2016年12月英语六级阅读理解100篇：成功的塔尔苏斯人保罗
The Successful Paul Of TarsusMost of the people who lived near Jerusalem were Jewish. The Romans were
pagans , but they allowed the Jews to practice their faith and did not force
them to worship Roman gods. About A. D. 30, a holy man named Jesus began to
attract a following in the Roman province of Judea. Judea is part of the modern
nation of Israel. His followers came to believe that Jesus was the son of the
God of the Jews and that he performed miracles . The followers of Jesus angered
Roman authorities because they refused to follow either Jewish or Roman laws.
The authorities arrested and crucified Jesus. Three days after his execution,
Jesus followers said they saw him rise from the dead.
The followers of Jesus called him Christ. 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 of Jesus became known as Christians. The
Christians taught that people’s sins would be forgiven if they became Christian.
This message was not successful with many Jews, but many pagans responded to the
idea of Christian salvation.
Many fervent believers carried the message of Jesus throughout the Roman
Empire . One of the most successful was a Greek-speaking Jew named Paul of
Tarsus, known to Christians as Saint Paul. As a young man, he helped to
persecute Christians, but one day he had a vision in which he believed Jesus
spoke to him from heaven. Paul spent the rest of his life thinking and writing
about Christianity and winning new converts to the faith. Through the
persistence of Paul and other Christian missionaries, small Christian
communities developed throughout the Roman Empire.
The first Christians believed that Jesus would quickly return to earth, so
there was no need to create any written records of his life . After about thirty
years, Christians began to see a need to 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 as Gospels. Gospel
means“ good news”. The holy book of Christianity is known as the Bible and has
two parts. The Old Testament consists of the sacred writings of the Jewish
people and was written 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 into more than 1, 000 languages
and has been read by more people than any other book.
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Ⅰ. Fill in each blank:
1. The Romans were pagans, but they allowed the Jews to_________ ( 实践)
their faith and did not 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 he performed _________( 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 and wisdom 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 Old Testament and the New Testament.
Ⅱ. Questions :
What is the holy book of Christianity and how many parts does it have ?
What are they about?
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 the Bible and it has two
parts. The Old Testament consists of the sacred writings of the Jewish people
and was written 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.
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