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巩固练习 Listen attentively 三、阅读理解 If you are driving out of Montpellier，a city in France，please look out for the signboard(路标) with the words “Millau Viaduct(米洛高架桥)”.Turn towards it and get ready to take the drive of a lifetime. Once you reach the Millau you’ll feel you are driving over a cloud! The Millau Viaduct is the world’s tallest bridge.It is 343 meters high and about 2.5 kilometers long.The bridge is between Paris and Montpellier， 巩固练习 Listen attentively and it was built in 2004 at the cost of $ 530 million.And why was it built? For years，the French government thought over the problem of traffic congestion for people travelling from Paris to the south of France.Many ideas were suggested，but one idea was finally accepted.Instead of choosing to build a highway that went through the hilly(多山) south of France，they decided to build a bridge over the Tarn River. This bridge would not just be like any other bridge. It would start at the top of one hill 巩固练习 Listen attentively And connect to another hill on the other side of the river.This bridge would shorten the highway by 60 kilometers.It would save people’s time and money.______ Engineers had to find out a way to build the bridge quickly，over 300 meters up in the air and about 2.5 kilometers long across the river.It was very hard，but finally engineers succeeded in finding a quickest way to build it.It is very convenient for people to travel and it has been consistently(一致地) ranked as one of the 巩固练习 Listen attentively great engineering achievements of all time. ( ) 1.The Millau Viaduct is in ______. A.America B.France C.Canada D.England ( ) 2.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A.Why the Millau Viaduct was built. B.When people built the Millau Viaduct. C.The details of the Millau Viaduct. D.The designer of the Millau Viaduct. B C 巩固练习 Listen attentively ( ) 3.What does the underlined word “congestion” mean? A.The state of being crowded. B.The risk of accidents. C.The situation of traffic. D.Th