谈谈你的看法。”

"‘A steam engine start is a human adversaries.’Please talk about your opinion."

　　“近期房产税、车船税、‘馒头税’等均引发社会热议，请谈谈你对纳税与公民权利关系的理解。”

"The recent housing property tax/car/‘Steamed bread tax’All trigger social hot debate,Please talk about your tax and to understand the relation between civil rights."

　　“假如用一种植物比喻中国人的国民性，你会选择什么？为什么？”

"If use a plant parable of the Chinese national character,What would you choose?why?"

　　“‘穷则独善其身，达则兼济天下，’在今天是否还适用？”

"‘Leads to the poor,Reach the cut-up is,’Today is still applicable?"

　　“目前一些人富裕了但并没感到幸福，谈谈你的看法。”

"At present some people rich but didn't feel happy,Talk about your opinion."

　　从这些问题的设置可以看出，中国高校也在努力给学生更广阔的发挥空间，但仍然有囿于书本的嫌疑。业内人士认为：只有出题人自己思想自由了，才能发现有自由思想的学生。 (记者 李莉)

From these problems Settings can be seen,Chinese universities are also trying to give students a wider developing space,But there are still by suspected of books.The personage inside course of study thinks:Only one set free of his thoughts,To find a free thought of students. (Reporter li li)