2025届全国高考真题模拟英语专项训练：阅读理解C篇（含答案）.pdfVIP

2025届全国高考真题模拟英语专项训练：阅读理解C篇

一、阅读理解

（2024·北京·高考真题试卷）Thenotionthatweliveinsomeoneelse’svideogameis

irresistibletomany.Searchingtheterm“simulationhypothesis”(模拟假说)returnsnumerous

resultsthatdebatewhethertheuniverseisacomputersimulation—aconceptthatsomescientists

actuallytakeseriously.Unfortunately,thisisnotascientificquestion.Wewillprobablyneverknow

whetherit’strue.Wecan,instead,usethisideatoadvancescientificknowledge.

The18th-centuryphilosopherKantarguedthattheuniverseultimatelyconsistsofthings-in-

themselvesthatareunknowable.Whileheheldthenotionthatobjectiverealityexists,hesaidour

mindplaysanecessaryroleinstructuringandshapingourperceptions.Modernscienceshave

revealedthatourperceptualexperienceoftheworldistheresultofmanystagesofprocessingby

sensorysystemsandcognitive(认知的)functionsinthebrain.Nooneknowsexactlywhathappens

withinthisblackbox.Ifempirical(实证的)experiencefailstorevealreality,reasoningwon’treveal

realityeithersinceitreliesonconceptsandwordsthatarecontingentonoursocial,culturaland

psychologicalhistories.Again,ablackbox.

So,ifweacceptthattheuniverseisunknowable,wealsoacceptwewillneverknowifwelive

inacomputersimulation.Andthen,wecanshiftourinquiryfrom“Istheuniverseacomputer

simulation?”to“Canwemodeltheuniverseasacomputersimulation?”Modellingrealityiswhat

wedo.Tofacilitateourcomprehensionoftheworld,webuildmodelsbasedonconceptual

metaphors(隐喻)thatarefamiliartous.InNewton’sera,weimaginedtheuniverseasaclock.In

Einstein’s,weuncoveredthestandardmodelofparticle(粒子)physics.

Nowthatweareintheinformationage,wehavenewconceptssuchasthecomputer,

informationprocessing,virtualreality,andsimulation.Unsurprisingly,thesenewconceptsinspireus

to