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伊頓公學,英國最有名的寄宿私校,以盛產“精英” “紳士”而出名,比如:皇室的 威廉王子和哈里王子,著名作家---George Orwell、著名演員---小雀斑,以及 二十幾位英國首相……
想進入這所學校,要求有過硬的背景,才華、智慧、天分等等……
每一年, 伊頓通過13 考試招收新生,科目包括英語、數學和外語等……此外,伊頓每年還會從新生中, 選出14個國王獎學金獲得者King's Scholars。
全英第一的伊頓入學考試,已經有很大的難度了, 獎學金考試更是難上加難。主題包含了科學、數學、文學、宗教、哲理等等……堪稱“英國私校最難的入學考試“。
英媒總結了10道真題,一起來感受一下!
注:大部分題目是論述性的,所以并沒有確定的答案,但也有一些相對明確的問題,我們會在題目結尾給出答案。
1
題目:If today is Friday, what is the day that follows the day that comes after the day that precedes the day before yesterday?
這一題,來自于伊頓國王獎學金2011年的真題,題目本身不難,關鍵是詞匯量和邏輯,能夠讀懂題目;
答案:Thursday。
伊頓校友—英國首相Boris
2
題目:How many even numbers are there from 100 to 1000 inclusive?
這是一道數學題目,來2015年的真題;
答案:451。
3
題目:It's 2040, and you're the UK Prime Minister. Explain why it was "both necessary and moral" for you to employ the Army to fight — and kill — violent protesters in London.(如果你是2040年的英國首相,請解釋為什么用軍隊對付暴力抗議者,是“唯一可行的、必要的以及道德的選擇)
這道題目, 是伊頓公學國王獎學金考試2011年的真題,曾經一度因為校友---英國首相Boris脫歐問題,而被媒體扒出來,引發了不小的爭議。
完整問題背景設定:
The year is 2040. There have been riots in the streets of London after Britain has run out of petrol because of an oil crisis in the Middle East. Protesters have attacked public buildings. Several policemen have died.
Consequently, the Government has deployed the Army to curb the protests. After two days the protests have been stopped but twenty-five protesters have been killed by the Army.
You are the Prime Minister. Write the script for a speech to be broadcast to the nation in which you explain why employing the Army against violent protesters was the only option available to you and one which was both necessary and moral.
(2040年,由于中東石油危機,英國汽油耗盡,倫敦街頭發生騷亂。抗議者們毀壞公共設施,幾名警察因此殉職。于是,政府選擇動用軍隊來對付抗議。兩天之后,抗議活動停止,但有25名抗議者身亡。)
4
題目:As a judge, decide whether a property owner should pay compensation to someone who walked through her field and got attacked by a bull.
(如果有行人穿過一間房屋,被一頭牛襲擊了,作為法官,你是否會判決業主賠償。)
這道題, 是國王獎學金2008年的真題,背景以灰姑娘和白雪公主作為主角,設定為:
A woman called Cinderella took a short cut to her local railway station across a field owned by Snow White. Members of the public had been crossing Snow White's field to get to the railway station for 35 years.
Snow White had made attempts to prevent people from doing so but had never taken any serious action because some of the people stopped at her house to buy milk that she sold there and she was pleased to be able to sell it.
One day, when crossing the field, Cinderella was attacked by a bull which had been placed in the field by Snow White. The bull had been in the field for many months. Cinderella knew it was there and had regularly cross the field before when it was present.
(白雪公主家的房子中,有一條通往火車站的捷徑,雖然她嘗試阻止過人們但沒有認真。直到有一天灰姑娘路過時,被一頭已經存在好幾個月的牛襲擊了。)
5
題目:Geography is fundamentally about the study of places. What is the most important place in the world, and why?
(你認為世界上最重要的地方是哪里?為什么?)
這是 國王獎學金2017年的一道真題,主觀論述。除了以上這種主觀論述,還會有一些文字推理題。
6
題目:給出一組虛構語言短語,根據模式,推理出含義,并用這種虛構語言造句。
比如:
"Birley"
"Wooflish"
"Gibberian"
7
題目:Fill in the blanks to create an oxymoron.
"I like a smuggler. He is the only ___ thief."
"I am a ___ superficial person."
“He belongs to the ___ dead.”
答案:Honest, genuinely, living
這是 伊頓國王獎學金2009年的真題,主要考察語法,以及正義詞和反義詞。“oxymoron”矛盾修飾法,是指把兩個語義相互矛盾的詞放在一起,產生特殊效果的一種修辭手段,比如 "hot ice" 和"wise fool."。
8
題目:"Wet and windy with occasional sunny spells" (summary weather forecast, 16th January 2015). To what extent could this statement be applied equally to the UK's climate?
伊頓國王獎學金2015年的真題,給出一段天氣描述,要求學生判斷,考察了學生的詞匯量、地理知識等……
9
題目:"A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past." How far do you agree with this statement?
A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.(革命是在過去和未來之間的誓死斗爭。),這是古巴著名革命領導人---卡斯特羅Fidel Castro的名言。
這道題, 來自國王獎學金2015年真題,同樣是主觀論述,要求學生陳述觀點。
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題目:Write a response of no more than 700 words, in whatever style seems appropriate, on: The Future.
這道題, 是國王獎學金2017年的真題,要求學生寫一篇700詞的作文,風格不限,主題是: The Future。
以上,就是英國最頂尖公學伊頓,最頂尖的入學考試題目,大家感受到難度了嗎?
其實,只想去英國好一點的入學考試,難度都不會低, 除了英語、數學、文字推理和圖形推理這幾門必考項,有的學校13 還會涉及到科學、地理、歷史等其他科目……
對于國內學生來說,備考11 /13 私校升學考試, 不僅僅要提升聽說讀寫詞匯量這些基礎能力,更要保證有足夠的學科知識,以及邏輯推理能力。
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