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(A) is correct. Sophie had not realised how extensive the paved part of the network was.

(B) is incorrect. She already knew the system spread across the empire, and C is not discussed at this point.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: the number of roads later absorbed into modern transport systems.

Associated Text:
The whole network was huge, of course, but what surprised me was the extent of the roads that were actually paved.

(A) is incorrect. Trade and merchants benefited later, and C wrongly mixes the army with merchant traffic as the original purpose.

(B) is correct. Marco says the first push was military, allowing troops to move quickly and giving Rome more control.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They let the army protect merchant traffic more easily.

Associated Text:
Later, yes. But the first push was military. If troops could move fast between settlements and frontier areas, Rome had much more control.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: what passers-by would have seen on top.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: how each material was placed in order.

(C) is correct. Sophie wants to emphasise the drainage layer underneath, which prevented the road from breaking up.

Associated Text:
The lower layer that let water drain away was what stopped the road breaking up so quickly.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: The planners imposed straight routes regardless of terrain.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: The builders normally followed pre-existing local routes.

(C) is correct. The students accept a combined explanation: direct lines in open country but older routes in difficult terrain.

Associated Text:
The more recent view combines the two, doesn't it? In open country they planned very direct lines, but in mountains or marshy areas they often used older routes.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: as mainly improving life for people in the provinces.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: as largely serving Rome at local people's expense.

(C) is correct. The students decide the effects went both ways: roads opened markets for farmers but also helped officials collect taxes and remove goods.

Associated Text:
So our argument is that the economic effects went both ways.