Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车).
A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤)・ A van holds seven persons easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday .They could all travel together.
Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell the second car and buy a van. The sixth and the seventh seats are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases (衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home, the suitcases are brought into the two seats which can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. When a family is traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or by the seaside. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
(1)From the passage9 we know a van is also called ______.
A. a motor carB. a motor home
C. a motorbikeD. a big truck
(2)Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they ______.
A. sold their old house
B. moved to their grandparents, house
C. built a new place for a van
D. sold their second car
(3)A motor home is usually owned by a family with ______.
A. a babyB. much money
C. more than two childrenD. interest in vans
(4)Americans usually use motor homes ______.
A. to travel with all the family members of holiday
B. to do some shopping with all the family members
C. to visit their grandparents at weekends
D. to drive their children to school every day
(5)Motor homes have become popular because ______.
A. they can take people to another city when people are free
B. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays
C. some people think motor homes are cheap
D. big families can put more things in motor homes
