Conclusion. As they say, the rest is history – a history that most of us have experienced and just about any drive we take today provides concrete evidence of the

As they say, the rest is history – a history that most of us have experienced and just about any drive we take today provides concrete evidence of the outcome. Ironically, even at its height, American modern interstate highway system totals only about 42,500 miles (as of 1991). Granted, this figure does not include surface streets or other roads.

But 2,000 years ago the Romans, without the help of all our engineering technology or road-building machinery, constructed 53,000 miles of roads, much of which is still in use today.

I can’t help but wonder if our roads will be as impressive to historians 2,000 years from now.

Source: http://www.triplenine.org/articles/roadbuilding.asp

Answer the following questions.

1. What are the two engineers who started developing road-building in England in XVIII century?

2. What were the advantages of Thomas Telford?

3. What type of roads was popular in England in that time?

4. How does a turnpike work?

5. Why did turnpikes become less popular?

6. What was the main difficulty with road-building in America?

7. What was the purpose of Good Road Movement creation?

Say if the sentences concerning Text 1C are true or false.

1. Tomas Telford and John McAdam were American engineers.

2. Originally Tomas Telford was a scientist.

3. McAdam’s system was worse than Telford’s system.

4. Everybody could use turnpikes for free.

5. At the beginning of the road there was a pole to control number of travelers.

6. Road-building in the UK has been rapidly developing since XVIII century.

7. Americans used Roman roads as a base for their own.

8. The invention of motorcar made road building popular again.

9. The Good Roads Movement was born in the UK.

10. During the latter half of the 19^th century roads became less important until the turn of the century.