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’svideogameisirresistibletomany.

Searchingtheterm“simulationhypothesis”(假说)returnsnumerousresultsthatdebatewhethertheuniverse

isacomputersimulation—aconceptthatsomescientistsactuallytakeseriously.Unfortunately,thisisnota

scientificquestion.Wewillprobablyneverknowwhetherit’strue.Wecan,instead,usethisideatoadvance

scientificknowledge.

The18th-centuryphilosopherKantarguedthattheuniverseultimatelyconsistsofthings-in-themselvesthat

areunknowable.Whileheheldthenotionthatobjectiverealityexists,hesaidourmindplaysanecessary

roleinstructuringandshapingourperceptions.Modernscienceshaverevealedthatourperceptual

experienceoftheworldistheresultofmanystagesofprocessingbysensorysystemsandcognitive(认知的)

functionsinthebrain.Nooneknowsexactlywhathappenswithinthisblackbox.Ifempirical(实证的)

experiencefailstorevealreality,reasoningwon’trevealrealityeithersinceitreliesonconceptsandwords

thatarecontingentonoursocial,culturalandpsychologicalhistories.Again,ablackbox.

So,ifweacceptthattheuniverseisunknowable,wealsoacceptwewillneverknowifweliveinacomputer

simulation.Andthen,wecanshiftourinquiryfrom“Istheuniverseacomputersimulation?”to“Canwe

modeltheuniverseasacomputersimulation?”Modellingrealityiswhatwedo.Tofacilitateour

comprehensionoftheworld,webuildmodelsbasedonconceptualmetaphors(隐喻)thatarefamiliartous.

InNewton’sera,weimaginedtheuniverseasaclock.InEinstein’s,weuncoveredthestandardmodelof

particle(粒子)physics.

Nowthatweareintheinformationage,wehavenewconceptssuchasthecomputer,informationprocessing,

virtualreality,andsimulation.Unsurprisingly,thesenewconceptsinspireustobuildnewmodelsofthe