Traffic lights

T he first traffic signal was invention (1) by a railway signaling engineer. It was installation (2) near the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It looked like any railway signal of that time and was operation (3) by gas. However, it exploded and killed a policeman and the accident stopped further develop (4) until cars became common.

The traffic lights are American invent (5). Red-green lights were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, operated manual (6) from the tower in the middle of the street, were put up in New York in 1918.

The early lights of this type to appear in Britain were in London on the join (7) between St. James street and Piccadilly in 1925. Automate (8) signals were installed a year later.

In the past traffic lights were differ (9). In New York, some lights had a statue mounted on the top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just change silence (10), but would ring bells to wake up the sleeping motor (11). These early traffic lights are gone and have been place (12) by standard models which are universe (13) adopted.

3. Выберите подходящее слово из предложенных трех вариантов.

The world’s most loved car

V olkswagen means ‘people’s car’. In Germany in 1934 Ferdinand Porsche was asked by the German government to (1) ___ exactly that – a car for the people. A factory was built and the first (2) ___ looking cars were produced in 1938. Then, of course, there was a problem – the Second World War.

After the war the British officer, Major Ivan Heart was put in (3) ___ of the Volkswagen factory. It was thought the car would be (4) ___ for the British and American soldiers in Germany. So the first (5) ___ of the car were not the Germans, but British and American soldiers. Some of them loved VWs so much that they took their cars back home.

The car was soon (6) ___ the ‘Beetle’. At first only a few people (7) ___ them and when they met on the road they used to wave to each other.

Twenty million ‘Beetles’ have been (8) ___, but none have been made in Europe since 1974. However, the ‘Beetle’ still lives on; they are made in South America.

They are noisy, ugly really, but they are so full of character and totally (9) ___. People owning ‘Beetles’ are often asked why they (10) ___ them to other cars. Most of them answer that there is something in life that can never be (11) ___, and the ‘Beetle’ is like that.

1	A project	B design	C projection
2	A definitely	B distinguished	C distinctly
3	A charge	B head	C lead
4	A suitable	B compatible	C matching
5	A protectors	B supporters	C fans
6	A referred	B nicknamed	C christened
7	A owned	B owed	C belonged
8	A realized	B output	C produced
9	A reliable	B hopeful	C accountable
10	A desire	B prefer	C prevail
11	A proved	B approved	C improved

4. Образуйте соответствующее однокоренное слово.