六级阅读对大多数同学来说都比较熟悉，但是真正拿到的同学却寥寥无几，希望同学们在平日里要多注意夯实基础，多做练习，这样才能不断自己的阅读能力。今天文都四六级将为大家分享2020年上半年大学英语六级阅读理解：成功的塔尔苏斯人保罗，望考生们认真复习，并最终在考试中取得优异成绩!
大学英语六级阅读理解：成功的塔尔苏斯人保罗
The Successful Paul Of Tarsus
Most of the people who lived near Jerusalem1 wereJewish. The Romans were pagans2 , but theyallowed the Jews to practice their faith and did notforce them to worship Roman gods. About A. D. 30, a holy man named Jesus began to attract a followingin the Roman province of Judea. Judea is part of themodern nation of Israel. His followers came tobelieve that Jesus was the son of the God of the Jews and that he performed miracles3 . Thefollowers of Jesus angered Roman authorities because they refused to follow either Jewish orRoman laws. The authorities arrested and crucified4 Jesus. Three days after his execution, Jesus followers said they saw him rise from the dead.
The followers of Jesus called him Christ5. Christ is a Greek word that means“ chosen one”, because they believed he was chosen by God to be his messenger. In time the followers ofJesus became known as Christians. The Christians taught that people’s sins would be forgiven ifthey became Christian. This message was not successful with many Jews, but many pagansresponded to the idea of Christian salvation.
Many fervent believers carried the message of Jesus throughout the Roman Empire6 . One ofthe most successful was a Greek-speaking Jew named Paul of Tarsus, known to Christians asSaint Paul. As a young man, he helped to persecute Christians, but one day he had a vision inwhich he believed Jesus spoke to him from heaven. Paul spent the rest of his life thinking andwriting about Christianity and winning new converts to the faith. Through the persistence ofPaul and other Christian missionaries, small Christian communities developed throughout theRoman Empire.
The first Christians believed that Jesus would quickly return to earth, so there was no need tocreate any written records of his life . After about thirty years, Christians began to see a needto write down an account of the life and wisdom of Jesus. About fifty years after Jesus died, Christians combined the stories of the life and wisdom of Jesus into four books known asGospels. Gospel means“ good news”. The holy book of Christianity is known as the Bible andhas two parts. The Old Testament consists of the sacred writings of the Jewish people and waswritten long before the time of Jesus. The New Testament of the Bible includes the Gospels, along with letters written by Paul and other Christian writers. The Bible has been translated intomore than 1, 000 languages and has been read by more people than any other book.
六级阅读理解自测
Ⅰ. Fill in each blank:
1. The Romans were pagans, but they allowed the Jews to_________ ( 实践) their faith and didnot force them to _________( 信仰) Roman gods.
2. His followers came to believe that Jesus was the son of the God of the Jews and that heperformed _________( 奇迹) .
3. The Christians taught that people’s sins would be_________ ( 宽恕) if they became Christian.
4. About fifty years after Jesus died , Christians _________( 组成) the stories of the life andwisdom of Jesus into four books known as _________( 福音) , which means “good news”.
5. The holy book of Christianity is known as the _________( 圣经) and has two parts: the OldTestament and the New Testament.
Ⅱ. Questions :
What is the holy book of Christianity and how many parts does it have ? What are they about?
六级阅读理解参考答案
Ⅰ. 1. practice / worship 2 . miracles 3. forgiven 4. combined / Gospels 5. Bible
Ⅱ. The holy book of Christianity is known as theBible and it has two parts. The Old Testamentconsists of the sacred writings of the Jewish peopleand was written long before the time of Jesus. TheNew Testament of the Bible includes the Gospels, along with letters written by Paul and other Christian writers.
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