新教材适用2024版高考英语二轮总复习第2部分阅读能力突破篇专题1阅读理 .pdf

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Quantumtheory(量子理论)isperhapsthemostsuccessfulscientificidea

ever．Yet,acenturyafteritsbirth,somethingremainsdeeplypuzzlingaboutquantum

theory．Itdoesnottellushowphysicalsystemsbehave．Instead,ittreatsany

physicalsystemasablackbox:ifyoudothistoitnow,itwillreactlikethat

later．Whathappensinbetween?Thetheorysimplydoesnttellus．

Anideahasrecentlybeguntocatchon．Perhapsthereisnoneedtomakeanything

upaboutwhatliesbehindquantumtheory．Perhapsitreallydoesrevealtousthe

deepstructureofreality,whereapropertyisnomorethansomethingthataffects

somethingelse．Perhapsthisispreciselywhat“properties”are:theeffectsof

interactions．

Thinkofasimpleobjectsuchasablueteacup．Itsbeingblueisnotaproperty

ofthecupalone:colorshappeninourbrainasaresultofthecertainbiological

structureofoureyesandasaconsequenceoftheinteractionsbetweendaylightand

thecupssurface．Itsbeing“ateacup”referstoitspotentialfunctionasa

drinkingcontainer:foranalienwhodoesntknowaboutdrinkingtea,theveryconcept

ofateacupismeaningless．Asquantumtheoryshows:theyaredefinedbytheir

physicalinteractionswiththerestoftheworld．

Then,itcomeswithalesson．Weunderstandrealitybetterifwethinkofitin

termsofinteractions,notindividuals．Thisiswhy,inclassicgametheory,the

winnersinthelongrunarethosewhocooperate．Toofoolishlywemeasuresuccess

intermsofanindividualsfortunes．Itmisunderstandsthetruenatureofreality,

andisultimatelyself-defeating,whichleadstounimaginableconsequenceand

preventsusfromaddressingchallengesthatallhuman-kindfacesasawhole．

1．Whatpossiblydoesquantumtheorytellaccordingtothetext？

A．Howphysicalsys