一试身手！牛津大学的这些入学考题你能答出几个？

导读:牛津大学作为世界最顶尖的学府之一，其入学考题向来也是“不同凡响”。习惯了中国教育的我们，是否还能够在这些“神题”面前表现得游刃有余？

The entry questions to get into Oxford university are designed to test the minds of the country’s brightest teens and encourage them to stretch their imaginations.

牛津大学入学问题是为测试英国最聪明的青少年，同时鼓励他们发挥自己的想象力而设计的。

In a bid to find the smartest people in the country, the prestigious institution asks prospective candidates questions ranging from the philosophical to the more pedestrian - including why Coronation Street is important to an English student.

为了挑选出英国最聪明的人，这所著名的学府会问及准候选人们一系列问题，从哲学到大众——包括为何《加冕街》对英国学生而言很重要。

MODERN LANGUAGES

现代语言

Should poetry be difficult to understand?

诗歌应该要晦涩难懂吗？

What is language?

什么是语言？

In a world where English is a global language, why learn French, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish?

在这个以英语为全球语言的世界里，为何还要学习法语、汉语或者是西班牙语？

PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS

哲学、政治学和经济学

Why is income per head between 50 and 100 times larger in the United States than in countries such as Burundi and Malawi?

为何美国的人均收入是布隆迪和马拉维这些国家的50~100倍？

PHYSICS

物理学

A ball, initially at rest, is pushed upwards by a constant force for a certain amount of time. Sketch the velocity of the ball as a function of time, from start to when it hits the ground.

一个最初处于静止状态的球被恒力向上推行了一段时间。绘出该球从开始运动至落地这段时间内随着时间变化的速度。

CLASSICS

古典文学

Why do you think Dido kills herself in Aeneid 4? Couldn’t she just have gone back to her old life?

为何你认为埃涅伊德4中的迪多是自杀的？她难道不是回归到了原有的生活吗？

ENGLISH LITERATURE

英国文学

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

为何你认为英国学生可能会对《卫冕街》连播50年这一事实有兴趣？

HISTORY

历史

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

你最想采访历史上的哪一位人物（或者是哪一类人物），为什么？

Is violence always political?

暴力永远都是带有政治色彩的吗？

LAW

法律

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

如果在双黄线上停车是死刑，那么也就没有人会这样做了，此法律公正、有效吗？

MEDICINE

医药

Why does your heart rate increase when you exercise?

为何心率会在你运动时加快？

Why do we have red blood cells?

我们为何会有红细胞？

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

生物科学

Here’s a cactus. Tell me about it.

这里是一棵仙人掌。给我介绍下它。

Why do many animals have stripes?

为何很多动物身上有条纹？

Ladybirds are red. So are strawberries. Why?

瓢虫是红色的，草莓也是。为什么？