Formanycenturies，countlessscholarshaveaskedthequestion：Whatisbeauty?Asdesignersupdatethelatestfashionsandartistscreatetheirmasterpieces,whatisconsideredbeautifulchangesatanalarmingpace.Fiftyyearsago，theful

　　Formanycenturies，countlessscholarshaveaskedthequestion：Whatisbeauty?Asdesignersupdatethelatestfashionsandartistscreatetheirmasterpieces,whatisconsideredbeautifulchangesatanalarmingpace.

　　Fiftyyearsago，thefull-figuredMarilynMonroewasasymboloftheAmericanaesthetic(美学的)value；today，manyHollywoodactressesdifferentinappearancefromMarilyn’shavetakenherplace.However，aestheticvaluesnotonlydifferfromgenerationtogeneration，butdosoalongculturallinesaswell.Often,whatisconsidereddisgustingtoonecivilizationisjusttheaestheticappealinanother.Thusitisdifficulttogiveanabsolutedefinition(定义)ofbeauty.

　　Asfundamental(基础的)physicists，mycolleaguesandIliketobelievethatweareinvolvedinasearchforabeautythataffectsdefinition.Thebeautythatwesearchforisnotwhatissetupthroughtheworkofpeopleandsubjecttothetastes,butratherwhathasbeenlaiddownbynaturePhysicsallowsitsstudentstolookpastouterappearances，intoadeeperbeauty.Asahumanbeing，Iamattractedbythevisualappealofawavecrashingonthebeach.Asaphysicist,howeverIamabletoseethedeeperbeautyofthephysicallawsthatgovernsuchaphenomenon.

　　Intruth，sinceAlbertEinsteinputforwardtheideathattheremightbeonemainphysicaltheorythatgovernstheuniverse，aestheticshavebecomeadrivingforceinmodernphysics.Einsteinandotherlaterphysicistshavediscoveredthat：Nature,asitsmostfundamentallevel，isbeautifullyconstructed.Theextraordinarysimplicityofthelawsthatgoverntheuniverseisreallybreathtaking.AsEinsteinsaid,itwouldseemmorelikelythatweshouldfindourselveslivingina“chaotic(无秩序曲)world，innowaygraspablethroughthinking”.Yetwearenowcloserthanevertoafullunderstandingoftheuniverse’sbeautifulclockwork.Asnewdiscoveriesandtechnologiesallowustoexaminethephysicalworldondeeperanddeeperlevels，wefindthatthebeautyitselfbecomesmuchdeeper.

　　小题1:Thereferenceto“MarilynMonroe”inParagraph2mainlyservesto___________.A．provideanexampleoftoday’sbeautystandardsB．showthereisnofixeddefinitionofaestheticsC．comparetraditionsoftheEastto