新视野英语大学视听说教程 2 Unit 9-4

Task 3:Why did you stop at a green light?
One day．two friends were driving downtown when they came to an intersection¹ with a traffic light．The light was red but the driver sped right through the red light．The passenger looked in terror at the driver and shouted，“What the hell are you doing? You‘re going to get us killed!!¨
The driver replied．“Don’t worry, my mom always drivers like this，and she is all right．”Later．they came to another traffic light，and that too was red．Again the driver shot right through the light．Again the passenger looked at the driver and shouted．“I thought I have told you，you would get US killed! Would you please stop this nonsense”
The driver looked at the passenger and answered．”All right! I get it，but I told you my mom drove like this all the time! And she’s quite OK．”
They came to another traffic light．It was green．The driver slammed 011 the brakes，suddenly stopping the car．，The passenger was thrown forward．“What on earth are you doing?”he screamed．“This is the third time you almost got US killed．Why did you stop at a green light?”
“Well，”said the driver，“my mom might be coming the other way．”
1,D   2,A   3,B  4.C   5.C
 

1 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。