“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 difficult to understand?""Animals have thought?""How would you design a dam?""You tend to save the rainforests or coral reefs?"……These look let the person"confused"The problem of,Is the enrollment of colleges and universities abroad 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”。

At the end of the,Senior 3 students ushered in the most densely populated of the year"The interview season".This weekend at home a few major league of independent of college recruit the upcoming interview,And the foreign universities"Early application"Has entered"The 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 currently a student of grade three,Recently she has been for several foreign universities to participate in the interview."Interview at the university of Oxford is probably the hardest,I will have news before the interview,Because a lot of problems would be very strange,Let people don't know how to answer,So I am looking for the usual questions.like‘Why people have two eyes’Such a topic,Let Chinese students used to the standard answer is 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。

Maomao enter oneself for an examination of the university of Oxford, the two major:Psychology and linguistics,The interview was conducted through online video.Computer brought up another two interviewers,One of them took out a material first,Is about an African languages,Very strange letters,But behind every word is English translation.The interviewer let her say this African language according to the data of grammatical 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 looked at it carefully,Found that the language to express the predicate of the sequence with the English word order is different.So I did answer according to his own idea.The interviewer seems very satisfied,Said a word‘excellent’(Is very good).I think this problem is to test my ability of observation and analysis of the problems/Conclusion the ability of the law."

　　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 school to study abroad experts ZhouRong teacher said,Oxford/The interview was difficult in Cambridge is generally accepted."Students to summarize:With a smile in,Crying out.I also met the interview to half of students will be defeated and flee."ZhouRong teacher said,British school interview questions often"Don't walk unusual way",Give students a very open question,Some almost impossible to judge which field,Problem is not the only answer,But will be applied to knowledge to think."British universities' interview focus on academic,They use the questions helps students way of thinking/logic/Research ability,To judge potential."

美国高校 American colleges and universities

　　聊天看似随意实有深意 Chat at actual

　　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。

Compared with British college interview,The interview at an American college or university is much more casual.Maomao Georgetown university and Yale university campus in Singapore in the two schools of the interview.The former is one-on-one online interview,The latter is the American alumni in Beijing with a job interview.Two times interview"Just have a chat",Problem is day-to-day,Such as usually like what sport/What 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 the interview at an American college or university no skill,No preparation,Mainly by‘Gas field’.But I think,In a simple chat,Can see a lot of the nature of things,Whether such confidence/Whether is good at communicating/Are friendly/If there is a very good presentation skills.These may be just concern of American colleges and universities."

　　“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 colleges and universities continue this style of chat easily,But I think,This is the most clever way of interview."ZhouRong teacher said,"Let the students free expression,Talking about their favorite topic or are good at field,So the chat can see most of the students' personality/Ability to/conduct."

　国内高校 Domestic colleges and universities

　　努力开放仍有“背书”嫌疑 Efforts are still open"An 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,Chinese colleges and universities also begin to pay close attention to students in an interview to the expression of ideas.In recent years in tsinghua/Peking University of interview questions,There was also a lot of problems need to be a viewpoint,Such as:

　　“‘蒸汽机一开始就是人力的对头。’请谈谈你的看法。”

"‘At the beginning of the steam engine is human of the adversary.’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 real estate tax/car/‘Steamed bread tax’Etc trigger social hot debate,Please talk about your understanding of the relationship between tax and 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 nationality,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 poor,Of cut-up is the world,’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）

Can be seen from the Settings of these problems,China's colleges and universities are also trying to give students wider developing space,But there are still rank suspected of books.The personage inside course of study thinks:Only set themselves free thought,Can be found that free thought of students. (The reporter li li)

　　(北京晚报)

(Beijing evening news)