問題詳情

V.Reading Comprehension (10%)
(A)Transmigration of souls，sometimes called metempsychosis, is based on the idea that a soul may pass out of one body and reside in another, human or animal, or in an inanimate object. The idea appears in various forms in tribal cultures in many parts of the world. The notion was familiar in ancient Greece, and was adopted in a philosophical form by Plato. The belief gained some currency in gnostic and occult forms of Christianity and Judaism and was introduced into Renaissance thought by the recovery of the Hermetic books.The most fully articulated doctrine of transmigration is found in Hinduism. Central to the conception of human destiny after death was the belief that human beings are bom and die many times. Souls are regarded as emanations of the divine spirit. Each soul passes from one body to another in a continuous cycle of births and deaths. Thus transmigration is closely interwoven with the concept of karma, which involves the inevitable working out，for good or ill，of all action in a future existence. The whole experience of life, whether of happiness or sorrow，is a just reward for deeds, good or bad，done in earlier existences. The cycle of karma and transmigration may extend through innumerable lives; the ultimate goal is the reabsorption of the soul into the ocean of divinity whence it came. This union occurs when the individual realizes the truth about the soul and the Absolute (Brahman) and the soul becomes one with Brahman.The idea of transmigration has been propagated in the Western world by movements such as the theosophy and by the more recent increase of Oriental religious cults. Most of these Westernized versions appear to lack the intellectual rigor and philosophical content of the classical Hindu doctrines.
36.Which of the following phrases is closest in meaning to the phrase “gained some currency” in the firstparagraph?
(A)to be in full swing
(B) to become established
(C)to make minor amendments
(D) to achieve growing dominance

參考答案

答案：B
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(0),C(1),D(2),E(0)

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