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朗阁海外考试研究中心Research Academy for Foreign Language Examinations雅思考试阅读考题回顾朗阁海外考试研究中心? 李珂考试日期：2014年8月9日Reading Passage 1Title:? 新西兰的路Question types:句子填空题6题TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN 6题文章内容回顾新西兰和澳大利亚道路历史的介绍，毛利人和早期欧洲人是如何出行的。现在道路情况的介绍，几条新道路。政府对修路不感兴趣，志愿者自己建设。第一条道路是为了recreation, 有计划但未实行，最后一条道路把很多美景连起来。相关英文原文阅读The assertion that the first pathways were the trails made by animalshas not been universally accepted;in many cases animals do notfollow constant paths. Others believe that some roads originatedfrom following animal trails. The Icknield Way is given as an exampleof this type of road origination, where man and animal both selectedthe same natural line. By about 10,000 BC, rough roads/pathwayswere used by human travelers. The worlds oldest known paved roadwas laid in Egypt some time between 2600 and 2200 BC.Stone-paved streets are found in the city of Ur in the Middle Eastdating back to 4000 BC. Corduroy roads (log roads) are found datingto 4000 BC in Glastonbury, England.The Sweet Track, a timber track causeway in England, is one of theoldest engineered roads discovered and the oldest timber track waydiscovered in Northern Europe. Built in winter 3807 BC or spring3806 BC, tree-ring dating (Dendrochronology) enabled very precisedating. It was claimed to be the oldest road in the world until the 2009discovery of a 6,000-year-old track way in Plumstead, London.Brick-paved streets were used in India as early as 3000 BCIn 500 BC, Darius I the Great started an extensive road system forPersia (Iran), including the Royal Road, which was one of the finesthighways of its time. The road remained in use after Roman times.In ancient times, transport by river was far easier and faster thantransport by road, especially considering the cost of roadconstruction and the difference in carrying capacity between cartsand river barges. A hybrid of road transport and ship transportbeginning in about 1740 is the horse-drawn boat in which the horsefollows a