[中学联盟]山西省平遥县和诚高考补习学校2018届高三上学期9月月考英语试题

和诚学校2017-2018学年高三9月月考 英语试卷 考试时间: 100分钟 满分: 150分 命题人: 赵志来 第I卷 第一部分 听力(略) 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分60分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题3分,满分45分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中,选出最佳选项。 A[来源:学*科*网Z*X*X*K] Have you ever heard the saying “All roads lead to Rome”? At one time, this was pretty much true. During the Roman Empire ,lots of roads were built in order to move armies, send messages by courier (信使),and make trade easier. The network of Roman roads began in 312 BC .It was demanded that the roads be built strong so that they would not fall down. Roman soldiers, supervised (监督) by engineers ,laid down the roads in a special pattern of layers. There were all together 4 layers(层) , which was made of different materials, such as sand, rocks ,stones and so on. Also, Roman roads were cambered(拱形).This means that they were built higher in the middle than on the edges, allowing rainwater to run off, which prevented flooding. We use the same technique in building roads today. The Romans also laid out roads over hills when n