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Online Interviewing

A second round graduate school entrance reopened on May 25th.They have been disrupted by the SARS outbreak for more than a month.Education ministery statistics show that about a million students in China are waiting for the test.Off this, approximately 40000 would have to travel to the school they are applying for in a different city.The first set of exams is usually written while the second were invovled in the interview.Because of the SARS,travel was just interrupted and the second part,this year,has taken a new look.Many graduate school are trying out distant-interviewing,using telephones and the Internet.The Beijing Broadcast Institute resorted to telephone communications.This meant several interviewees sitting near speakerphone so that they can take part freely in the questioning.According to YGB of the Institute graduate school, about 700 students were recruited in this way.Over 800 applicants¹ were on the shot list, Y said , that in additional test is given when they enter graduate school in December.China University of Politic² and Law has decided³ to use the Internet.The school vice⁴ president ZY, says they will ask question that has to be answered with a paper within a certain time.At Beijing Language and Culture University,140 applicants were getting exam papers through the post and taking opening exams. Other universities use mixture of these.

No matter which method is used, the universities must make the test as strict as possible. If the exam is done over the phone, the interview is recorded in case there is a question of cheating later on."The distant-interviewing technique is not satisfying as the face-to-face interview,"said one teacher who is responsible for interviews."So some schools have decided to give some ways to the first round exam", she explained.

1 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

2 politic   

adj.有智虑的；精明的；v.从政

参考例句：

• He was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage.他很聪明，不会与这么重要的人争吵。
• The politic man tried not to offend people.那个精明的人尽量不得罪人。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。