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   Before cars were invented (發(fā)明) ,only horses and buggies (輕便馬車) travelled on the roads. Sometimes the horses went fast,but soon they would become tired. The animals usually walked slowly,and there were only a few buggy crashes. However,everything changed when cars appeared (出現(xiàn)) .The fast cars and slow buggies sometimes crashed into each other. One day in 1916,Garret A. Morgan,an American inventor saw a terrible accident. He decided to build something to make the streets safer.

   Morgan's new traffic signal (信號(hào)) was a T-shaped pole (T型柱) with three signs. It had a stop sign,a go sign,and a walk sign. When the people driving cars and buggies saw a stop sign,they had to wait for others to cross in front of them. When they saw a go sign,cars and buggies could continue forward while others waited. The third sign stopped all traffic so people could safely walk across the street. Traffic signals worked very well,and soon they appeared on streets all across the United States.

() 1. Buggies didn't often crash into each other because .

   A. the drivers were very careful   B. the horses usually went slowly

   C. the horses usually went fast   D. the buggies were very light

() 2. Which signs did Morgan's traffic signal have?

   A. Stop,go and walk. B. Wait,run and go. C. Stop,drive and go. D. Wait,go and drive.

() 3. Which of the following is true?

   A. Life was easier without cars. B. There were no cars before 1916.

   C. Buggies went faster than cars. D. Buggies appeared earlier than cars.

() 4. What made Morgan decide to invent the traffic signal?

   A. His interest in making things. B. The busy traffic.

   C. A terrible traffic accident. D. A change in transport.

() 5. The writer wrote the article to .

   A. tell about an invention (發(fā)明)   B. encourage us to become inventors

   C. show how the traffic signals worked   D. explain how people travelled in the past

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