2021英语四级模拟试题：阅读理解

2021英语四级模拟试题：阅读理解2021年6月英语四级考前模拟练习之四级阅读理解模拟训练题。希望大家认真练习。ThewordreligionisderivedfromtheLatinnounreligion,whichdenotesbothearnestobservanceofritualobligationsandaninwardspiritofreverence.Inmodernusage,religioncoversawidespectrumofmeaningthatreflectstheenormousvarietyofwaysthetermcanbeinterpreted.Atoneextreme,manycommittedbelieversrecognizeonlytheirowntraditionasareligion,understandingexpressionssuchasworshipandprayertoreferexclusivelytothepracticesoftheirtradition.Althoughmanybelieversstopshortofclaiminganexclusivestatusfortheirtradition,theymayneverthelessusevagueoridealizingtermsindefiningreligionforexample,trueloveofGod,orthepathofenlightenment.Attheotherextreme,religionmaybeequatedwithignorance,fanaticism,orwishfulthinking.Bydefiningreligionasasacredengagementwithwhatistakentobeaspiritualreality,itispossibletoconsidertheimportanceofreligioninhumanlifewithoutmakingclaimsaboutwhatitreallyisoroughttobe.Religionisnotanobjectwithasingle,fixedmeaning,orevenazonewithclearboundaries.Itisanaspectofhumanexperiencethatmayintersect,incorporate,ortranscendotheraspectsoflifeandsociety.SuchadefinitionavoidthedrawbacksoflimitingtheinvestigationofreligiontoWesternorbiblicalcategoriessuchasmonotheism(beliefinonegodonly)ortochurchstructure,whicharenotuniversal.Forexample,intribalsocieties,religionunliketheChristianchurchusuallyisnotaseparateinstitutionbutpervadesthewholeofpublicandprivatelife.InBuddhism,godsarenotascentralastheideaofaBuddha.Inmanytraditionalcultures,theideaofasacredcosmicorderisthemostprominentreligiousbelief.Becauseofthisvariety,somescholarsprefertouseageneraltermsuchasthesacredtodesignatethecommonfoundationofreligiouslife.Religioninthisunderstandingincludesacomplexofactivitiesthatcannotbereducedtoanysingleaspectofhumanexperience.Itisapartofindividuallifebutalsoofgroupdynamics.Religionincludespatternsofbehaviorbutalsopatternsoflanguageandthought.Itissometimesahighlyorganizedinstitutionthatsetsitselfapartfromaculture,anditissometimesanintegralpartofaculture.Religiousexperiencemaybeexpressedinvisualsymbols,danceandperformance,elaboratephilosophicalsystems,legendaryandimaginativestories,formalceremonies,anddetailedrulesofethicalconductandlaw.Eachoftheseelementsassumesinnumerableculturalforms.Insomewaysthereareasmanyformsofreligiousexpressionastherearehumanculturalenvironments.QWhatisthepassagemainlyconcernedabout?Religionhasavarietyofinterpretation.Religionisareflectionofignorance.ReligionisnotonlyconfinedtotheChristiancategories.Religionincludesallkindsofactivities.Whatdoestheword"observance"probablyconveyinPara1?noticewatchingconformityexperienceAccordingtothepassagewhatpeoplegenerallyconsiderreligiontobe?FantasticobservanceSpiritualpracticeIndividualobservanceoftraditionAcomplexofactivitiesWhichofthefollowingisnottrue?Itisbelievedbysomethatreligionshouldbewhatitoughttobe."Thepathofenlightenment"isadefinitionthattheauthordoesn'tagreeto.Accordingtotheauthor,thecommittedbelieversdefinereligionimproperly.Theauthordoesn'tspeakinfavorofthedefinitionof"thesacred"