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：基督教，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：基督教
Christianity1
Christianity began life as a Jewish sect. Far fromattempting to find a new religion, the first Christiansviewed themselves as Jews following the teachingsof the Jewish Messiah . It was only later, after manynon-Jews converted, that Christianity became areligion distinct from Judaism2
Although Christianity shares much with Judaism, these two faiths differ significantly with respect to such fundamental issues as God’srelationship with humanity. The central motif through which this relationship has beenunderstood in both traditions is that of a covenant or contract. In Hebrew scriptures ( the oldTestament3) , God offers a special relationship with his chosen people — the Jews through acontract that specifies the terms of this relationship . The details of this arrangement havebeen modified and expanded from time to time, in a series of covenants with Noah, Abraham, and Moses4. The most well known of these contracts is God’s agreement with Moses on Mt. Sinai, the Ten Commandments5.
In the Christian understanding of covenant theology, God offers humanity a new contract— the New Testament6— as revealed in the person and teaching of Jesus. Unlike previouscovenants, the new covenant refers to the eternal fate of individuals rather than to theworldly fate of the nation of Israel. Also, rather than being offered only to Jews, the newcontract is offered to humanity as a whole . Individual salvation7 and the question of howthat salvation can be achieved is a dominant theme of traditional Christianity.
Salvation, according to this tradition, is necessary because otherwise the individual iscondemned to spend eternity in hell8 , a place of eternal punishment. Born into sin, thesentence of eternal damnation is the fate of every person unless she or he is saved from thisfate by being“ born again ”through faith in Jesus Christ. All other doctrines are built around awarning of condemnation and a redeeming message of redemption. As the core doctrine, itwould be natural that arguments over soteriology ( one’s theory of redemption) would lead toreligions schisms. Disagreement over competing notions of salvation led to the split betweenCatholicism and Protestantism.
Given the stark contrast between heaven and hell as eternal abodes of the soul, seriousthinkers have had to grapple with the question —What happens to people who, while not saints, nevertheless are generally good people who have never committed any major sins in theirlives? Reflection on this problem led to the development of purgatory9, an intermediate realmbetween heaven and hell. In purgatory, souls are tortured for their sins, but are eventuallyreleased and allowed to enter heaven.
六级阅读理解自测
Tra nslate Chinese in to English, to lea rn more a bout th e or igina l sin: God created theheavens, earth and all kinds of animals, including two men —Adam and Eve. They could eatfrom any tree, except one, in the Garden of Eden. _____________( 在上帝创造的所有动物之中, 毒蛇是最狡诈的。)“Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?”Theserpent asked Eve .“We may eat the fruit of any tree _____________( 除伊甸园中间那棵树上的果实之外) . God had even said,‘You shall not eat it or even touch it, otherwise you die. ’”But theserpent told Eve ,“Of course you will not die! God knows well that the moment you eat of ityour eyes will be opened and _____________( 你们就会像上帝一样区分出善恶) . ”Eve saw the treewas good for good, pleasing to the eyes and desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took someof its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it, too. Then, the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they werenaked._____________( 于是他们就把树叶缝在一起, 制成衣服。) When God came, they hidthemselves among the trees of the garden.“Where are you?”the God asked.“ I heard you in thegarden; but I am afraid. _____________( 因为我没有穿衣 服, 所以我躲了起来。) ”answered Adam. It was just then God learnt that they had eaten the fruit of the tree in the middle . God wasvery angry and banished them from the Garden of Eden.
六级阅读理解参考答案
Of all the animals that God had made, the serpentwas the most cunning. except the fruit of the treein the middle of the Garden of Eden you will be likeGods who know what is good and what is bad Sothey sewed leaves together and made clothes forthemselves. Because I was naked, I hid myself.
文都四六级英语老师希望以上关于六级阅读的分享能够真正帮助到正在复习备考的同学们。在复习过程中遇到问题是不可避免的，但是同学们一定要保持好心态，坚持不懈，相信一定会取得优异的成绩!
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