The traffic lights ______ green and I pulled away.
He …………………….. …………………….. at the traffic lights and waited for the green lights. (điền phr v)
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II. Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.
THE FIRST ELECTRIC TRAFFIC LIGHTS
In the early 1900's,the world was developing at a very rapid pace, and with the
growth of industrialization, cities became more crowded. Furthermore, with the invention
automobiles, the traffic on the roads increased significantly, so there was a need for a
better traffic system.
In 1912, an American policeman, Lester Wire, who was concerned with the
increasing traffic, came up with the idea of the first electric traffic light.Based on Wire's
design, the lights were first installed in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 5,1914, at the corner
of 105th and Euclid Avenue
The first electric traffic light had only red and green lights; it did not have a
yellow light like modern- day traffic signals.Instead of a yellow light, it had a buzzer
sound that was used to indicate that the signal would be changing soon.
In the year 1920, a policeman named William Potts in Detroit, Michigan
invented the first four-way and three-coloured traffic lights. Apart from red and green, a
third colour - amber (or yellow) - was introduced. Detroit became the first city to
implement the four-way and three-colored traffic lights. In the 1920's,several automated
traffic signals were installed in major cities around the world. The modern traffic light
still uses this famous T-shaped model with three different colors.
safest vehicles only far crossroad follow across reason
A. Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1. Due to the invention of cars, the traffic on the roads increased rapidly.
2. The first electric traffic light was invented in 1914 by Lester Wire.
3. The first electric traffic light had red, green and amber lights.
4. The yellow light didn’t exist until the 1920s.
5. Detroit was the first city to use the red, yellow, and green lights to control road traffic.
6. The modern traffic light works on the same principle as Wire’s original light.
B. Answer the questions
1. When was the first electric traffic light invented?
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2. Who invented the first electric traffic light?
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3. How many colours did the first electric traffic light have?
_______________________________________________
4. Where were the lights first installed?
_______________________________________________
5. What was used instead of yellow light to warn everyone of a signal change?
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6. When was the yellow light added?
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Traffic lights only became necessary in the 19th century, when traffic began to increase. A traffic signal (1)..................................... by J O Knight, a railway signaling engineer, was installed outside the Houses of Parliament in London in 1868. It looked like a railway signal of the time but a few weeks later it blew up,and signal of this type were no (2)....................................... used. The mordern traffic light is an American invention, the first red and green lights. set up in Cleveland in 1914 followed a few years later by three-colour lights in New York. These new lights didn't arrive in Britain (3)................................... 1925. A year later, the first automatic lights were installed at a road junctionin Wolverhampton, where they remained in (4)............................. for the next 42 years. At the beginning of the 1930s, the first vehicle-activated lights were set up in London. Since these early days, traffic light design has developed to cater for (5)........................................ types of road user.
We should wait for the traffic lights……………….before you cross the street.
A. turn green B. to turn green C. turn yellow D. to turn yellow
Modern traffic lights are an American invention.Red-green systems were installed in Cleveland (1)..............
1914.Three-coour signas were (2)....................in New York in 1918.They used (3).............be operated by hand from a tower in the middle of the street.The first lights of this type appeared in Lon Don,on the junction between St.James Street (4)................Piccaadily,in 1925.Automatic signals were installed a year late.In the past,traffic used to (5)............very special.In New York,some lights used to (6)............a statue on top.In Los Angeles,the (7)...................did not just change silently,but would ring bells to wake the sleeping motorists of the 1930s.These are gone and have been replaced by modern systems that (8).................seen everywhere now.
1, Choose the correct answers
a, We should (walk/walk on/walk through/walk across) th street at the zebra
b, We should wait for the traffic lights (turn green/to turn greeen/turn yellow/to turn yellow) before we cross the street
c, All of us have to obey (traffic rules/traffic/traffic jam/regular) strictly
Choose the best answer.
He forgot to give a ____ before he turned left and got a ticket
A. hand
B. signal
C. sign
D. light
All of us have to obey ____ strictly.
A. traffic
B. traffic rules
C. traffic jam
D. regular
We should wait for the traffic lights _____ before we cross the street
A. turn yellow
B. to turn yellow
C. turn green
D. to turn green
We should ____ the street at the zebra crossing
A. walk
B. walk through
C. walk on
D. walk across
You should ___ right and left when you go across the road
A. see
B. look
C. be
D. take
1. Drivers have to their seatbelt whenever they drive.
A. put B. tie C. fasten D. put on
2. We should wait for the traffic lights before we cross the street.
A. turn green B. to turn green C. turn yellow D. to turn yellow
3. All of us have to obey strictly.
A. traffic rules B. traffic C. traffic jam D. regular
4. Cyclists and motorists have to wear a when they ride a motorbike.
A. hard hat B. cap C. mask D. helmet
5. He forgot to give a before he turned left and got a ticket.
A. signal B. sign C. light D. hand
6. does it take you to get to Ho Chi Minh City by plane? - About 2 hours.
A. How far B. How much C. How long D. How many
7. There a bus station in the city centre, but it has been moved to the suburbs.
A. used to be B. used to have C. use to have D. were
8. I marbles when I was young, but now I didn’t.
A. play B. used to play C. have played D. didn’t use to play
9. “ is it from your house to the nearest bus stop?” - “About 50 meters’
A. How far B. How long C. How often D. How much
10. We should the street at the zebra crossing.
A. walk B. walk on C. walk through D. walk across
11. Lan used to go to school .
A. with bicycle B. by foot C. in car D. by bus
12. Public in my town is good and cheap.
A. transport B. tour C. journey D. travel
13. _______ is not very far from here to the city center.
A. That B. This C. It D. There
14. When there is a traffic jam, it me a very long time to go home.
A. costs B. takes C. lasts D. spends
15. Mai’s dad usually drives her to school her school is very far from her house.
A. but B. though C. because D. or
16. Yesterday Hoa and Lan round West Lake. It took them an hour.
A. cycle B. cycles C. cycling D. cycled
17. Minh used to his homework late in the evening.
A. does B. do C. doing D. did
18. If people the rules, there are no more accidents.
A. follow B. take care of C. obey D. remember
19. You should right and left when you go across the roads.
A. see B. look C. be D. take
20. Hurry up or we can’t the last bus home.
A. keep B. follow C. go D. catch
II. Choose the correct option for each gap in the sentences.
1. Drivers have to _ their seatbelt whenever they drive.
A. put B. tie C. fasten D. put on
2. We should wait for the traffic lights _before we cross the street.
A. turn green B. to turn green
C. turn yellow D. to turn yellow
3. All of us have to obey __ strictly.
A. traffic rules B. traffic
C. traffic jam D. regular
4. Cyclists and motorists have to wear a __when they ride a motorbike.
A. hard hat B. cap C. mask D. helmet
5. He for got to give a __ before he turned left and got a ticket.
A. signal B. sign C. light D. hand